• What is sunflower oil manufacturing process?
  • Sunflower oil manufacturing is a complex process involving various stages. The quality of the oil depends on the oilseed quality as well as the quality of sunflower oil processing machine. Sunflower seeds need to be pre-treated prior to oil extraction process to separate out impurities. This is followed by oil pressing and solvent extraction .
  • Which type of oil processing equipment is suitable for making sunflower seed oil?
  • Both these two types of oil processing equipment are suitable for make sunflower seed oil. The price of multifunction sunflower oil press machine with filter device is a little bit higher than the conventional one.
  • Why is prepress solvent extraction better than sunflower meal?
  • Because sunflower oil has a substantially higher economic value than sunflower meal, process economics improve significantly as the oil recovery yield increases. Therefore, prepress solvent extraction, with the highest oil recovery yield, is the process method utilized today for the majority of the sunflower seed that is crushed globally.
  • What is sunflower seed processing?
  • Sunflower seed processing focuses on sunflower oil as the most valuable product. It is used as high-value oil in various food applications. The deoiled meal is considered a byproduct and is mostly used as animal feed. In 2011, annual world production of deoiled sunflower meal was at 16 million tons (FAO, 2013).
  • How does a sunflower extractor recover the solvent pumped to the extractor?
  • The solvent evaporated from the sunflower meal and the miscella are both recovered in the solvent recovery system within the solvent extraction process area. A typical sunflower plant will recover 99.8¨C99.9% of the solvent pumped to the extractor.
  • How is sunflower crushed for oil recovery?
  • Sunflower is crushed for oil recovery via one of two process methods, hard pressing or prepress solvent extraction. Hard pressing relies upon exerting high pressure on the prepared seed to separate oil from the solids fraction, historically recovering about 25% oil from the seed.