摘要 |
<p>One aspect of the invention concerns a structure (10) for use in a sugar making process, the structure including a pan (14, 28) and a crystalliser structure (16, 24). The crystalliser structure includes a crystalliser with an outer wall (27, 29). The structure is characterised by the fact that the pan is supported above the crystalliser by the crystalliser structure and, in the preferred embodiment, by a vertical extension of the outer wall. Thus in the preferred embodiment, the outer wall has a lower portion which forms an outer wall of the crystalliser and an upper portion which forms an outer wall of the pan with the outer wall supporting the weight of the pan above the crystalliser. The pan is a continuous vacuum pan or a batch pan for seed generation.</p> |