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SUGAR MILLING RESEARCH INSTITUTE

NPC

INCORPORATED ASSOCIATION NOT FOR GAIN

(Reg. No.: 1949/034399/08)

(VAT Registration Number: 4770116533)

Physical Address: University of KwaZulu-Natal Postal Address: P.O.Box 59181

Howard College Campus UMBILO

Corner of Scully & Rick Turner Roads 4075

GLENWOOD

Durban

4041

Telephone: (031) 2731300

Telefax: (031) 2731302

NON-ROUTINE SERVICES

and

ANALYSIS CHARGES

2017/2018

CONTACT STAFF

CEO: Dr Janice Dewar

Industry Support:

Manager Vacant

Laboratory Manager Lola Naidoo

Training & Lab Audits Indiran Govender

Consulting Reza Essop

Factory Figures Levitta Bhyrodeyal

Analytical Quality & Development:

Manager Stephen Walford

Researcher Dr Heidi du Clou

Quality & SHE Venishree Pillay

Research and Development:

Manager Steve Davis

Group Leader: Strategic Research Dr Kitty Foxon

Group Leader: Adaptive Research Shaun Madho

Group Leader: Technology Development Vacant

Researchers Bryan Barker

Dr Kim Booysen

Dr Richard Loubser

Sanet Nel

Dr Mathew Starzak

Sayed Rahiman

Lihle Masondo

Support Services:

Finance & Admin Manager Gail Hart-Jones

Finance & Admin Officer Marlini Moodley

Invoicing/Debtors Kavita Mudali

Procurement/Creditors Ntokozo Msani

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For queries regarding services please contact [email protected]

NON-ROUTINE SERVICES OFFERED BY THE INSTITUTE

The SMRI has a staff of scientists and engineers comprising of university graduates and

diplomates in scientific subjects. This pool of personnel offers various services to the sugar

industry. Some of the non-routine services available on request are outlined in this document

but it is emphasised that the list of potential services is not complete and that general

consulting and short term investigations can be undertaken on a variety of subjects for

individual factories.

SERVICES AND CHARGES

Category B1 members: South African sugarcane processing entities owned by members of

SASMA (formerly Full Members) - receive a 50% discount on full rates

Category B2 members: Non- South African sugarcane processing entities affiliated to

SASMA members (formerly Affiliate Members) - receive a 25% discount on full rates

Category B3 members: Downstream Manufacturers affiliated to members of SASMA

receive a 25% discount on full rates

Category B4 members: SASA (CTS, SASRI & SAST) - receive a 25% discount on full rates

Category B6 members: Third parties connected or affiliated with the sugarcane processing

and downstream manufacturers - full rates

1. GENERAL CONSULTING

The SMRI’s Consulting Fees (CF) are determined by the experience of the personnel

involved and the customer.

For purposes of calculating the Institute’s consultancy fees, Institute staff are charged out as

either Professional Consultants (CF1), Project Operators (CF2) or Project Supporters

(CF3). Professional Consultants are Heads of Division and Senior Research Officers whereas

Project Operators are Research Officers and Senior Technicians. Project Supporters are

Technicians who are assigned to a project when it is appropriate for the Consultant or Project

Operator to have an assistant.

SMRI Daily Consulting Fees: Available on request

When work is undertaken at sugar factories the additional Subsistence and Travel

expenses will also be charged to the relevant mills. The Institute’s transport rate for

2017/2018 is R 3,00 per km (excluding VAT).

Service Charge

2. ANALYTICAL

On site laboratory audits including investigations

and comparisons of the three laboratory shifts

Available on request

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Analytical method development and instrument

evaluation

Negotiable + one day report writing

3. PROCESS ENGINEERING

Factory Audits – Desktop or on site By negotiation

Complete energy audit of a factory By negotiation

Ethanol-based assessment of sucrose losses due to

cane delays

By negotiation

Specialised mass and colour balance calculations

for refineries


Tracer tests: diffusers & clarifiers


Lithium tracer tests: diffusers, filters, evaporators

etc.


Use of SMRI pilot pan for specific tests Available on request

Feasibility studies: e.g. chemical cleaning,

back-end refineries, capacity increases


4. FACTORY FIGURES

Data handling (historical trends, data

manipulations and statistical work)


Information retrieval from past laboratory reports Price on application (see advert later)

5. TRAINING (see advert later) Full Rates

Ten-Week Sugar Engineering Course R 121 515.00 per student

One-Week Sugar Technology Course for

engineers (usually mid-year)

R 15 021.00 per student

Two-Day Elementary Course in Sugar

Technology

By special arrangement (usually

R 57 639.00 per course + S&T for one

lecturer if remote from Durban)

On-site Laboratory Analyst Refresher Training R 93 075.00 (one week) + S&T for two

lecturers

Two-Week Laboratory Manager Course R 19 196.00 per student

Customised Courses By negotiation

Guidance on project work for in-house training By negotiation

Member discounts apply

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*This analysis will be contracted out and charged at contract price plus 15%

NOTE: Charges to Zimbabwean customers need to be inflated by 25% (i.e. x 1,25) to compensate for the Zimbabwean

Government taxation

ANALYSIS CHARGES

Where a considerable number of samples is involved, lower prices can be negotiated.

NOTE: All prices exclude VAT

Category

B6

Category

B2, B3, B4

Category

B1

1. SUGAR (RAW)

(a) Individual Components

Affination, ICUMSA cane sugar method 838.00 628.50 419.00

Affination, SASTA method 376.00 282.00 188.00

Ash, conductivity 196.00 147.00 98.00

Bagacillo 628.00 471.00 314.00

Colour, ICUMSA at 420 nm or 560 nm 488.00 366.00 244.00

Dextran, haze method 838.00 628.50 419.00

Fructose and glucose by HPAEC 1760.00 1320.00 880.00

Crystal size distribution 676.00 507.00 338.00

Gums 1270.00 952.50 635.00

Moisture, by oven drying (105°C for 3 h) 196.00 147.00 98.00

pH 196.00 147.00 98.00

Phosphate, inorganic (colorimetric method) 552.00 414.00 276.00

Pol 488.00 366.00 244.00

Reducing sugars, Luff-Schoorl method 464.00 348.00 232.00

Sieve analysis 984.00 738.00 492.00

Starch 714.00 535.50 357.00

Starch, simplified method 426.00 319.50 213.00

Suspended solids (SMRI method) 568.00 426.00 284.00

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Government taxation

Category

B6

Category

B2, B3, B4

Category

B1

2. SUGAR (REFINED)

Appearance 288.00 216.00 144.00


Colour, ICUMSA at 420 nm 488.00 366.00 244.00

Caking test, test tube 488.00 366.00 244.00

Density 314.00 235.50 157.00

Dextran 838.00 628.50 419.00

Filterability 676.00 507.00 338.00

Floc, Low brix test (10 days) 630.00 472.50 315.00

Fructose and glucose by HPAEC 1760.00 1320.00 880.00

Moisture, Karl Fischer 1612.00 1209.00 806.00

Moisture, by oven drying (105°C for 3 h) 196.00 147.00 98.00

Odour 426.00 319.50 213.00

Odour, on acidification 426.00 319.50 213.00

pH 196.00 147.00 98.00

Pol 488.00 366.00 244.00

Reducing sugars, Knight and Allen method 426.00 319.50 213.00

Sieve analysis 426.00 319.50 213.00

Sulphur dioxide, Rosaniline method 426.00 319.50 213.00

Insoluble solids (ICUMSA method) 868.00 651.00 434.00

Insoluble solids (SMRI method) 628.00 471.00 314.00

- Cost per additional membrane 90.00 67.50 45.00

Taste 426.00 319.50 213.00

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Government taxation

Category

B6

Category

B2, B3, B4

Category

B1

Turbidity (@ 420 nm and 720 nm) 426.00 319.50 213.00

Visual 288.00 216.00 144.00

3. INTERMEDIATE PRODUCTS

(a) Juice, syrup, massecuite, molasses etc.

Acetic acid 1760.00 1320.00 880.00


Ash, sulphated - molasses 426.00 319.50 213.00

Boiling down of molasses (excluding

analyses)

4140.00 3105.00 2070.00

Brix, hydrometer 628.00 471.00 314.00

Brix, refractometer 426.00 319.50 213.00

Colour, ICUMSA at 420 nm 488.00 366.00 244.00

Cystal size distribution, Kontron 676.00 507.00 338.00

Dextran, Haze method 838.00 628.50 419.00

Distillery liquors by HPLC (fructose, glucose,

sucrose , ethanol, glycerol)

2440.00 1830.00 1220.00

Dry solids, Karl Fischer method 1612.00 1209.00 806.00

Dry solids, by vacuum oven drying 698.00 523.50 349.00

Ethanol, by GC (single sample in duplicate) 550.00 412.50 275.00

Ethanol, by GC (charge per sample for bulk

DAC samples, >40 )

270.00 202.50 135.00

Fermentability -molasses( EtOH by GC &

FGS by HPLC)

2836.00 2127.00 1418.00

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Government taxation

Category

B6

Category

B2, B3, B4

Category

B1

Fructose, glucose and sucrose, by GC 2440.00 1830.00 1220.00

Fructose, glucose & other lactose, by HPAEC 2136.00 1602.00 1068.00

Other maltose, by HPAEC 698.00 523.50 349.00

Furfural 1760.00 1320.00 880.00

Glutose (unfermentables) 974.00 730.50 487.00

Gums 1270.00 952.50 635.00

Hydroxymethyl furfural by HPLC 1774.00 1330.50 887.00

Lactic acid, headspace GC 1248.00 936.00 624.00

Lactic acid and ethanol, headspace GC 1580.00 1185.00 790.00

pH 196.00 147.00 98.00


Pol (including brix) 776.00 582.00 388.00

Reducing sugars, by Eynon and Lane 838.00 628.50 419.00

Starch 714.00 535.50 357.00

Suspended matter 838.00 628.50 419.00

Total invert, by Eynon and Lane 838.00 628.50 419.00

Turbidity 426.00 319.50 213.00

Unleaded Pol (including brix) 776.00 582.00 388.00

Viscosity (molasses) 258.00 193.50 129.00

Viscosity (massecuite and magma) 430.00 322.50 215.00

Volatile organic acids 1914.00 1435.50 957.00

(b) Cane and Bagasse

Ash/soil 974.00 730.50 487.00

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Government taxation

Category

B6

Category

B2, B3, B4

Category

B1

Brix, refractometer 426.00 319.50 213.00

Calorific value*

Fibre, by DAC 628.00 471.00 314.00

Fibre, direct 628.00 471.00 314.00

Moisture, by microwave or oven drying 196.00 147.00 98.00


Preparation index 974.00 730.50 487.00

Total Analysis (Pol, Brix, Fibre, Moisture) 1900.00 1425.00 950.00

(c) Filter Cake and Filter Feed

Brix refractometer 426.00 319.50 213.00

Filter retention 3160.00 2370.00 1580.00

Moisture, by oven drying 196.00 147.00 98.00

Mud solids 1172.00 879.00 586.00


4. GENERAL ANALYSIS

Acidity 426.00 319.50 213.00

Aluminium, by A-A*

Anions by IC (Cl-, PO43-, SO4

2-) 1760.00 1320.00 880.00

Arsenic*

Available CaO or MgO, sugar method 1248.00 936.00 624.00

Calcium, by A-A*

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Government taxation

Category

B6

Category

B2, B3, B4

Category

B1

Carbon dioxide*

Cations by IC (K+, NH4+, Ca2+, Mg2+) 1760.00 1320.00 880.00

Centrifugal screen analysis (for slot size) 838.00 628.50 419.00

(plus photograph if requested) 166.00 124.50 83.00

Chemical Oxygen demand 540.00 405.00 270.00

Chromium, by emission*

Copper, by A-A*

Iron, by A-A*

Lead, by A-A*

Lead, by chemical method*

Lead sub-acetate (full analysis) 7760.00 5820.00 3880.00

Lithium, by A-A*

Loss on ignition per temperature 432.00 324.00 216.00

Magnesium, by A-A*

Manganese, by A-A*

Metacontent (nickel plating solutions) 514.00 385.50 257.00

Optical rotation 244.00 183.00 122.00


Potassium, by A-A*

Quaternary Ammonium Compounds (raw &

refined Sugar)

1348.00 1011.00 674.00

Refractive index of castor oil 146.00 109.50 73.00

Scale (digestion) 426.00 319.50 213.00

Scale Analysis (XRD and XRF)*

Silica, gravimetric 974.00 730.50 487.00

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Government taxation

Category

B6

Category

B2, B3, B4

Category

B1

Sludge content by centrifugation 590.00 442.50 295.00

Sodium, by A-A*

Specific gravity (bottle) 776.00 582.00 388.00

Verification of quartz plates (per plate) 3902.00 2926.50 1951.00

5. MICROBIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS

Canners' sugar 1296.00 972.00 648.00

Bottlers’ sugar 908.00 681.00 454.00

Microscopic examination 426.00 319.50 213.00

Osmophiles 1296.00 972.00 648.00

Thermophilic Acidophilic Bacteria 618.00 463.50 309.00

6. WATER ANALYSIS

Sucrose traces (colorimetric) 514.00 385.50 257.00

Alkalinity* For these analyses contact the Council for Scientific & Industrial

Research (CSIR) directly.

(Tel: 031 - 261 8161)

Alternatively a handling fee of 15% will be payable if you prefer the

SMRI to act as intermediary

Ammonia*

Chelant*

COD, semi-micro method*

Conductivity*

Chloride*

Iron*

Loss on ignition of insoluble solids*

Loss on ignition of total solids*

Nitrate*

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Government taxation

Category

B6

Category

B2, B3, B4

Category

B1

Nitrite*

Oil, grease*

Oxygen absorbed*

pH*

Phosphate*

Silica* For these analyses contact the Council for Scientific & Industrial

Research (CSIR) directly.

(Tel: 031 - 261 8161)

Alternatively a handling fee of 15% will be payable if you prefer the

SMRI to act as intermediary

Sodium*

Sulphite*

Suspended solids*

Total dissolved solids, conductometric*

Total dissolved solids, gravimetric*

Total hardness*

Total solids*

SUGAR MILLING RESEARCH INSTITUTE NPC

RETRIEVAL OF INFORMATION FROM PAST

LABORATORY REPORTS

All the data present in the SMRI Weekly and Monthly Summaries of Laboratory Reports

are available from a database at the Institute and specified data can be selectively

retrieved very rapidly. Data from the 1979/1980 to 2016/2017 seasons are available on a

weekly and monthly basis. The SMRI can provide these data in the form of tables or

graphs which can be faxed, saved on CD Rom and posted, or emailed. All data from the

2006/2007 to 2016/2017 seasons are available to registered members on the SMRI

website (www.smri.org) to be downloaded at no charge in Excel or pdf format.

SMRI MIXED JUICE AND

MOLASSES DATA

FACTORY

PERFORMANCE

REPORTS

SELECTED DATA

RETRIEVAL FROM

DATABASE

AVAILABILITY OF ALL

REPORTS VIA E-MAIL

This service should be useful for the detection and analysis of trends. There will be

a small charge for the service, based on the amount of work involved.

Please contact Levitta Bhyrodeyal at the SMRI if you are interested.

Tel.: (031) 2731350 Fax: (031) 2731302

[email protected]


COURSES IN SUGAR TECHNOLOGY April 2017 to March 2018 - Full Rates

TEN-WEEK COURSE

If you are a graduate or diplomate in the factory, and especially in the production department, then our intensive TEN-WEEK COURSE in sugar engineering is a must.

DETAILS

R 121 515.00* per candidate

• lectures • tutorials • laboratory practical work • plant visits • projects Presented annually from Sep to Nov at the SMRI.

ONE-WEEK COURSE

If you are a graduate or diplomate in the sugar factory or supporting industries, we recommend our introductory ONE-WEEK COURSE in sugar technology.

DETAILS

R 15 021.00* per candidate (includes lunch)

• lectures • plant visits Presented annually at the SMRI, usually mid-year.

TWO-DAY COURSE

If you are in maintenance, administration, front offices, stores, clinics, computers etc., and you would like to know how sugar is made, then you would enjoy our elementary TWO-DAY COURSE.

DETAILS

R 57 639.00* per course

• lectures & demonstrations • a mill visit 20 candidates Presented on request at your premises

ON-SITE LABORATORY ANALYST REFRESHER TRAINING

If you are a Laboratory Analyst you would benefit from our on-site one or two week ANALYST REFRESHER TRAINING.

DETAILS

R 93 075.00* per one week course

• lectures & demonstrations

• practical evaluation 1 - 15 candidates Conducted on request at your premises

TWO WEEK LABORATORY MANAGER COURSE

If you are a Laboratory Manager or Supervisor you would benefit from our on-site two-week LABORATORY MANAGER COURSE.

DETAILS

R 19 196.00* per candidate

• lectures & demonstrations • practical evaluation Conducted as required at the SMRI

CONTACT: Indiran Govender Tel.: (031) 2731356 Fax: (031) 2731302 e-mail: [email protected]

*Note All charges exclude VAT Member discounts apply

All charges include VAT at 14%


INSTRUMENTATION

Over the years the SMRI developed various instruments specifically for the sugar industry. While some of these instruments are fabricated by the SMRI others are manufactured by third parties. These instruments include:

a) Nutsch Filter

b) Displacement Rate Index Apparatus (DRI)

c) Juice Clarity Meter

d) Juice Colour Meter

For further information contact: [email protected]


LABORATORY PROBLEMS

METHODS/TECHNIQUES Need some fine tuning?

TROUBLESHOOTING Cannot find the answers yourselves?

SPECIAL TESTS No time to do it yourselves?

INTER-LABORATORY/PROFICIENCY TESTING

EVALUATION OF INSTRUMENTS What’s new on the market?

AUDITS Need a complete check of the Laboratory?

QUALITY CONTROL Advice on quality systems?

Contact: [email protected]

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