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Oleochemicals

API making equipment must observe rigorous quality control standards across the entire manufacturing process. The pharmacodynamic properties of active pharmaceutical ingredients API make them highly sensitive to their environment, making API manufacturing and production a tightly regulated field.

Active pharmaceutical ingredients (API)

De Dietrich Process Systems provides advanced technological solutions for the pharmaceutical and chemical industries, focusing on quality, reliability, safety, and sustainability. They support green chemistry initiatives and aim for sustainable growth through innovation and ethical principles like transparency and respect.

Handles larger synthesis quantities safely

Wide operating temperature range (-20°C to +150°C)

Easy to clean with CIP nozzles

Certified for use in EX-rated areas

Durable borosilicate glass with PTFE-coated components

When small-scale lab reactors become inadequate for larger chemical synthesis projects, researchers require a solution that can handle greater volumes while maintaining safety and efficiency standards.
<h2>Conduct large-scale reactions safely and efficiently</h2>
The QVF® Universal-Reactor by De Dietrich is designed to manage chemical synthesis processes that exceed the capacity of standard lab-scale 3-neck flasks. This reactor can handle liquid-phase reactions under inert gas between -20°C and +150°C and distill light boiling components. Equipped with necessary instrumentation, it requires only connection to heating and cooling media to become operational. The self-draining design facilitates easy cleaning through CIP nozzles. All equipment is Ex-rated per German and European regulations, making it suitable for use in EX-rated areas. The reactor also features a robust stirrer drive and borosilicate glass construction with PTFE-coated components, ensuring durability and resistance to chemicals.

Industrial universal reactor for large-scale chemical synthesis

Process

Industrial autoclaves are hermetic containers that kill microorganisms such as bacteria, viruses, and spores by using steam under high pressure. The steam is pumped at a higher pressure than normal atmospheric pressure to reach a temperature of 121–140 °C. As steam is pumped into the main chamber of the autoclave, it replaces air and creates a vacuum seal. The pressure vessel kills pathogens and microbes, but industrial autoclaves may also be used to reinforce composite materials, and laminate surfaces. Sensitive products such as foods and pharmaceuticals typically use wet steam autoclaves to sterilize containers and instruments because moisture can penetrate tight areas. But other applications, such as wood treatment or rubber vulcanizing, may also be subjected to dry steam techniques.

Industrial autoclaves

Chemical

Pharmaceutical

Batch

Continuous

Industrial

The essential objectives of containment systems are personnel protection and preventing the release of toxic or infectious material into the environment. Containment is also used to prevent a product or sample from contamination by the external environment. In the chemical and pharmaceutical industries, containment solutions are used to protect the personnel from the leaking of airborne particles of hazardous substances, as powders or liquids are handled or transferred during processing.

Containment

Industrial cooling equipment varies according to the consistency and temperature conversion demands the material you are handling, but the process typically involves heat exchange treatment as your products are conveyed through a cooling chamber equipped with extraction fans or circulating water. Temperature control is a crucial aspect of your commercial production and cooling systems are applied to a range of industries.

Cooling

Industrial distillation equipment is used in the process of separating different constituents of a liquid mixture. Considerations for choosing suitable distillation systems include the boiling points of the components, heat sensitivity of the product of interest, pressure requirements during the process, and the scale of production. Distillation is used for concentrating extracts such as herbal extracts, flavors, and aromas in the food industry. In the pharmaceutical industry, distillation is used in the production of active ingredients and in the chemical industry for the purification of chemical products.

Distillation

<span style="font-weight: 400">The heating process is a step of raising the temperature of food, pharma, cosmetics, and many other types of products. You may employ different heating solutions for this process, depending on the type of product you intend to manufacture. Selecting the appropriate heater machine for your product is quite important since various products require different ranges of temperatures and different ways of heat transfer using exchangers. Industrial heating equipment varies in two ways - the type of material it can process and the reaction you want to achieve.</span>

Heating

Due to their potential hazardous nature, chemicals are classified for proper identification and safety during production. Chemical classification depends on their properties, structures and functions. In the chemical industry, you can regard them as basic chemicals such as acids, chemical products to produce plastic materials and finished chemicals for use in cosmetology. As a manufacturer or engineer, you want to know their reactivity when using chemical processing equipment.

Chemicals

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Glycerine is a water-soluble liquid mix of alcohol and sugar. It is a by-product of the oil and fats industry that offers added value to various industries. There are three ways to process it: transesterification, saponification, and fat splitting (hydrolysis). In 2020 these 3 forms of glycerine production reached around 4 million metric tons, with a global market of $1.68 billion.

Glycerine

The waste oils from cooking in your kitchen could be transformed to biodiesel. Oily biomass such as soybean, animal fats, or recycled grease make excellent feedstocks to produce high quality alternative transport fuel. Materials are combined with an alcohol in a transesterification reactor that converts the mass into crude biodiesel. The finished product is a low-sulfur, biodegradable fuel that can be used in its pure formulation or in petroleum diesel fuel blends.

Biodiesel

Willy A. Bachofen AG (WAB-GROUP®) is an industry leader in wet milling technology, 3D mixing technology and flow chemistry with its agitator bead mills (DYNO®-MILL), three-dimensional shaker mixers (TURBULA®, dyna-MIX®) and agitator bead mill reactors (WAB IMPA°CT REACTOR®).

Reduced energy consumption

Process intensification reduces costs

Scalable to industrial sizes

Less solvents

Better yield and selectivity 

<span class="NormalTextRun SCXW31717943 BCX0">To achieve cleaner, safer, and more efficient transformations in the pharma and chemical industry m</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW31717943 BCX0">inimizing the use of hazardous solvents</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW31717943 BCX0"> and</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW31717943 BCX0"> reducing energy consumption</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW31717943 BCX0"> is pivotal.</span>
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<span data-contrast="auto">The <span style="font-weight: normal !msorm;">WAB </span></span><span data-contrast="auto">IMPA°CT REACTOR from WAB-GROUP<sup>®</sup> is an innovative agitator bead mill reactor in</span><span data-contrast="auto"> the field of flow chemistry. Featuring a horizontal reaction chamber, it is optimal for efficient mass transfer and activation of chemical reactions. An inductively heated agitator employs impact bead milling for high and uniform mechanical energy input and surface renewal of the reactants. Additionally, an induction heater arranged around the stirring elements enables direct heating of the reactants up to +160 °C. It integrates the power of three WAB technologies into one single reactor: the DYNO<sup>®</sup>-ACCELERATOR, the patented DYNO<sup>®</sup>-DISC BC</span><span data-contrast="auto">,</span><span data-contrast="auto"> and the DYNO<sup>®</sup>-DISC KD agitator discs. </span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}"> </span>

<span data-contrast="none">The technology is ideal for both passage and circuit operation</span><span data-contrast="none"> and</span><span data-contrast="auto"> can be used for liquid as well as viscous, pumpable products and heterogeneous catalysts. It is scalable to meet industry requirements from g/h up to tons/h. Due to its cooling properties, the reactor can be utilized in exothermic reactions, in addition to its application in endothermic processes.</span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}"> </span>

Agitator bead mill reactor for molecular synthesis by mechanochemistry in continuous flow

Milling machines are used to reduce the size of material by cutting, crushing, or grinding it. The choice of industrial milling equipment depends on the industry and the materials to work with. Besides, there is a significant difference between those aimed to remove layers from metal or other materials workpieces and those designed to reduce particle size for materials that come in bulk.

Milling

Biopharmaceuticals are drugs in which the active substance is manufactured or extracted from biological origin materials. They are usually produced in bioreactors by plant cells, microbial cells, yeast cultures, or mammalian cells. Also known as biomanufacturing, they are used to either treat or diagnose and prevent a patient’s medical condition or disease. Biopharmaceuticals are typically complex macromolecules administered by injection or infusions, and examples include vaccines, serums, and insulin.

Biopharmaceuticals

Pharmaceutical developments walk side by side with health advances to provide new medicines, treatments, and therapies that have increased life quality and extended life expectancy by years. Pharmaceutical manufacturing equipment helps deliver products to a great deal of the population, but there’s a significant share that doesn’t benefit from them yet. Over 2 billion people cannot get the medicines they need, according to the United Nations Industrial Development Organization, and local production might be a way to provide for these people.

Pharmaceuticals

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Nut oil

Phosphorous is literally at the root of the food industry. An essential ingredient in agriculture, it contributes to plant seed formation and root development. But farmers do not simply give their soil a dose of the chemical element. Instead, phosphorous fertilizer processing equipment blends it with other materials to manufacture effective formulas.

Phosphorus fertilizer

The rapeseed flower evolved high concentrations of substances that are anti-nutritive at best and toxic at worst. But new varieties developed in the 1970s lowered the content of glucosinolates and erucic acids. From then, the use of oilseed rape spread to several applications, from edible oil to biofuel to animal feed. Rapeseed oil processing technology has thus become foundational to industries spanning food production, energy, cosmetics, and pharmaceuticals.

Rapeseed oil

Sulphur

The inventor of the lithium-ion battery predicted that solid-state batteries would become commercially available by the mid-2020s, making them an attractive option for energy storage in a wide range of applications, including electric vehicles. This battery type promises a marked improvement in safety, power, and environmental impact compared to current battery packs that use a liquid electrolyte. However, recent breakthroughs in the lab don’t automatically translate into mass production. The complex processing requires specially-designed manufacturing technology to make solid-state batteries a real solution, especially for the automotive industry.

Solid-state batteries

Colors present an enduring philosophical problem that generates lofty debates about subjectivism and consciousness. Meanwhile, ink manufacturing equipment turns colors into physical objects. Perhaps paradoxically, digitalization keeps fueling the use of printing ink. From custom clothing to secondary packaging to aircraft livery, inks are everywhere. Indeed, philosophical discussions are also primarily conducted in ink on paper.

Sulphurnet is a Netherlands-based company producing various filtration solutions. The company offer solutions for amine filtration, edible oil filtration, mineral and metal processing and sulphur filtration industries.

Any filter media can be used

Filter plates are easy to clean

High flow rates at low pressure drop

Flexibility in operation

Permits easy cake washing and drying

Systems for the filtration of liquids with suspended solid contents can be challenging with corrosion issues and cold spots. They require high maintenance and operational costs. If you are a small-scale company in industries that require sulphur processing, amine treating or need to continuously filter out fine solids, you need a flexible solution and cost-efficient solution which is easy to maintain.


<h2>Low maintenance and flexible filtration system</h2>
Sulphurnet’s Horizontal plate filter is configured for both continuous and batch wise filtration without leaving any solid residue. It is equipped with a scavenger plate which refilters the residue left in the tank at the end of a batch. It also allows complete product recovery by washing or drying the cake.

The Industrial Liquid filtration system is configured with horizontally positioned filter plates with holes. These plates are positioned uniformly in a vertical tank. The plates have varying depths depending on the filtration surface and cake volumes. The fluid to be filtered passes over these horizontal filter plates which can be fitted with different kinds of filter media. The solid particles then collect in the form of a filter cake, which then remains on the filter medium and the polished liquid flows through the filter plates to the filtrate outlet.

The industrial liquid filtration system can be used for numerous batch and continuous filtration processes. It is easy to maintain as it contains no moving parts, the filter cartridges can be quickly removed and replaced with a spare cartridge. Its applications include, removal of activated carbon, filtration of varnishes, paints and resins, removal and recovery of catalysts, purification of chemicals, recovery of precious metals, processing of edible oils, juices, glucose and also in the pharmaceutical industry.

Industrial liquid filtration system

Filtration Systems

Food

Industrial filtration equipment separates solid matter from liquid by using a filter medium. The filter allows only the fluid to pass through but retains the solid matter. The choice of filtration equipment depends on the particle size, the consistency of the mixture, and the nature of your product.

Purification is the removal of contaminating substances and by-products to increase the level of purity of the desired substance. Considerations for choosing a suitable purification system in the industry, include the physical state of the mixture, the desired product, required level of purity, the type of mixture, heat sensitivity of the product, number of purification steps needed, and the production volume. Industrial purification systems are used for the production of pure water in the food pharmaceutical and biotech industries.

Purification

The battery revolution is as old as the industrial revolution. But batteries only emerged as a viable power source with lithium-ion solutions in the last quarter of the 20<sup>th</sup> century. Today, anything from power tools to automobiles runs on batteries, but advances in battery making equipment are eyeing more ambitious undertakings. Will we ever see battery-powered container ships? Will Battery Energy Storage Systems grow grid-scale successfully? Production technology is steadily moving towards this vision.

Batteries

Edible oils are fats that you can extract from various plants and animal tissues. The most popular sources are olives and sunflowers. You can use them for different cooking techniques, such as frying, baking, and other methods. Manufacturers are now finding ways to extract oils with a higher natural fat content efficiently using edible oil extraction machines.

Edible Oil

Our food chain starts in the soil, growing crops and livestock. But between the fields and the stores, there is a line of industrial food processing equipment. Processes may be as minimalistic as cleaning fruit and as complex as homogenizing milk alternatives made from pressed legumes. In each case, processing technology is an important link in the food production chain.

Liquid

Pigments are colorants that are not soluble in the host material and scatter light and are therefore opaque. Pigments can be organic or man-made and derive from animals, plants, rocks or minerals and metal oxides, like for example titanium oxide.

Pigment

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Fast and easy to clean

Quick closer with long gasket lifetime

Decreases maintenance costs

Filter leaves remain stationary, no cake dropping during opening

In recent years the removal of sulphur has received increasing attention because of safety concerns, the need to reduce emissions, and because sulphur harms the combustion properties of fuels. A good filtration system begins with high quality filter leaves. If you are in industries such as sulphur processing, mining, or amine treating, you need a reliable and cost-efficient solution for the removal of suspended solid contents.


<h2>Save operational costs with a high-performance leaf filtration system</h2>
Sulphurnet’s DEFS Pressure Leaf Filter consists of three to five layers of wire mesh, mounted on a common manifold pipe. The mesh screen has fine holes to retain the solid particles while letting the liquid through. The solid particles layer on the screen and coat it which then thickens into an intertwined filter cake. Forming a wet or dry cake by first precoating the screen ensures the removal of very fine particles. Its inner layer is made up of a rough mesh for the discharge of the filtrate to support the outer layers. The final filter mesh is mounted on top of these layers. It thus ensures full flow with minimum restriction.

The industrial leaf filter for chemicals has a durable and completely enclosed configuration. It is easy to automate and ensures clean operation, prevention of leaks, corrosion and operating difficulties. It provides a large filtration area for a relatively small vessel with quality filter leaves. It can be used for both primary filtrations involving high solid contents and also polishing filtration with low solids loads. It has high flow rates that requires filtration areas above 120m² but can also be used for smaller applications. Apart from chemicals it can also be used in edible oil refineries, food and beverage industries, pharmaceutical, petrochemical industry, etc.

Industrial leaf filter for chemicals

Biomass

Energy is constantly changing, but it finds rest in a fuel. Once exposed to heat, though, these natural materials release their captured energy. Every aspect of everyday life – from manufacturing to digital services – is powered by the mastery of this complex conversion from fuel to energy.

Fuel

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Andreotti Impianti is an Italian company active in the design, manufacture, and launch of plants for the production of edible oils and fats, oleochemicals (fatty acids, glycerine, and derivatives), and related products.

Low steam consumption

User-friendly operation

Low COD values (final monoglyceride content as low as 0,6 %)

As a biofuel producer, making biodiesel from several types of treated vegetable oils or animal fats gives you more flexibility. Using different raw materials means not being dependent on fluctuation in feedstock price or market availability.


<h2>Making biodiesel from vegetable oil or animal fat</h2>
The biofuel production plant designed by Andreotti Impianti is a multi-feedstock plant that produces biodiesel. In order to produce biodiesel the plant has a multistep process: an oil drying section, a reaction section, a settling and evaporation section, a washing and drying section and a glycerine treatment section. Before the actual process begins, impurities are removed from the feedstock through a refining process.

The core step behind biodiesel production is a chemical reaction known as transesterification, a process involving three basic ingredients: oil or fat, an alcohol, and a catalyst that increases the reaction speed throughout the process. During the transesterification reaction, the selected feedstock is blended with methyl alcohol in the presence of an alkaline catalyst which creates two products: methyl esters, chemical name for biodiesel, and glycerine. Transesterification reaction takes place in specially designed reactors and in the subsequent settling the glycerin is removed as soon as it forms. Once the glycerin has been separated, a centrifugal separator washes and dries the biodiesel. The separated glycerin can be used to produce a variety of pharmaceutical products.

Production plant for biodiesel

Feed

Conveyor systems are used for moving materials from one location to another. Considerations for choosing a suitable industrial conveying system include the nature of the product, its physical state, the desired conveying rate, and sensitivity of the product to heat and mechanical shock. Conveying equipment is used in the food, pharmaceutical, chemical, biomass, and mineral industries to move materials around a warehouse as well as to transport bulk powders, granules, and grains for processing and filling. These types of systems are usually automated and there is a wide variety of solutions to choose when it comes to the type of conveyor. Types include screw, gravity, chain, roller and belt conveyors.

Conveying

Industrial extraction equipment unlocks the valuable compounds hidden away in natural materials. Automated extraction equipment is applied in the pharmaceutical and cosmetic industries to extract active compounds from medicinal plants or herbs. For example, extracting cannabinoids from cannabis plants. But the process is also fundamental to the food industry, recovering various components like aromas, oleoresins, and proteins.  Considerations for selecting suitable extraction technology include the type of plant material to be processed, the extract's heat sensitivity, and the production volume.

Extraction

Industrial separation equipment encapsulates the separation process which is to separate components of a liquid mixture, for recovering dissolved solids from liquids. The choice of a suitable technology depends on the identification of the key physical or chemical property, such as size, mass, density, or boiling point, which sets the product of interest apart from the rest of the components. Separation technology is widely used in the pharmaceutical and chemical industries for the isolation of active ingredients and high-purity chemicals. As well as in waste management and recycling industries.

We continuously talk to suppliers of feed processing technologies that have important know-how on how to create the smarter, better, and greener feed products we need to kickstart a better tomorrow. Are you into making animal feed or pet food and looking for ways to improve your production process? Let’s navigate the world of feed production technologies together!

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Fully continuous multi-feedstock plant

Ease of operation

High environmental compatibility

Single-column glycerin distillation

Low installation and operational cost

Glycerol or glycerin is the major by-product generated in the biodiesel production process. But the disposal of glycerin or various other by-products coming from biodiesel production process pose a big challenge to industrial plants, as they can’t be disposed into the environment.


<h2>Distilling and refining glycerin while minimizing the environmental impact</h2>
Glycerin production plant designed by Andreotti Impianti produces technical and pharmaceutical glycerin from a wide range of natural feedstocks. Glycerin can be produced from different by-products coming from three industrial processes: methylesters production, fats saponification and fat splitting. The production steps change depending on the starting by-product.

For by-products such as sweet water (splitting) and spent lyes (saponification), the process path involves chemical treatment, concentration and glycerin distillation and refining. Hydrochloric acid is added in the treatment unit to reduce the solubility of fatty acids, which are then separated. Before moving on distillation process, only one filtration is carried out for sweet water, while for spent lyes, filtration is done twice, before and after the neutralization. Crude glycerin is further processed in the distillation, deodorizing and bleaching plant. The distillation system is composed of several steps: washing, rectification, condensation. In the last purification step, blenching section uses activated carbon to remove color and odor in order to obtain a pure glycerin.

It is worth mentioning that crude glycerin coming from biodiesel (methylesters) production can be sent directly to the distillation process without any further treatments, thus avoiding dilution, purification, and concentration steps.

Since one of the biggest problems caused by industrial plants today is the disposal of by-products, Andreotti Impianti has included in its plants stripping units, which help minimize the environmental impact.

Glycerine manufacturing plant

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Reduction in used chemicals by over 30%

Zero process water consumption

No odor emission

Effluent reduction by over 50%

Low steam and fuel consumption

The main problems arising from refining process of vegetable oil and animal fats are energy consumption and wastewater production. Energy is used to heat water and produce steam, with temperatures reaching very high levels. Instead, wastewater generated during refining stages contains organic and inorganic contents, lipids, and high chemical oxygen demand, so when released in the environment can cause water pollution.


<h2>Refining crude oil while reducing wastewater and the use of chemicals</h2>
Andreotti Impianti refining plants produce oil for technical and edible use starting from all types of vegetable oils and animal fats.

Depending on the customer needs, crude oil can be neutralized in the chemical refining process or degummed in the physical refining process in the first step. Centrifugal separators are then used to separate the soaps/gums from the oil. According to the nature of the crude oil, certain technologies can be selected; for example, cold refining technology is used only in the sunflower oil or corn oil production process, which reduces the wax content.

The bleaching process removes pigments and impurities from degummed/neutralized oil using bleaching earths to absorb the pigment in the oil. In this way, the color of the oil becomes lighter. The winterization plant is used when sunflower oil and corn oil are processed. The purpose of winterization is to remove all waxes from the bleached oil. During deodorization, residual fatty acids in the oil and unwanted odors and flavors are removed by steam distillation under vacuum.

The use of vacuum groups with surface condensation leads to a zero-water consumption by reducing the amount of wastewater by 50%. Thanks to specific heat exchangers, heat recovery can be up to ≥ 80%, thus reducing energy consumption.

Refining plant for vegetable oil and animal fats

Industrial cleaning equipment is used to wash or disinfect machinery and the production/warehouse area. It may also be used to sterilize the product, equipment, tools, floor or work surfaces and to purify or clean the product by removing impurities. Choosing a suitable cleaning system depends on the type of product or equipment to be cleaned, the sensitivity of the product to heat, pressure, and chemicals, and the level of sterility desired.

Cleaning

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The ancient Greeks believed feeding sea buckthorn to their horses would give them a lustrous hide. Indeed, full of lipids and carotenoids, the fruit did contribute to glowing, reddish coats. However, the thorny plant also has benefits for humans. Sea buckthorn processing equipment extracts this unique vegetable oil full of fatty acids. The liquid is a prominent component in various food, cosmetic, and pharmacological preparations.

Sea buckthorn oil

Water recycling

Reduced steam consumption

Reduction of hexane loss

Low emissions on air disposal

Extracting sunflower oil using an organic solvent, usually hexane, has a big environmental impact. In fact, hexane emissions are a major cause of photochemical smog.


<h2>Extracting oil while keeping hexane content to a minimum level</h2>
Andreotti Impianti extraction plant is designed for oil solvent extraction starting from oil seeds flakes or pre-pressed cake. This environmental-friendly extraction system reduce the hexane content in the air emission, where the air is washed with mineral oil and the hexane is absorbed. Absorbed hexane is evaporated and recycled.

The extraction process involves four steps: solvent extraction, separation of the oil-solvent miscella, recovery of the solvent from the meal and adsorption of carbureted airs. In the pre-treatment step, the seed is prepared for oil removal (<a href="https://making.com/equipment/lab-scale-seeds-brushing-machine/">brushing</a>, cleaning, de-hulling, cracking, cooking, flaking, and pressing). Then, the seed is fed into the extractor and placed on a filtering belt where the solvent, hexane, washes the seed cake. The solvent extraction process gives two products - oil-solvent miscella and meal wetted solvent.

The oil-solvent miscella goes straight to the distillation section where the hexane is distilled under vacuum and removed with live steam. The meal with solvent leaves the extractor for the upper layer of the toaster where all the hexane is distilled through a combination of indirect stream and live stream while stirring the product inside the toaster. At the bottom of the machine, the meal can be dried or cooled according to market requirements.

Sunflower oil extraction plant

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Only about 6% of the soy produced globally is directly consumed by humans, typically as edamame beans, tofu, or soy milk.  More than three-fourths of global soy production goes to animal feed. The rest is processed by soybean meal technology into oils or used for biofuels and other industrial processes.

Soybean meal

Easy to maintain and cost-effective

High-quality oil yield

Low product loss and utility consumption

When producing customized flakes, pressed cakes, or other oilseed products, the oilseed preparation value chain differs from one seed to the other. For example, soybean treatment asks for different processing compared to a sunflower seed or rapeseed.


<h2>Cleaning and dehulling seed for further processing in extraction plants</h2>
An oilseed preparation plant by Andreotti Impianti has a specific sequence of activities that meets the specific business needs of the following process plants of, for example, biofuel production. First, depending on the type of seed processed, the preparation plant handles the weighing of the seeds to stabilize the flow at the plant's inlet. The process then continues with removing any coarse particles from the raw material, and further cleaning consists of destoning where stones and other impurities are removed. After this, the material is then conditioned to reduce the viscosity and adjust the moisture content to desired levels. The oilseeds now need to be further reduced in size, which happens by cracking them. Finally, the seeds are dehulled to modify the final meal protein content, leaving a material with a higher protein density.

Take, for example, sunflower seed processing. The dehulling directly impacts the protein levels of the end product for this type of seed. Therefore, there is the option for one-stage or two-stage dehulling, meaning that for the one-stage dehulling, the product contains less than 16 percent residual hulling fragments. The dehulling process can reduce this percentage to 11 percent with a second round, which will lead to an even higher protein level in the dehulled product.

The main goal of the preparation plant is to have the raw material, the seeds ready and modified for further processing by solvent extraction or mechanical pressing. After dehulling, as mentioned above, seeds can be flaked to improve extraction performance for solvent extraction in an extraction plant. In addition, sunflower seed and rapeseed need to be pressed to improve extraction performance. Other process steps in the preparation plant might include milling to homogenize the size of the meal and pelleting for the logistics of the final product.

Oilseeds preparation plant

Continuous milling is a flow production method used to grind materials without interruption. It is often used in the production of foods, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, chemicals, and minerals. The material to be processed flows in at one end and the milled output flows out at the other in a continuous process. By choosing the right combination of milling technology and processing power you can obtain the desired particle size distribution in an uninterrupted stream.

Continuous milling solutions

A pellet mill is a type of mill used to make small, round, compressed, pellets from powdered materials. Selection of a suitable pellet mill requires consideration of the desired pellets size and shape, nature of the material to be processed, ease of cleaning, and the scale and mode of pellet production. In the animal feed and pet food industries, pellet presses are used to combine various nutritional ingredients into each pellet. In biomass combustion, a pellet mill is used to increase bulk density and provide a consistent, easy-to-handle input product made from raw materials such as sawdust.

Pellet Mills

Almost all manufacturers will require industrial storage systems and solutions at some point during their production process. The raw materials that go into your products need dedicated storage solutions to protect them from spoilage and contamination before they enter the manufacturing cycle. Storage usually refers to particular storage space. For example, having enough warehouse storage. Or clearing out a production facility for more floor space.  However, in this case, we are referring to the equipment and solutions that make storage manageable and easier. Such equipment includes solutions such as storage racks, pallet racks and shelving systems. These are just some of many storage options available to manufacturers. Advanced technology facilitates the management of heavy duty and high density tank and silo systems by automating the delivery system and linking it with the rest of the production line.

Storage

Whether for personal consumption or agricultural purposes, you process seeds to make them clean and maximize yield. Seed processing equipment includes the steps of polishing, threshing, separation, sorting, and drying. Some cases require additional processes. For example, the extraction of the seed from fruits or vegetables. Or, pressing the seed to extract oil.

Seeds

Koala bears diet exclusively on eucalyptus leaves. But the large concentration of cineole in the tree keeps most other predators at bay. Humans, though, discovered ways to extract the substance and use it as a remedy against inflammations and other diseases. The eucalyptus oil production process keeps evolving to maximize yields, ensuring enough eucalyptus forests for koalas.

Eucalyptus oil

Only one percent of the entire plant species on the planet produces essential oils, but that amount has found its way into various products, from perfumes to foods. Flower extraction systems are similarly diverse, and picking the right ones depends on the organic material and the final product.

Flower extract

Lavender oil is one of the most common essential oils in the market currently. Extracted from the herb Lavandula spp., this essential oil is used as a complementary medicine and as an additive. Studies have shown that lavender oil has sedative, carminative, anti-depressive, and anti-inflammatory properties. Like other essential oils, lavender oil extraction equipment must be capable of distillation, condensation, collection, and separation processes.

Lavender oil

Tea tree oil, also known as melaleuca oil, is an essential oil with immune system stimulants produced mainly in Australia. The tea tree oil manufacturing process starts from the leaves of Melaleuca alternifolia. In terms of market value, the one for tea tree oil was valued at 38.8 million USD last 2017 and is projected to increase to 59.5 million USD by 2025.

Tea tree oil

All plastics are polymers, but not all polymers are plastics. Polymer production is a multi-step process that transforms raw materials into products that we use in our day-to-day life with the help of polymer process equipment such as extruders, calenders and injection molding machines.

Polymers

Everything tastes like porridge, the saying goes. That may be an exaggeration, but in theory, reaction flavors could make everything taste the same. Thankfully, flavorists and chemists in the flavor industry are more inventive than that, and colorful process flavors treat our taste buds to a broad palette of sensations, flavors and aromas.

Reaction flavors

Mineral water is mother nature’s cocktail of dissolved solids. The concentration of essential chemicals in the water makes it an excellent source of nutrients and electrolytes. Although your bottled product retains most of the properties present at its natural condition, the water still needs some help before it can be safely consumed.

Mineral water

VTA produces thin film and short path distillation plants at laboratory, pilot and industrial scale as well as the components of these plants

Reach reliable conclusions testing the distillation of high-boiling or highly viscous material using as little as 2 kg of crude material.


<h2>Small scale thermal separation with wiped film distillation</h2>
With wiped film distillation, a substantial decrease of boiling temperature is obtained by reducing the operating pressure. It is a continuous process with very short residence time. The VTA wiped film distillation laboratory unit is designed to distill small product quantities for acquiring reliable data of the separation process.

The unit can handle high-boiling and highly viscous feed with maximum viscosity of 15,000 mPas (cP). The fabrication of the unit’s main components using Borosilicate glass enables observation of the product properties for foaming or potential fouling during distillation.

It is suitable for feasibility studies, doing first process development steps, producing small sample amounts of final product and optimizing existing processes like separation, drying, concentration, fractionation and purification.

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