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Continuous Vacuum Pans

Continuous Vacuum Pans

Continuous Vacuum Pans

Product catalog summary
Overview
Fives Cail and Fives Fletcher are leaders in continuous crystallization technology, particularly in the production of continuous vacuum pans. These pans are essential for industrial sugar production, offering high efficiency and performance.
Specifications and Features
  • More than 250 references worldwide, including the largest vacuum pans with a working volume of 300 m3.
  • Compact design for affordability and local fabrication for rapid delivery and reduced costs.
  • Energy-efficient, saving 10% steam and reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
  • Excellent heat exchange and high massecuite exhaustion with minimal temperature differential and low-pressure steam usage.
Maintenance and Performance
  • Low incrustation and long cleaning intervals, ranging from every two weeks to six months depending on massecuite purity.
  • High crystal quality due to consistent massecuite circulation in multiple compartments.
Design and Variants
  • Available in models with horizontal or vertical tubes, and configurations to produce 1 to 4 massecuites.
  • Expandable designs allow for future capacity increases.
  • Manufactured in compliance with pressure vessel regulations.
Process Control and Efficiency
  • Feedback and predictive control systems ensure optimal performance.
  • Low operating costs and high productivity with effective volume ranging from 30 to 350 m3.
Applications
Fives Cail and Fives Fletcher equipment is used in beet and cane sugar processing and refinery applications, covering 80% of the global market.
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Catalog excerpts

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fives cail Continuous Vacuum Pans References of the market leader • More than 250 Fives Cail and Fives Fletcher references, including the world's largest vacuum pans with a working Highly competitive equipment • Affordably priced thanks to its compact design • Local fabrication ensures rapid delivery and lower cost Unrivalled performance • Ideal for cogeneration (10% steam saving) • High reduction of greenhouse gas emissions • Excellent heat exchange and very high massecuite exhaustion • Minimum AT and use of low-pressure steam Easy maintenance • Long cleaning interval: on average, from once every 2 weeks (high purity) to once every 6 months (low-grade) depending Fives Cail, the first sugar manufacturer to utilise the continuous boiling process in industrial sugar production, has unrivalled experience in continuous crystallization. Providing global coverage - 80% of the world market - Fives Cail equipment is for beet and cane sugar processing as well as refinery applications. With more than 250 references worldwide, Fives Cail and Fives Fletcher continuous vacuum pans are today's natural successor to the original designs introduced in the 1960s. The Group's new generation of continuous vacuum pans combine the expertise of Fives Cail and of Fives Fletcher. With unrivalled thermal and exhaustion performance and excellent crystal quality, Fives Cail and Fives Fletcher continuous vacuum pans are now incontestably setting the world standard for process equipment. Driving progress

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Fives Cail Continuous Vacuum Pan 66 m3 - 660 m2 - BRAZIL A very large, flexible range Fives Fletcher Double Continuous Vacuum Pan Numerous versions available • Fives Cail model with horizontal tubes or Fives Fletcher model with vertical tubes • Single, double or flex in order to produce from 1 to 4 massecuites with one equipment only and facilitate • 11 to 13 compartments for the Fives Cail model and 10 to 20 compartments for the Fives Fletcher model • Expandable : possibility of future expansions by simple addition of rows of tubes for the Fives Cail model and by adding compartments to the Fives...

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