• What is the difference between cotton seed processing and traditional method?
  • Scientific processing of Cotton Seed Processing results in extraction of nearly entire cottonseed oil, while the oil cake obtained by traditional method still contains about 7% residual oil. This high residual oil is not required by the animals but ironically much in demand because of misconception among the dairymen.
  • Who produces cotton seed in Zimbabwe?
  • In Zimbabwe, the Quton Seed Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of Cottco, is the sole producer and supplier of cotton seed.
  • What is cottonseed oil?
  • Cottonseed oil is a vegetable oil extracted from the seeds of the cotton plant after the cotton lint has been removed. It¡¯s composed of linters (10%), cotton shell (40~45%) and kernel. the oil content of cotton seed is 15%-25%, the oil content of kernel is 30%-40% after decorticating.
  • How to squeeze out oil from cotton seeds?
  • Cracking: Adopting the toothed cracking roller to make the cotton seeds kernel into a right uniform pcs which can keep a moderate block size for squeezing out the oil.
  • How to make cake & oil from seeds?
  • Cooking: The process is to add the steam into the crushed/flaked seeds pcs, then to dry the seeds for getting rid off more water content. In this process, changing the protein of seeds with the water and temperature to make the oil moleculeo loose for pressing easily to get crude oil also get the better cake and oil.
  • How to make cracked cotton seeds flakes?
  • Flaking: To make cracked Cotton seeds kernel pcs into uniform smaller flakes with thickness ¡Ü 0.5mm, less powder, non-oil spilled, pinching softly by hand and the ratio of smaller powder than 1mm sieve mesh is ¡Ü 10% – -15%.