New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1911-07-01


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So few of our readers being
aware of the success that Messrs
Frank Ii. Smith and Jos. j.
[Smith are meeting with i'll intro.
ducing to the public their new IN.
vention known as the Smith-Smltll
/ Bagasse Burner Feeder, that we
take pleasure in reproducing the
subjoined article from the Mod
!ern Sugar Planter which is sell
Explanatory:
"On page 16 of this issue may
be seen photo reproductions OF
the Smith-Smith bagasse burner
feeder as being put out by Mr.:
Frank H. Smith, the engineer OF
the Orange Grove Central, in
! Iberia, and Mr.. Jos. j. Smith, the
office and store manager OF the
IiOrange Grove, who now have en-
tered into the exploitation Of this
very meritorious mechanical de-
vice, doing so only after it was
carefully worked out during the
past three grinding seasons by F.
H. Smith, and shown by practical
operation that it is capable Of eff
fecting the economics claimed.
SO favorably impressed have been
thos neighboring Teche planters.
who knew of the burner feeder,
with what they saw Of it last sea-
son that before manufacturing
arrangements were entered into
this summer, orders for quite
number had been booked for the
largest centrals in the Teche re-
gion. Recognizing the invention
as a good thing. one capable OF
giving greater bagasse furnace
efficiency at almost every sugar
house in the State, no persuasion
was needed to get the progressive
Janerette foundry firm Of A.
Moresi Co. Ltd. to take hold of
the bagasse feeder, which has
been formally done, and as the
manufacturer and selling agent,
that most reliable foundry con-
cern is now offering it to the
planting trade.
The plan of the improved hop
per is primarily to exclude air
from the top of the furnace,
where the bagasse enters, which
exclusion incidentally permits
the entry Of air at none but the :,
proper place for perfect combus-
ton beneath the CRATE bars. This
is done by making the automati- ,
cally operated feeder with -four /
revolving blades, the one toward
The top closing out the entry of
air as the lower blade turns
around into position for the drop
ping Of it's load Of bagasse into
he furnace through an enclosed
last iron box. within which the
blades revolve. The automatic
,urning or operation of the feed
II is achieved by connecting it tt
he bagasse drag by means Of
procket and chain, and this 4
nodus operandi gives the maxi |
mum Of economy in labor attend e
ng to the furnaces.
AS ordinarily existing in sugar $
Iouses. the bagasse hopper to !
eed the furnaces is of the single ,
hinged sort that is open most Of ,
he time. and this allows Of al |;
lost uninterrupted inflow Of air :
caring down on the top of the r
yramid Of bagasse within the
lrnace; the result is that the ex-
ess air entering through the hop $
err prevents the air from coming +
/ at the CRATE bars as it should +
here the oxygen Of the air is 4
eeded in order to attain proper q
of the fuel. such as r
secured when sufficient air @
'mes into contact with the fuel G.
lmediately above the CRATE bars. f,
his condition leading to improp- I,
fuel combustion is changed,
,wever when air is prevented "
ON coming in at anywhere else Il
It the right place, as is brought. q,
'out by the exclusion of air, e. .,
y at the top of the furnace, to =,
e performance Of which func. 3,
IN the Smith Smith bagasse m
eder was designed. Further So
,re, the adaptation of such a de- $,
&c is found to absolutely pre- a
Mt dangerous sparks arising ri
I'm the furnace in the bagasse a.
iler room. which relief from h1
niger of fire means a great deal Ar
every sugar factory owner, L.
Ice it is freely granted I-lo
1t by far the greater proportion -
sugar house fires emanate from in
S source. Then, again, the de- ,cl,
n of the hopper is such as in
'es uniformity of feeds, which , or
J manufacturers Of the inven- m,
n properly lay claim to as wi
,ther of its merits, for it is rec he
lized that uniform feeding to lot
furnace means much in the an
per combustion Of bagasse: =
recover, its construction espec.
y provides against heavy feeds
king the revolving plates,
ich is provided against by a -.
vable curve plate that gives
necessary clearance for the plt
'asse to pass on down, and yet =.
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