| 摘要 |
<p>An improved apparatus and method for separating milled sugarcane pith from flattened rind (48) upon discharge from a depithing station (27). The method includes dividing the discharge by a fixed deflector (54), preferably with a blunt upstream edge (56), into a primary pith flow (66) and a rind flow which includes a secondary pith flow (68), and thereafter removing pith from the rind flow and diverting it to join pith from the primary pith flow. Preferred embodiments capture the pith in interstices (31c) of a rotating brush (31) which merges with the secondary pith flow (68), turning such pith away from the rind flow, and then releasing it.</p> |
