[FreedomPoster]

A former neighbor was involved in the design of a HUGE beet processing plant up in that part of the world 25-30 years ago. To make sugar.

[blackdog]

I did all kinds of industrial controls and upgrades in agricultural processing and food manufacturing plants. I really hated corn syrup. It's very hard to pump it through miles of pipes in food plants. Deli and sausage making giants use it by tank farm quantities. Hot dogs, ham, turkey, etc....I was always surprised at that.

The properties of corn syrups shift wildly based on temperatures, viscosity issues making flow control and metering a real pain in the butt. It can be thick as gorilla glue at one area and thin as water in a hot area, then right back to glue after passing thru a refrigerated area.

That said, sugar is like moving sand. In one week all your 90 degree bend elbows in the pipes are completely cut through by the grainy sugar particles. It is conveyed in pipes using Pnu-Con system. A real long series of pipes that open and close valves to push slugs thru like breathing in, closing off, then breathing out.