Sugar Equipment

Working closely with our dedicated research and development department, Bosch Projects have developed a state-of-the-art equipment range that delivers cost effective, high efficiency performance and industry leading reliability to our clients. Our innovative equipment includes the patented CVP, patented chainless diffuser, lamella clarifier and our vertical reheater to mention a few of the leading technologies which we offer.

Extensive operational and design experience ensures that our sugar equipment is continuously optimized to meet the needs of our clients’ continuous improvement initiatives. Over 300 items of our equipment have been installed since 2002 and are operating successfully in Asia, Africa, and North and South America, through our global manufacturing and supply chain.

Bosch Projects equipment range includes the following:

Cane Offloading & Preparation

Cane unloaders – more info
Feeder tables;
Rock and sand removal systems;
Cane preparation equipment – more info
Whole-stick and heavy-duty cane shredders.

Cane Juice Extraction

The patented Bosch Projects chainless diffuser; and – more info
Rotary juice screens.

Juice Heating

Mixed juice, clear juice and scalding juice heaters; and
Direct contact heaters.

Clarification

Lamella juice clarifiers – more info
Lamella syrup clarifiers;
Short retention type clarifiers; and
Ash water clarifiers.

Evaporation

Long tube evaporators – more info
Modular evaporators;
Entrainment separators;
Roberts evaporators;
Steam transformers;
Falling film evaporators; and
Retro fit falling film spray nozzle distributors.

Crystallisation

- Dimple tube technology – more info
- Continuous vacuum pans (A, B & C duty) – more info
- Batch pans;

Modified feed solutions for improved CVP operation;
Continuous Vertical crystallisers;
Vertical C massecuite reheaters;
Strike receivers;
Vacuum Seed receivers; and
Minglers.

Sugar Drying

Rotary cascade sugar dryers; and
Rotary louver dryers.

Boilers & Bagasse Handling

Bagasse reclaim systems;
Sieve plate scrubbers; and
Bagacillo screens.

General Equipment

Condensate receivers;
Entrainment separators – more info
Dust extraction wet scrubbers;
Conveyors; and
Knock-out pots.

Refinery Equipment

Melt heaters;
Batch pans;
Evaporators;
Remelters;
Dryers;
Saturators;
Refined sugar conditioning silos; and
Short retention conditioning silos

Techserve Drawings – more info

Major Achievements:

Design and supplied the following sugar equipment globally:

Over 400 units of sugar equipment.
16 patented Bosch Projects Equipment Chainless Diffusers including the widest diffuser (16.5m) and the largest capacity diffuser in the world (21 500 tons cane per day).
Designed and supplied 63 patented Bosch Projects Equipment high performance continuous vacuum pans (CVPs) globally.
Successful widening of a our chainless diffuser (4m to 5m).
Successfully developed lamella clarification technology in the sugar industry.
Active R&D department dedicated to producing innovative sugar equipment designs.
Developed short retention sugar conditioning technology.

Contact:

Darius Bezuidenhoudt – bezuidenhoudtd@boschholdings.co.za