Hello,

My question is are there any machines available that can remove the
rind of the sugar cane? We usually use a knife to scrap it off, but
this is very tedious.

My parents came from Rangoon, Burma (Yangon, Myanmar) many years ago
and one of their favorite delicacies is Sugar Cane Juice. In fact,
they have been building various models of sugar cane juice extractors
at their machine shop to crush and squeeze the juice out of sugar cane
stalks.

I found some wonderful professional sugar cane juice extractors for
sale on google. However, probably the most tedious process is trying
to remove the rind or skin of the sugar cane. We usually scrap it off
with a knife or peeler. It can take some time to do.

Perhaps the following information will be helpful for you.

Cane Separation System
http://www.tifac.org.in/do/sug/proj/ntech.htm

Technology Partners: Amcane International, USA, Praj Industries India,
Pune, Kothari Sugar & Chemicals Ltd. & STM
Location: Kothari Sugars & Chemicals Ltd., Kattur, Tamil Nadu
Application & Purpose: Juice extraction, removal of rind before juice
extraction to achieve juice quality of high order. Fibre obtained will
attract high premium on sale to paper factories.
Advantages: Production of superior quality sugar Byproduct bagasse has
high value due to long fibres.
Implementation status: Plant scale trials at a capacity of 1200 TCD in progress


links to:

Cane Separation Technology  (see photo)
http://www.tifac.org.in/do/sug/proj/trytech.htm#cane

(Left) Juice from Conventional Milling
(Right) Juice from CSS 
The CSS extracts very clean juice by separating the rind of cane ( a
major source of impurities) from the pith (which bears clean juice).

Trails were conducted at M/s. Kothari Sugars & Chemicals Limited, in
collaboration with M/s. Amcane Praj, Pune. Results have been
encouraging and efforts are focused towards minimising sugar losses in
pith. Rind is a value added raw material for paper manufacturing.



Best regards,
tlspiegel