French custom designs, manufactures and supports oilseed preparation equipment and screw presses, sometimes referred to as oil expeller presses. These oil extraction machines gather vegetable oil from oil-bearing seeds and nuts for food and industrial uses, including biodiesel and other fuels.
Which machine is used for oil extraction?
As a result, domestic consumers depend mostly on local mills to extract the oil from their desired sources. For industrial oil extraction, screw oil expeller is the most widely used machine. Screw oil expeller is a mechanical device which can generate pressure from rotation of feed to expeller screw manually or automatically.
Who developed a modified oil expeller?
Singh and Bargale (2000) designed and developed a modified oil expeller based on a novel principle of single feed, double stage compression to improve the efficiency of oil recovery. Bamgboye and Adejumo (2008) also developed and modified a screw press for sunflower oil expeller.
What are the parts of oil expeller machine?
This includes body, kettle, main shaft, gears, worms, bearings, barrel, cutter, cone and collar. To rotate the cage, the screw shaft is provided with the gear assembly. The following are the parts involved in the manufacture of oil expeller machine.