Franconia Takes the Guesswork Out of Starch Cooking
Franconia Paper Corp. of Lincoln, NH has obtained complete control over its starch cooking operations and now uses bulk starch instead of bagged starch. A full-control agitator-viscometer system and a new materials handling
system did the trick.
Further, by being able to control uniformity and viscosity of standard starch completely, the company has virtually eliminated the need for high-priced special starches.
Franconia tossed away the dice cup on its starch cooking operations by placing a 15 hp turbine-blade agitator on each of its two new starch cookers to insure uniformity, and by installing a viscometer to give full control over viscosity.
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