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Date:Jun 17th, 2022
Palm oil is a tropical woody vegetable oil. It is currently the largest vegetable oil variety in the world in terms of production, consumption and international trade consumption history. Southeast Asia and Africa, as the main producing areas of palm oil, account for about 88% of the world's total palm oil production. The largest palm oil producing countries are Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Nigeria. In these major palm oil producing areas, Dingsheng Machine works closely with palm oil mills to provide palm oil processing equipment and develop reliable and efficient solutions.

Dingsheng Machine is a professional palm oil processing equipment supplier, providing complete palm oil processing solutions and equipment, palm kernel processing technology, palm fruit pressing technology, crude palm oil processing technology, palm oil refining technology, palm oil fractionation process, and wastewater treatment process. Our comprehensive range of products helps you maximize production and profitability while meeting increasingly stringent environmental and health requirements. Contact us to learn about palm oil processing today.

The production process of palm fruit oil is mainly divided into three parts: pressing, refining and fractionation. Pressing is the process of extracting palm oil from palm fruit. Refining and fractionation are the deep processing of palm oil. After deep processing, high-quality palm oil and other palm by-products can be obtained. Palm oil manufacturers can choose the corresponding palm oil production line equipment according to their own needs.

Palm Oil Press Process
Palm Fruit Reception → Sterilization → Defruiting → Mashing → Pressing → Filtration → Crude Palm Oil

1, Sterilization
The fresh palm fruit bunches received from the orchard must first be transported to the sterilization equipment and cooked at high temperature for about 60 minutes. The main purpose of sterilization is to destroy the lipase in the pulp, so as not to increase the free fatty acid content in the oil. In addition, high temperature sterilization can make the fruit soft and easy to mechanically remove the fruit. It should be noted that the fresh palm fruit bunches should be processed within 24-48 hours, so as to avoid the rancidity of the pulp and affect the oil.

2, Thresher
Defruiting refers to the use of a defruiting machine to separate the palm fruit from the fruit bunches. Common threshing machines include simple threshing machines and drum threshing machines. If the processing volume of palm fruit is relatively small. Or if you have a limited budget, you can also choose manual fruit removal.

3, Mash/Crush
Mash refers to the use of mashing equipment to mash palm fruit into a paste. The mashing process destroys the cellular structure of the palm fruit to increase the efficiency of palm oil pressing.

4, Squeeze
Pressing refers to obtaining palm oil from palm fruit using a palm oil press. As a manufacturer of palm oil production equipment, Henan Zhongrui Grain and Oil Machinery can provide you with single-screw palm oil press and double-screw palm oil press. You can choose a palm oil press according to your output and needs.

5, Filter
Crude palm oil obtained after pressing contains impurities, which need to be filtered by filtering equipment. Common filtering equipments are sand settling tanks, rotary vibrating screens and plate and frame filters. Clarified crude palm oil can be obtained after filtration.

Crude palm oil can be stored in a crude oil tank after being vacuum-dried. This crude palm oil can be eaten directly in some regions, especially some African countries. Of course, crude palm oil can also be refined and fractionated, and the palm oil obtained in this way has a higher market value.

6, Palm Oil Refining Process:
Crude Palm Oil → Degumming → Deacidification → Decolorization → Deodorization → Refined Palm Oil

The purpose of palm oil refining is to remove various impurities in crude palm oil. The refining process mainly includes four steps of degumming, deacidification, decolorization and deodorization. After deodorization, the impurities in crude palm oil are removed, and refined palm oil can be obtained.

If the crude palm oleic acid value is relatively high and the output is relatively large, Dingsheng Machinery recommends physical refining, which can reduce the loss of crude oil. If the acid value is below 5% and the refining capacity is about 1-10 tons/day, intermittent chemical refining can be considered, so that the refining effect is better.

7, Palm Oil Fractionation Process:
Refined Palm Oil → Heating Section → Crystallization Section → Filtration Section → Palm Soft Fat + Palm Stearin

Palm oil fractionation can yield soft fat (liquid palm oil) and stearin (solid palm oil). Among them, soft fat can be sold in the market, and hard fat can be used as a raw material to replace cocoa butter and margarine.

Dingsheng Machine have technical representatives in major palm oil producing regions, such as Indonesia, to provide you with quick consulting services, if you have questions about palm oil processing, please contact us for professional advice.


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