High-volume oilseed extraction system
Achieve optimal extraction efficiencies with a versatile system that handles various materials, from vegetable proteins to specialty chemicals, ensuring minimal solvent usage and consistent quality in every batch.
Extracts and Processes High-Volume Plant-Based Materials
The Model III Percolation Extractor from Crown Iron Works is engineered for continuous high-volume extraction of various plant-based materials, including oilseeds, hemp, and specialty chemicals. Utilizing a continuous-loop, counter-current design, this extractor facilitates efficient solvent contact and drainage, ensuring optimal extraction from various inputs such as vegetable proteins, producing high-quality outputs like soy protein isolate and biodiesel.
This extractor features a wide, shallow flake bed which enhances solvent percolation and contact efficiency, making it ideal for applications requiring high throughput and consistent product quality. Its processing capacity effectively supports large-scale operations across industries like nutraceuticals and biofuel production.
The equipment is PLC-controlled for seamless integration into your production line, minimizing energy consumption by optimizing motor speed and solvent use. Maintenance is simplified through self-cleaning drainage screens and easy-to-clean flake discharge systems. Additionally, its scalable design allows for customization and expansion, backed by robust engineering support from Crown Iron Works.
Benefits
- Enhances extraction efficiency with low solvent waste, reducing operational costs.
- Supports high-volume production with minimal downtime due to continuous operation.
- Lowers energy usage by optimizing motor control, reducing power consumption.
- Simplifies maintenance with self-cleaning features, extending equipment lifespan.
- Enables versatile processing with customizable configurations for diverse applications.
- Applications
- Vegetable proteins, Wood chips, Hemp cbd oil, Oilseeds, Specialty chemicals, Nutraceuticals, Plant-based proteins, Fats, Oils, Bagasse, Citrus fibers, Biofuel, Pharmaceuticals
- End products
- Pea protein, Biodiesel, Ethanol, Active pharmaceutical ingredients, Sunflower oil, Wood pulp, Cbd oil, Palm oil, Surfactants, Citrus fiber supplements, Soy protein isolate, Multivitamins, Canola oil
- Steps before
- Oilseed Preparation, Grinding, Specialty Extraction / Washing / Leaching, Plant-based Proteins preparation
- Steps after
- Desolventization, Drying, Cooling, Refining, Degumming, Neutralizing, Bleaching
- Input ingredients
- vegetable proteins, wood chips, ground stumps, bagasse, citrus fibers, oilseeds, prepared material
- Output ingredients
- oil extracts, plant-based oils, solvent-treated materials, residual fiber
- Market info
- Crown Iron Works is renowned for its expertise in designing and manufacturing engineered-to-order equipment for oilseed processing and edible oil extraction, with a strong reputation for innovation, reliability, and delivering customized solutions worldwide.
- Solvent Type
- Hexane
- Extraction Type
- Continuous-loop, counter-current
- Bed Type
- Shallow, wide, and long flake bed
- Component Life
- Excellent
- Solvent Contact Method
- All sides contact
- Cleaning Type
- Self-cleaning drainage screens
- Power Requirements
- Lower
- Operating Capacity
- High
- Solvent Usage
- Reduced
- Turnover Method
- Flake bed turned completely over
- Product Type
- High-volume extractions
- Material Compatibility
- Soft, slow draining materials
- Solvent Overflow Control
- Chain incline before discharge
- Flake Discharge
- Continuous
- Flake Bed Movement
- Continuously moving bed
- Flexible operation
- Continuous-loop, counter-current, shallow-bed
- Solvent usage efficiency
- Reduced solvent usage, low carryover
- Automation level
- High operating capacity
- Cleaning method
- Self-cleaning drainage screens
- Energy efficiency
- Lower power requirements
- Flake bed management
- Flake bed turned completely over
- Product versatility
- Handles wide range of materials
- Drainage control
- Rapid drainage, minimizes overflow
- Abrasion resistance
- Resistant
- Biological compatibility
- Compatible with plant-based materials
- Cleanability
- Self-cleaning drainage screens
- Corrosive resistance (e.g. acids)
- Compatible
- Density/particle size
- High variability
- Moisture sensitivity
- Suitable for high-moisture materials
- Thermal sensitivity
- Handles thermal-sensitive materials
- Solvent compatibility
- Compatible with various solvents
- Environmental resistance
- Operates under adverse conditions
- Flake bed design
- Shallow, wide, long
- Machine footprint
- Depends on configuration
- Flake bed shape
- Shallow, wide, and long
- Feed method
- Continuous-loop
- Discharge method
- Continuous discharge
- Flake bed turnover
- Complete turnover for solvent contact
- Control panel type
- PLC / HMI
- Configuration flexibility
- Modular / Expandable
- Integration possibilities
- Solvent system integration / Optional PLC controls
- Discharge method
- Continuous / Adjustable
- Underscreen wash
- Improved / Reliable