A GIANT CREAM VAT.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20622, 22 July 1930, Page 8

A GIANT CREAM VAT.

CONVEYANCE BY RAIL.

NARROW MARGIN IN TUNNELS

An Auckland-built cream vat, 5i tons in weight, was loaded on to a railway truck in the station yards yesterday afternoon for conveyance to Whangarei, where it will be installed in the Whangarei Dairy Company's factory. Great care had to bo exercised in securing the vat in the centra of the truck, as its size only just permitted its passage through the tunnels on the northern line. There will be only one inch to spare on each side, in the smallest tunnel, that at Makarau.

The vat., which has a capacity of 2000 gallons, is of the direct expansion type and is the first Auckland-made apparatus to be lined inside with pure nickel, instead of copper or glass. It was constructed at the Newmarket works of Hardleys, Limited, nt a cost of between £6OO and £7OO. Another vat. designed to hold 2500 gailons. is being built for the Taruaki Dairy Company. The vat is used for cooling and storing purposes. It receives the cream after being pasteurised arid a cooling mixture of water and Initio is circulated through an all-metal jacket surrounding the inner nickel lining. After the temperature has thus been reduced, the cream passes into the churns.