The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-11-22
: ours very truly.
ALIEN. YOUNG.


SETTING OF MILLS TO GET THE BEST EXTRACTION
mus say that do not know OF any hard and fast for
Ae setting q mill rollers 70 obtain maximum good
writers estimation insu-rnounrabIe,
n common with others have seen many such rules which
guaranteed solve the whole question OF How 10 do
bur these solutions nearly always era1ated persons
conspicuous ior phenon1inaly good work.
! . mills consisting OF less than inc rollers with pre-
longer worth considering and rolls has proven lis
value beyond question; but this addition not help .
liked -e for mill setting and the person Who can 50 adjust his
nil the beginning grinding run
altered during the whole crop and give best results has YET
Lei give an illustration TO establish this point The man
aer O plantation orders his engineer be ready grind
certain date adds he like to pass through the
mill 900 600 other specific quantity Of cane a
The may Be every twenyfOur hours Obviously thing
adjust the feed roll Of No mill 50 as % take
The required q just adjustment viii
b cannot be determined while the mill 5 idle
Of the IS the which determines
je, but il the rolls any closure will
the mill refuse the feed proper adjustment has been
made and all has been done that be done 10 give roll No
The following mills fre yadrit bagasse as it reaches
115a n urn each having the same careful ad ustrnent as No
reached The proper position OF the third roll in all except the
S- So N any tram o. mills depends likewise the character
cane beng ground he mill, careful in
spon and If POSSIBLE chemical analysis OF bagase all help
-o|a conclusion and the rolls fixed.
ms might be proper moment to take careful measurements
thing VIII be d5s-arTanged intermediate and ultimate mills
refusing their feed fibre in the has up an
lec heavy,
nb-e and what might be squashv. becoming
more with each operation until all tenacity gone
OFT alteration the mills might we'll be expected grind mud
press cakes
The first condition is easily by opening the feed rolls The
second condition viii not permit such operation for if the
roll Is pulled back, far enough take such carving
eTee q 1aceaton the bagasse the mill
only VIII the back rolls spit necessarily behind bagasse
viii enter the fire carrying such OF
reduce It's fuel value and the has dropped
On as without suggesting the remedy for this last condition
enough has been said show that either
cnd1ron the mills have be
change the hard and fast rule
Surface speed Of rolls depth OF iced etc. are questions
considered.
The mill OF today has made possible high degree Of
acr and has brought with increased responsibility
man IN charge Best results obtained
o6svant and Teadiest adjust the mill the char
ac1er q the cane upon which Il IS working.
(. {. Kennedy. Esq
Acting Chairman, Committee Machinery,
Hawaiian Sugar Planters Association 1908.
Lear >1TkepyIng your favor OF August 18TH last,
guessing writing from fuel oils. both their good
and bad features the final value compared coal
the economy including the labor saved beg submit
following based the experience of the Honolulu Plantation
and my own knowledge OF the subject.
INTRODUCTION.