CMB - Oilseed Preparation Plant

Cooking-conditioning

• It aims at obtaining, by means of cookers-conditioners, the best conditions prior to flaking by heating and adjusting the moisture content of the various oil-bearing materials to be subjected to prepressing or extraction processes for the removal of the fat contained therein.

Flaking

• It is performed by means of flaking mills, which are equipped with smooth rolls.
• They are particularly suitable for flaking oilseeds (specially soybean) before solvent extraction or pre-pressing in order to obtain a very low residual oil content in the meal after the extraction process.
• In connection with the supply of solvent extraction plants, CMB, when required, supplies pressing plants for pre-pressing , full pressing and cold pressing. Presses are selected from qualified suppliers available on the market in accordance with the raw material and product characteristics.

Pre-pressing

• It is especially designed for large capacities.
• Pre-pressing is used to process seeds having a high oil content, which needs to be partially pressed before being de-oiled by solvent extraction.
• This system is complete with a system to filtrate or centrifuge the oil before it is sent to storage.

Full pressing

• It is generally used for small or medium capacities. It allows to extract as much oil as possible by means of mechanical pressing.
• Also this system is complete with oil filtration or centrifugation system.

Cold pressing

• Cold pressing is used to obtain a good oil quality from seeds, or biological Production Seed preparation prior to extraction differs according to the seed to be processed.
• This step is very important as it affects final oil yield and product quality.