[Syrupmakers] excelsior mill

[DBACrownhoney at aol.com]

I was reading through some of the old patents on cane mill improvements, on  
the U.S. patent office web site. One of the patents was talking about the  
grooves. It said the grooves are supposed to split up the cane at the 1st  roller 
and the second roller squeezed most of the juice out. And the  grooves along 
with the right spacing  squeezed the juice out with out  getting as much 
debris in the juice. I think that patent said the grooves should  be like 1/4" deep 
and interlock with the opposing roller, but that sounds  like over kill to 
me.  
 
 
JT
 
 
 
Peter,
    Top rollers don't absolutely HAVE to be grooved  anyway. They will 
squeeze the cane anyway. I think the grooves serve 2  purposes maybe: 
          (1) to help pull  the cane through the mill, and 
          (2) to provide  channels for the juice to run down away from the 
crushed stalks.  It      probably helps the efficiency of the mill a  little.
 
   My opinion is that horizontal grooves improve the grabbing  ability of the 
rollers better than vertical grooves. Vertical grooves probably  make better 
juice channels. 1 man I know has his Goldens' 27 power mill  grooved BOTH ways 
on the top roller.
                                                      Richard Harrison

Ptrpdt at aol.com wrote:

Thanks for the info. I was not sure if a roller is cast thick enough  for re 
grooving without taking a chance on weakening the roller enough to  cause 
damage when grinding cane. thought about building roller up with cast  high alloy 
rods and turning on a lathe but at $76 a pound for rods I can buy  a mill 
cheaper by the time I am done. might split a piece of pipe if i can  find the 
right size and weld it to the roller and groove it as last  resort.
 
 
                                                                              
                    thanks, peter



 
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