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starchmaker

A professional who tends equipment to separate starch from ground potatoes, and adds chemicals to resulting solution to produce starch of specified purity. Respnsibilities include:

  • Flushes shaker screen containing ground potatoes, using water hose, to remove foreign matter and form crude starch suspension.
  • Turns valves to admit suspension and water to settling and rewash tanks in which impurities rise to surface, forming scum.
  • Turns valves to transfer scum (brown starch) to starch tables and settling tanks until all white starch has been separated.
  • Drains salvaged starch into vat, starts agitator, and adds equal volume of water to form white starch suspension prior to drying.
  • Determines acidity, viscosity, and bacteria content of suspension, using pH meter and viscometer.
  • Adds measured amounts of specified chemicals to further purify and preserve product.
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