Super Ranch: Brothers come to Africa to farm

Chapter 466 Processing sisal!

Moreover, these employees have previously received training from technicians sent by the Nongken Group and are able to master the sisal processing process proficiently.

Even during the processing, there are technicians from the Farm Reclamation Group to provide guidance at any time.

Wang Lu also took a look and was very satisfied with the work efficiency of his black regular employees.

After those sisal leaves are harvested from the ground, the first step is to sharpen them, that is, to cut off the top thorns on the leaves. The top thorns on the leaves are not only hard but also contain many impurities. If they are cut off, it can improve the quality of the leaves. The quality of fiber extracted at that time.

The next step is to shave the sharpened leaves to separate the coarse fibers inside.

Both steps can be carried out mechanically. There is a special sharpening machine for sharpening, and a scraping machine for scraping. After the blades are fed into the scraping machine, the leaf meat, juice, leaf residue and fibers will be separated, and the machine The efficiency is also very high.

A scraping machine can process three to four hundred tons of fresh sisal leaves at one time.

The operation of this kind of machinery only needs to be carried out strictly in accordance with the regulations and procedures, and there will be no major problems.

Amanda was the first black employee to learn to operate the scraper and sharpening machine, setting an example for the other black employees under her.

Right now, this guy was controlling the huge hemp scraping machine. After seeing Wang Lu arriving, Amanda quickly greeted Wang Lu respectfully.

"boss!"

His eyes were full of sincere respect. You must know that even if he no longer works under Wang Lu in the future, with his skill in mastering the operation of hemp scraping machine and sharpening machine, he can easily work under Wang Lu. You can find work in any local sisal factory, and it is a high-paying position.

As the saying goes, it is better to teach a man to fish than to teach him how to fish. This is the truth.

Of course, Amanda wouldn't be stupid enough to leave Wang Lu's ranch. After all, even the salaries offered by large sisal processing factories can't compare with the salary offered by Wang Lu, let alone working in the ranch. Over time, he felt sincere respect and serious treatment.

This also made Amanda work harder and harder.

Following Amanda's control, a batch of sisal fibers that had just been simply separated was transported from the outlet of the scraping machine. Immediately, other black employees took away the batch of rough-processed sisal fibers, and then started Rinse with plenty of water.

Wang Lu was a little puzzled when he saw this. After all, these sisal fibers had just been separated from the leaf juice in the sisal leaves...

Amanda also explained from the side: "Boss, these rough-processed sisal fibers are not yet finished products. They still have a lot of leaf residue attached to them, especially some colloids produced by the high-speed operation of the scraping machine. , must be rinsed and degummed, otherwise these sisal fibers will eventually turn black, stiff, rough and dull, and may even rot, making it a completely failed product!”

Wang Lu also nodded when he heard this. It was obvious that his boss had no in-depth understanding of the sisal processing process and almost made a joke. However, the thick skin he had developed long ago was enough to make him feel no shame.

After the black workers rinsed the sisal fibers with water until they were almost completely dry, they then used a hammering machine to squeeze out the moisture accumulated in the fibers and squeeze out more colloids. This was repeated several times to remove all the colloids and water. Only after squeezing it dry does it come to an end.

All that's left is to dry these sisal fibers. Of course, for a farm as large as Wanglu Ranch, drying is a big project, so using a far-infrared dryer is the best choice. It is not only efficient but also fast. .

Finally, workers pass the dried sisal fibers through a dehulling machine to remove the final impurities and then package them directly.

At this time, the sisal fiber had completely turned into white strips. Wang Lu tried it himself and found that it was indeed tough enough!

"No wonder even the cables on warships are made of this stuff, it's so strong!"

Wang Lu, who sighed with emotion, also heard the technician from the Farm Reclamation Group who was accompanying him add:
"Mr. Wang, not only that, the sisal fiber itself has a good luster, and its own elasticity is relatively high, and the tensile force is also very strong. In addition, it has good salt-alkali resistance and friction properties, and has excellent performance in dry and wet environments. It has the advantage of not being very stretchable. The inner layers of the tires of aircraft and cars, including the conveyor belts of machines, and the rope cores in the steel ropes of crane slings are also made of a material from sisal fiber. This stuff has a large demand in China. It’s here!”

Then the technician introduced to Wang Lu other uses of sisal. Not only the extracted sisal fiber is valuable, but even the separated sisal leaf residue can be used to feed livestock and make products. Take alcohol, oxalic acid, pectin and other products.

Wang Lu was even surprised to learn that this stuff could even be used as a contraceptive... The sisal saponin extracted from sisal leaf juice is the raw material for making No. 53 contraceptive pill.

There are also a series of uses such as wine making and sugar refining.

In short, this thing can be considered to be full of treasures!
This is also the reason why Wang Lu chose to plant sisal on a large scale in the pasture.

It is preliminary estimated that one acre of sisal land can bring Wang Lu 4000 yuan in income. This is because the cost of long-distance transportation back to China is higher, and [-] acres of sisal land can bring more than [-] million yuan. income!
Even if the labor and upfront investment are removed, the income of [-] million is stable!
The key is that this thing is not a one-time thing. These [-] acres of sisal land can be harvested again next year. It can bring hundreds of millions of economic value to the ranch every year, and the cost will be spread more and more in the future.

Conservative estimates suggest that it will take [-] or [-] years to harvest sisal without any problem!

Accumulated, this is also a stable source of income of more than 20 to [-] billion!
For at least the next month, the entire ranch will be busy harvesting sisal and processing sisal. The transportation vehicles of the Farm Reclamation Group are also constantly coming in and out of Wang Lu's ranch, transporting the processed sisal to The port in Dares Daram, and then transported back to the country and put into the manufacturing of various industrial products!
Wang Lu, a guy who was used to being a hands-off shopkeeper, naturally wouldn't change his temper all of a sudden. Except for the first day or two when he pretended to go on inspection tours, he later just held his eldest son to cultivate the relationship between his family and his children.

There are people watching down there, and people from the Farm Reclamation Group are also watching. It would be strange if something went wrong!
Of course, Wang Lu still received some minor incidents such as fights among the newly recruited black laborers, and he handled them casually.

(End of this chapter)