The Donaldsonville chief., 1922-01-07
NEW USE FOR bAt,ASSE
Northern Firm Manufacture lnsulat-
rig Material from Care Waste,

tpe aerial from (ars waste
The following article taken from a
recent Issue of the publication known
as Raw Material; ana sent to The
Chief BY Alfred 6. Wh,dden for
many years a resident Of this city
anG former attache Of this paper,
| but now located at Pins Bluff Ark:
! shows mat a use has been found for
| bagasse. which will henceforth give
value 10 this suga, cane waste. The
article will no doubt prove Of interest
&c oul readers:
! For years the scutn las searched
for use for bagasse, the tibrous res
idue of the sugar cane after the su-
gar juice has been extracted. The
, only outlet neret ofore nas been As
low-capaciuy :uel, but Of late bagasse
has been advantageouslv l:sed ir the
manufacture OF d material that pos
sesses properties rendering it suita-
bic fcr structural and insulating pur
poses. The manufacture of this pro
ducc nc: only seems 70 have solved
the problen2 Of reclaimlng The waste
| bagasse Dut It has aisC enriche.; N
dustry by another insulating and
! wall board material. The new pre-
! ducy has beer given the .Hade lanic
of 'Celotex.
| In The 'Celotex! plant at New Or
leans. La, the bagasse goes through
breakers. soaking tanks steam cook
ers, washers and heaters before pass
ing through the DRYERS and irtC the
cutting saws II is first made up IN
tc twelve feet wide boards OF 900
feet length. These are iarel sawed
into the lengths anc widths desired.
'EIr the process of manufacture,
the lorg fibres of the sugar cane are
firmly matted and :rterlaced, result
ing n a tough board ore~half inch
thick.
Thus Celotet' IS homogeneous .r-
asmuch as It is rot built ur Of layers
but is OF uniform structure
throughout Ir this respect 'Celc-
tick is unique. since ether building
boards are built up Of layers held TO-
Egether by means Of binder
''Ce|otex' IS filled with: m!rnUe
air cells formed by the ;nterlaclrg Of
the iibres lfr addition there are tbs
cells in the fibre ana the pitch CT The
cane. It is Ghis cellular structure
tnat makes the board extremely light.
its weight being ithree~fifths Of 2
pound to the square foot.
fCelotex' will not warp. Because:
; of the addition Of certain chemicals
to the raw material in the process
of manufacture, it is waterproof and
weatherproof. Its cellular construc-
ton gives the material peculiar in
sulatine qualities Another note
i worthy feature is it's 'workability.
- It can be handled, nailed and sawed
like ordinary lumber. Paint applied
to it will yield beautifully finished
surface. Recent experiments have
:, shown that it can also be pianed with
ar ordinary plane, and finished by
: lsanding as would an ordinary board
: It carries plaster perfectly.
':As an insulating material Cello
: te,; promises to fnd wide appica-
:, ;tion It's use III refrigerator cars and
:coic 5&orago warehouses has already
, begun & AK shape, !. prominent
mar u Sacrure" u packing boxes Is
, conducting experiments ut ,eterinire
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: uses a"e being discovered coEs antly
6 | iire ,ass ,ooKar nanufactu?eHc "a 'lne
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