SAN PEDRO INULINE FACTORY - Chile

Customer :
ORAFTI (SÜDZUCKER) – Belgium

General contractor :
De Smet Engineers & Contractors.

Scope of works :
Design, supply, construction, installation and commissioning

Industrial operation : July 2006

Main sub-contractors involved :
Applexion – France
Siemens - Belgium
Niro - Denmark

Plant capacity : 2,500 MTPD chicory
Processing units :
- Chicory yard
- Washing
- Slicing
- Extraction
- Purification
- Evaporation
- Crystallisation HP
- Integration of refining & atomizing plant
 Utilities :
- Steam generation plant
- Turbo generator
- Compressed air unit
- Water cooling system
- Fire fighting system.
 Auxiliaries :
- Electricity distribution
- Workshop equipment
- Laboratory equipment
- Truck weighbridge
- Packaging
- Silos, tanks, warehouse
- Administration & social building