Sugar: Leading solutions for beet and cane sugar processing

Efficient sugar processing solutions for beet and cane sugar, covering clarification, separation, dewatering, automation, and sustainable water management.

Solid-liquid separation is a critical process in sugar cane and beet processing, playing a key role in maximizing sugar recovery, improving product quality, and supporting efficient, sustainable operations. With decades of experience in separation technologies, ANDRITZ delivers tailored solutions designed for a wide range of capacities, process conditions, and end products across the sugar industry.

From juice extraction and clarification to dewatering, thickening, and after-treatment, we offer a comprehensive portfolio of solutions for your production. Combined with advanced process simulation, intelligent automation, and reliable local service, we provide a complete package—from concept and testing to installation and continuous optimization.

As soon as your raw materials enter the process, we support you with an integrated, end-to-end production approach:

Customized solutions for juice clarification and solids separation
High-efficiency dewatering of bagasse and filter cake
Integrated thermal solutions for evaporation, drying, and cooling
Advanced technologies to enhance sugar quality and final product value

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Our leading technology range includes pumps, filter press, girapc/girasieve, hydrasieve, rotopress, decanters, belt press, drum filter, evaporator, fluidbed dryer/cooler, pelletizer, vacuum coater, centrifuges, baskets and screens, filters, frames and membranes, filter cloths, making it possible to provide comprehensive solutions from washing to drying.

Wash water treatment

Beet and cane sugar solutions

Service

Automation and digitalization

Wash water treatment

Wash water treatment is a vital step in sugar beet processing, ensuring efficient beet cleaning while minimizing water consumption and environmental impact. During washing, soil, stones, and organic matter are removed, generating process water that must be effectively treated and recycled. Advanced treatment solutions—such as screening, sedimentation, and sludge dewatering—enable the recovery of solids, reduce fresh water demand, and maintain stable process conditions. By optimizing wash water loops, producers can improve operational efficiency, lower costs, and meet increasingly stringent environmental standards.

Filter presses

- Hygienic and food-grade design

- High product yield and purity

- Flexible, automated solutions

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Girapac and Girasieve

- Effective removal of solids

- Compact plug-and-play design

- Minimal maintenance

Explore our rotating drum screens

HydraSieve

- Simple, efficient separation

- No moving parts, no motor

- Low maintenance

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Screw press

- Efficient continuous dewatering

- Low energy, low operating costs

- Compact design

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Decanter centrifuge D

- Key role in dewatering

- Efficient dewatering

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Belt press

- Fiber dewatering

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Beet and cane sugar solutions

With a broad range of process options, supported by tailored solutions and comprehensive service packages, we help you achieve your goals in beet sugar processing —from higher capacity and throughput to improved equipment availability, extended asset lifetime, and consistently low residual moisture in your end product.

Vacuum drum filters

- High-capacity filtration

- Large filtration area

- Low maintenance

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Falling film evaporators

- Short residence time

- Handles higher viscosities and suspended solids

- Low energy consumption

Explore our FF evaporators

Forced circulation evaporators

- Reduces precipitation, scaling, and fouling

- Handles higher viscosities and allows higher concentrations

- Suitable for challenging slurries and fouling‑prone liquids

Explore our FC evaporators

Fluid bed dryers

- Rapid and uniform drying

- Gentle handling

- Energy efficiency

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Service

With over 150 years of experience in industrial processes, we support our customers with proven lifecycle services and tailored automation and digital solutions – ensuring stable operations, optimized performance, and long-term value creation.

Filter cloths for filter presses

- High quality

- Longer lifetime

- Wear resistance

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Wedge wire and perforated components

- Engineered components for all production stages

- Specialized design for sugar requirements

- Global sugar expertise from one single-source

Explore our filtration components

Global service, local support

- Comprehensive service solutions

- End-to-end support

- Global expertise at your fingertips

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Service agreements

- Reliable operations through worldwide support

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Automation and digitalization

With our advanced technologies, comprehensive services, and smart automation and digitalization solutions, we deliver peace of mind today and lasting success for tomorrow – efficiently, responsibly, and with measurable impact.