Sakthi Sugars Limited is one of the largest producers of white crystal sugar in the
country accounting for a capacity of 19,000 tons of cane crush per day (TCD).
In coherence with Sakthi Sugars' continued effort to enhance the efficiency of
production many initiatives have been put to practice time and again to enrich the
quality of production process to unmatched standards. Some such initiatives are listed
below,
- Scientific farming.
- Continuous R&D in sugar rich, pest resistant and high yielding sugarcane
varieties.
- Mechanization of cane harvesting.
- Efficient Sugar manufacturing process to reduce sugar loss.
- Ensuring cleanliness and hygiene at their best in factory sites.
- Auto Setting Mill facilities.
- Energy Saving Schemes like planetary gear boxes, Automated cooling and
condensing system, vertical continuous pan, etc.,
The Sakthinagar Unit, a pioneer that introduced
Mechanical Cane Harvester in the country, was
established in the year 1964 at Sakthinagar in
Erode District, Tamil Nadu with an initial capacity
of 1250 TCD, scaling higher in stages, today, the
Unit has consolidated its growth with an
aggregate capacity of 9000 TCD.
The Unit is strategically placed in terms of its location. It is situated in the most
favorable climatic zone of the country that hosts more than 35,000 acres of
sugarcane cultivation, well irrigated by Rivers and Canals.
Nonetheless benchmarking its own records and operating all 365 days in an year , the Sakthi Nagar unit has recorded the highest cane crush of 22.35 Lakh M.T during 2006 –07 seasons. The plant achieved more than 1000 days of continuous cane crushing during 2004-07. With its excellence to repeat its success stories, the Unit has won the National Award for Exemplary Export Performance and has also won National Efficiency Award for many years. The Unit also has the distinct capacity of Raw Sugar Processing to produce high quality sugar using conventional equipments.
It was established in the year 1988 – 89 at Padamathur in Sivaganga District,
Tamilnadu. It has an advanced infrastructure equipped with Auto Setting Mills
and the technical know-how to process Raw Sugar.
The plant which was begun with a capacity of 2500 TCD has expanded to 4000 TCD. The plant recorded the highest cane crush of 10 Lakh MT in the 2007-08 Season.
The plant features
- State-of-the-art automatic syrup clarification and melt clarification systems
to produce low ICUMSA colour sugar.
- Modern Fluidised Bed Drier for sugar drying and most modern sugar
grader.
A pioneer
- The Sivaganga Plant is a pioneer in introducing planetary gear Box
and in designing silo, a mechanical device for raw sugar handling at Ports
and Jumbo Bags of 2 tons capacity.
- It showed the industry that the entire sugarcane cultivation can be
brought under total mechanization.
- The Plant introduced large scale sub surface drip irrigation system for
sugarcane crop facilitating mechanized cultivation and harvesting.
- It was the first one to install Vertical continuous PAN and to have
operated it successfully in India. (The Vertical continuous PAN
operates at very low vapor pressure & Temperature)
Some of the measures adopted by the Unit for energy conservation
include.
- Use of AC Variable frequency drives.
- Use of energy saving equipments in process like flash steam recovery,
direct contact heaters, vapour line juice heaters, dynamic juice heaters
and automated single entry multi jet condensers etc.,
The unit indigenously designs and develops farm implements viz., modified tumkur
plough, Disc off Barrer, Roto Incorporator, ridgers for earthing up, Sakthi drip laying
machine.
In the year 1994 at Dhenkanal, Orissa the Unit was
established with an initial capacity of 2500 TCD. Its
strategic proximity to the Paradeep Port gave the Unit
the much sought after logistical advantage to the Unit
helping it realize cost advantage in transportation of
shipments during the Import & Export of raw sugar and
white sugar. The plant has the infrastructure and
technology to produce high quality sugar by processing Raw Sugar using conventional
equipments.
It is one of the very few Sugar Plants in Orissa state operating for more than 120 days
in a season.
In the year 1994 it pioneered the processing of raw sugar to produce high quality
white sugar using conventional equipments in India.
The plant with the capacity of 3500TCD was
instituted in the year 2007 at Poondurai Semur in
Erode District,Tamilnadu.
In the Trial Season during 2007 the Unit crushed
711609 MT of Cane with an average recovery of
9.11 % which is a rare feat and a remarkable
achievement in the national level. Subsequently it produced a laudable quantum of 1.21
Lakh qtls of 45 ICUMSA sugar which was exported.
The Unit also introduced Decanters for removing impurities from the juice as against
Vacuum filters and also installed energy saving equipments to minimize steam
consumption and loss.
