• Where can I find palm oil milling equipment?
  • Today our palm oil milling equipment can be found throughout the oil room. Designed with over a century of separation technology expertise, we offer state-of-the-art decanter and disc stack centrifuges optimized for mills, as well as dryers, pumps and much more. Discover how we can help you maximize yield and profitability.
  • Is the Mexican oil palm industry ready for the 21st century?
  • The Mexican oil palm industry now operates with a multilateral agenda capable of meeting the most urgent challenges of the 21st century: achieving economic growth without compromising the natural resources of the future.
  • How is palm oil treated?
  • Approx. 95% of palm oil is treated by fractionation ¨C separating the feedstock into its liquid and solid components by crystallization. These crystals are then separated from the liquid fraction using membrane filtration. Alfa Laval provides a range of different equipment often used in crude palm oil (CPO) mills for removing the solids from oils.
  • How is palm oil processed?
  • Processing palm oil for commercial use almost always involves physical refining (acid modification, bleaching and deacidification). Approx. 95% of palm oil is treated by fractionation ¨C separating the feedstock into its liquid and solid components by crystallization.
  • Is oil palm a smallholder crop?
  • Because oil palm is primarily a smallholder crop in Mexico, this program had to be geared toward smallholder agriculture to have a meaningful and long-lasting impact. This pilot aims at both improving the resiliency and livelihoods of smallholder farmers and at championing best practices to prevent deforestation and exploitation.
  • Why did Malaysian palm oil refiner Ban Dung invest in a centrifuge?
  • By investing in an Alfa Laval PANX 800 decanter centrifuge, Malaysian palm oil refiner Ban Dung has increased capacity while also reducing the level of product waste in their production. With improved energy efficiency, they have even achieved lower overall operational costs. Hear their story in this video.