The ASME Baltimore professional section has invited us to their December tour at the Domino Sugar plant.  This is a very popular and interesting tour.  Sure, it happens on Friday of final exam week, but you'll need a study break then anyway! Please note the shoe requirements.  

Update!!! It seems there was confusion with information - THIS TOUR IS NOT FREE FOR STUDENTS. See the updated info below.

Date: Friday, December 16th

Location: Domino Sugar Refinery

1100 Key Highway East

Baltimore, Maryland

Itinerary:

1:15 PM       Arrive at the Factory

1:30 - 2 PM  Overview of Refining Process

2 - 4 PM       Tour of the Refinery

4 - 4:30 PM   Q&A

5 PM            Meet at Hull St Café (for those who wish to)

Cost: ASME Members $5

Non-members $7

You’ve seen it from the Harbor, now see what goes on

inside. Join the ASME Baltimore Section on Friday,

December 16th at 1:30 PM for a tour of the Domino Sugar

factory.

The Domino Sugar refinery is a Baltimore tradition and a

familiar part of the Inner Harbor skyline. It began

operation in 1922 and is still producing refined sugar and

various sugar syrups for both industrial and grocery

markets. The plant can process, clean and package

about 6 million pounds of raw sugar per day. Sugar cane

products arrive in bulk shipments of up to 65 million

pounds from many domestic and foreign cane sugar

mills. The sucrose purity of the final product is about

99.5% - more than enough to satisfy any sweet tooth

The plant tour will allow you to see the refining process,

which consists of complex unit operations including:

- Affination syrup mingling

- Centrifugal machine separation

- Carbonation process which includes lime slaking,

boiler flue gas scrubbing & compression

- Pressure filtration systems

- Traditional bone char filtration & regeneration

- Evaporation

- Crystallization under high vacuum

- Drying in large rotary drums

- Screening and packaging facilities

Following the tour, for those who wish to, we will

meet at the Hull St Blues Café

(see next page for details)

Age: 16 years and up

RSVP and Payment: by 12/14/11 to Greg Harris at

Greg.Harris@Oracle.com. Limit 15 persons.

Payment can be made by check or online via PayPal.

Make checks out to ASME and sent to:

Greg Harris

108 Deputed Testamony Place

Havre de Grace, MD 21078

Alternatively, PayPal payments can be made by

clicking on the PayPal button on our webpage:

http://sections.asme.org/Baltimore and sending

payment to: asmebaltimore@yahoo.com

SAFETY /SECURITY NOTE: The Domino Sugar

refinery is an industrial plant. There are numerous

stairs and this is an older building so folks unable to

climb stairs or with limited mobility should not take

the tour. All attendees must also abide by the

following good manufacturers practices:

- Long pants are required

- No opened toed shoes, high heels, or tennis

shoes

- No jewelry of any sort: rings, necklaces,

earrings, etc. (a wedding band is permitted)

- You will be given a hair net, safety glasses and

a hard hat.

The precautions are required for safety purposes. In

addition, upon arrival, tour members will have to sign

a waiver prior to taking the tour. You will also need

to bring a government issued picture ID. Finally,

photography is not permitted.