In 1889 Robert acquired the UK rights to manufacture and sell Danish engineer Mikael Pedersen's new cream separator, which through a spinning centrifugal separator allowed the machine to run at a constant speed and hence create a regular consistency of cream.
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Prior to 1973, Abbott Laboratories produced sodium cyclamate ( Sucaryl ) by a mixture of ingredients including the addition of pure sodium ( flakes or rods suspended in kerosene ) with cyclohexylamine, chilled and filtered through a high speed centrifugal separator, dried, granulated and micro-pulverised for powder or tablet usage.