Eqlid Sugar Factory’s main field of activity is to extract sugar from sugar beet which is carried out in various following stages by using the lime method:
Receiving sugar beet from cultivation lands
Storage in silo and depot of received sugar beets
Washing and removal of clay from sugar beets
Transferring sugar beets to grinder and slicing section
Entering into extraction or diffusion machine
Separation of pulp and transfer to pressing machine
Removal of sediments and impurities
Absorption of impurities by lime particles and subsiding of lime in the juice
Warming of juice and passing through special filters
Decoloring of the juice
Further warming of the juice
Crystallization and transfer to centrifuge to extract sugar
Experts in Eqlid Sugar Factory are trying to produce a final product with high quality and fitting for market and customers of the sugar by improving the production quality at every stage
Due to limitation of sugar beet production and cultivation during two seasons of spring and autumn, Eqlid Sugar Factory also refines raw sugar imported from other countries and by removing impurities and color pigments in raw sugar and reheating and crystallization it, produces raw sugar. Presently the factory refines 950 tons of raw sugar and produces white sugar from it.