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200-Ton Belgian Machine on 308 Wheels: What's Its Role in a Sugar Mill?
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News18•27-09-2026, 13:46
200-Ton Belgian Machine on 308 Wheels: What's Its Role in a Sugar Mill?
- •A 200-ton industrial machine from Belgium, transported on a 308-wheeled trailer, is currently traversing Uttar Pradesh roads.
- •The machine, a reactor vessel, arrived in Odisha by sea and is being transported to Balrampur sugar mill at 5 km/h.
- •This reactor vessel will be used by Balrampur Chini Mills Limited (BCML) to produce ethanol and other bio-products from sugarcane.
- •BCML plans to use the reactor vessel to produce polylactic acid (PLA), a bio-based and biodegradable plastic alternative.
- •Due to its massive size, power lines and foot overbridges are being removed along the route; logistics costs are estimated at ₹9 crore.
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The gigantic reactor vessel will be used to produce ethanol by fermenting molasses, process various bio-products, and manufacture polylactic acid (PLA), which is a biodegradable plastic alternative.
The 200-ton machine is loaded onto a massive multi-axle hydraulic modular trailer equipped with 308 wheels, pulled by a powerful Volvo prime-mover truck, and managed by J M Baxi Heavy logistics.
Because of its immense diameter and height, obstacles like high-tension power lines, poles, and pedestrian foot overbridges are being removed, narrow roads are being widened, and three foot-overbridges in Varanasi are being partially dismantled.
