• What are oilseed presses used for?
  • Oilseed presses are used to separate oilseeds such as sunflowers, canola, and soybeans into oil and oilseed meal. Pumpkin or grape seeds and brazil nuts are examples of less common materials that can also be pressed for their oil in these machines. The oil extracted from the press is raw oil and can be used either as a food product or as an industrial product.
  • What is an oil expeller press?
  • 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.
  • What is a fresh pressed oil mill?
  • Freshly pressed oils have unique, complex flavors that bottled oils can’t match, and fresh oils may have added health benefits, too. Our European-style mill makes it easy to press your own. As far as we know, it’s the only home-sized, non-electric oil mill on the market today. IMPORTANT! The key to successful pressing is the seeds and nuts you use.
  • How long does a cooking oil expeller take?
  • The whole cooking oil expelling process is visible and needs only about 5-7 minutes; Sesame oil expeller is quite suitable to individual households and small oil mills in the countryside due to its little room occupancy and high pressing speed.It is available to sesame, walnut kernels, pumpkin seeds, kiwi seeds, tea seeds, and almonds, etc.
  • How much oil does an oil seed press produce?
  • The capacity of an oil seed press is often given in the weight of seeds that can be processed per hour. For canola seeds, about one third of the seed weight going into the press will be produced as oil, while the remaining two thirds will be meal.
  • What are the different types of small oilseed presses?
  • There are two major types of small oilseed presses: screw presses (also known as expeller presses) (Figure 2) and reducing screw/cage presses. Many are made overseas, while at least one is now available from a United States manufacturer.