Classification of Equipment for Red Sugar Production Lines from Sugarcane

Classification of Equipment for Brown sugar powder Production Lines from Sugarcane

The following classifications are based on three tiers: traditional workshops/small-scale factories, medium-sized automated factories, and large-scale fully automated factories.

I. Standard Process Flow (General)
 
Sugarcane → Washing → Cutting/Crushing → Pressing to Extract Juice → Filtering and Clarification → Heating to Remove Foam → Boiling and Concentration → Molding → Cooling → Packaging

II. Equipment List (by Scale)
1) Small Workshops/Home-Based Factories (Daily Sugarcane Processing Capacity: 5–10 Tons)
Key equipment for brown sugar production includes: sugarcane washer (bubble/brush type), sugarcane cutter/crusher, three-roll/five-roll sugarcane press (juice yield 70–78%), sugarcane juice settling tank/ filtration tank (80-mesh filter screen), multi-vessel sugar boiling kettles (3–5 cast iron/stainless steel kettles with stoves), stirring paddles, temperature gun (critical at 118–122°C), brown sugar molding molds (silicone/wood), simple packaging machine (sealing machine/vacuum sealer), sugarcane bagasse baler (optional)
 
2) Medium-sized automated factory (daily processing capacity: 20–50 tons)
Main equipment includes: fully automatic integrated sugarcane washing, lifting, and cutting machine; five-roll/hydraulic press (continuous pressing, higher juice yield); sugarcane juice filtration system (bag filter + centrifuge + plate-and-frame filter); automatic lime clarification system (food-grade lime); continuous sugar boiling kettles/ vacuum evaporator (precise temperature control, anti-scorching), automatic defoaming, stirring, and water-removal equipment, automatic brown sugar molding machine (blocks/slabs/powder), cooling tunnel, fully automatic packaging line (weighing + sealing + inkjet coding), CIP cleaning, boiler/steam system

3) Large-scale fully automated plant (daily processing capacity of 100+ tons)
Key Equipment: Fully automated sugarcane pre-processing line (washing → cutting → pressing), multi-stage pressing + juice clarification system (lime + heating + filtration), multi-effect vacuum evaporator (energy-efficient, rapid concentration), fully automated integrated sugar boiling, crystallization, and molding equipment, aseptic packaging, cold chain storage
Bagasse comprehensive utilization equipment (fuel/feed)
III. Key Equipment Specifications
Press: Three-roll and five-roll models are the mainstream; hydraulic models offer higher juice yield but are more expensive
Sugar boiling kettle: Traditional chain kettle (low cost); vacuum concentration kettle (high efficiency, stable quality)
Clarification system: Lime neutralization + heat precipitation + filtration, which determines the purity and color of brown sugar
Molding equipment: Molds (manual) → Automatic molding machine (mass production)