vacuum pan

American  

noun

1. a vessel equipped with a vacuum pump used for rapid evaporation by boiling a substance at a low temperature under reduced pressure.

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Example Sentences

The process of emptying the vacuum pan is technically called a "strike."

From Scientific American, Volume 22, No. 1, January 1, 1870 A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures. by Various

But when the vacuum pan was introduced the molasses was impoverished of its sweetness and beet sugar does not yield any molasses.

From Creative Chemistry Descriptive of Recent Achievements in the Chemical Industries by Slosson, Edwin E.

In 1846 he invented and patented a vacuum pan which in its day revolutionized to a large extent the then known method of refining sugar.

From The Journal of Negro History, Volume 2, 1917 by Various

Borden's vacuum pan of 1853, used to make condensed milk.

From Agricultural Implements and Machines in the Collection of the National Museum of History and Technology Smithsonian Studies in History and Technology, No. 17 by Schlebecker, John T.

The sirup swung from the same is used in next and following operations; when it becomes too thick it is sent to the vacuum pan to be regrained.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 832, December 12, 1891 by Various