SWOT Analysis of Hydraulic Oil Press

Nowadays, a new kind of hydraulic press machine is popular with customers in the market, which has completely changed the traditional oil press method. Next, we would carry out a SWOT analysis of the hydraulic press industry so as to offer some information for your reference.

Strengths
NO.1: High Efficiency. It has the ability to press various oil plants, 6 to 8 minutes is enough from the entrance of oil plants to the end of the processing. So the consumers are able to see all the procession. That is, the efficiency improves a lot.
NO.2:Simple Structure and Multi-usage. The machine can be used to press 30 kinds of oil crops such as peanuts, flax, sesame, rapeseed, sunflower, cottonseed, soybean etc. Also, the rest oil cake after pressed is of good quality. The nutrition won’t loss in the secondary processing
NO.3: Low Energy Consumption. The hydraulic press machine is energy-saving. There is no need for a lot of space and human resources. And the operation is easier and faster.
Weakness
NO.1: Limited Scope of Application. The hydraulic press machine has lower oil yield compared with the screw oil press, as is in the same case with production. What’s more, the machine is only suitable for household production. The limited scope of application accounts for the reason of Small-scale production.
NO.2: The hydraulic press machine must be operated by special person, also there must be person when the mainframe is in the process of boosting. So you must have the operator who has the relevant expertise.
Opportunity
NO.1: Large Scope of Market. It can boot to oil regardless of weather conditions and differences. So the machine can be used in various regions, this expands the scope of the market.
NO.2:Market Potential. The hydraulic oil press is suitable for processing scattered oil, which meets the needs of urban individual processing households. In addition, the pressed oil is edible without filtration, which ensures it very suitable for the individual processing households and home sales, so the market potential is huge.
NO.3: Wide Range of Engine Power Choice. The machine can be driven by three-phase electric power as well as household power, that is industrial and civil voltage from 200 to 380. So that it can be promoted and sold in most areas of the world.
Threat
The screw press has already occupied certain market share, as with the newly emerging press. The hydraulic oil press is still under threat though there is some certain market.

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Palm Kernel Oil Extraction

Nowadays, there are about 20 countries in the world producing palm oil. And the main producing countries are Malaysia, Indonesia, and Nigeria. The output of these three countries accounts for 88% of the world's total palm oil production. And since 2004, the total amount of palm oil and palm kernel oil has been more than soybean oil, the world's major edible oil. for the first time. While there exists great difference between palm oil and palm kernel oil. Here we would talk about the palm kernel oil extraction

Mechanical extraction
Mechanical extraction processes are suitable for both small and large capacity operations. The three basic steps in these processes are (a) kernel pre-treatment, (b) screw-pressing, and (c) oil clarification.

Diagram 2: Mechanical extraction of palm kernel oil.
Line (A) is for direct screw-pressing without kernel pre-treatment;
Line (B) is for partial kernel pre-treatment followed by screw-pressing;
Line C is for complete pre-treatment followed by screw-pressing.
Kernel pre-treatment
Proper kernel pre-treatment is necessary to efficiently extract the oil from the kernels. The feed kernels must firstly be cleaned of foreign materials that may cause damage to the screw  oil press, Magnetic separators commonly are installed to remove metal debris, while vibrating screens are used to sieve sand, stones or other undesirable materials.

A swinging hammer grinder, breaker rolls or a combination of both then break the kernels into small fragments. This process increases the surface area of the kernels, thus facilitating flaking. The kernel fragments subsequently are subjected to flaking in a roller mill, revolving at 200-300 rpm. The thickness of kernel cakes is progressively reduced as it travels from the top roller to the bottom. The flakes that leave the bottom nip are from 0.25 to 0.4 mm thick.

The kernel flakes are then conveyed to a stack cooker for steam conditioning, the purpose of which is to:adjust the moisture content of the meal to an optimum level, rupture cell walls (initiated by rolling), reduce viscosity of oil, coagulate the protein in the meal to separate the oil from protein materials.
The important factors are temperature, retention time and moisture content. In the palm kernel, the meals are normally cooked to a moisture content of 3 percent at 104-110°C.

Canola Oil Production

Canola oil is a key ingredient in many foods. Its reputation as a healthy oil has created high demand in markets around the world, and overall it is the third most widely consumed vegetable oil in the world.
Rapeseed was once considered a specialty crop in Canada, but canola now has become a major American cash crop, and rapeseed is the highest-producing oil-seed crop in the USA. Canada and the United States produce between 7 and 10 million tonnes of canola seed per year. Annual Canadian exports total 3 to 4 million tonnes of the seeds, 800 thousand tonnes of canola oil and 1 million tonnes of canola meal. The major customers of canola seed are Japan, Mexico, China, and Pakistan, while the bulk of canola oil and meal goes to the United States, with smaller amounts shipped to Mexico, China, and Europe. World production of rapeseed oil in the 2002–2003 season was about 14 million metric tons. In the 2010–2011 season, world production is estimated to be at 58.4 million tonnes. The United States is a net consumer of canola oil, having used 3 billion pounds in 2010, 2.5 billion of which was imported from Canada.

The Canola Oil Extraction
Step 1: Roll the seeds with a sheller to rupture cells and make the seeds easier to be extracted.
Step 2: Heat the seeds slightly and feed them to the oil press machine for the first process which removes some of the oil and compresses the seeds into canola meal.
Step 3: Canola meal undergoes further processing to remove the remaining oil content. The oil content in the rapeseed ranges from 37.5% to 46.3%. So this step can’t be neglected.
Step 4: Combine the oil extracted during each step , and then subject them to processing according to the end product requirements. Different treatments are used to process salad oils, margarines, and shortenings.
Canola Oil Nutrition 
Canola oil is low in saturated fat and contains both omega-6 and omega-3 fatty acids in a ratio of 2:1. If consumed, it also reduces low-density lipoprotein and overall cholesterol levels, and as a significant source of the essential, omega-3 fatty acid is associated with reduced all-cause and cardiovascular mortality. It is recognized by many health professional organizations including the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics and American Heart Association. Canola oil has been given a qualitied health claim from the United States Food and Drug Administration due to its high levels of cholesterol-lowering fats.

Why the Prices of Oil Press is Same, But the Capacity is Different

If you plan to have an oil plant, you must know much of information about oil press. Maybe you have a problem about the relation between price and capacity. Now I will explain this question for you. Why the prices of screw oil press is similar, but the capacity is very different? The price is equal, but there are 3 T/D and 6T/D, and even more large capacity, why? The first reason, the material quality is different, will cause the price difference, that’s true. So, if the price is similar, but the capacity is different, may be the material quality of large capacity oil expeller is not very good. There are automatic screw oil press and traditional screw oil mill in the market. Compare automatic screw oil press and traditional screw oil expeller, the feature of automatic screw oil press is high degree of mechanization and automation, labor-saving, high working efficiency, and also the price is higher than traditional screw oil mill. Maybe there is other reason, in order to cater to the psychology of users, some manufacturers and dealers make a false report about capacity and performance. The truth is the capacity of oil press which press distance (the distance from feed to outlet) within 50 cm is not more than 400 kg/h, within 55 cm is not more than 500 kg/h. The detail information about how to choose and purchase screw oil press, please click here.

Distribution of Oil Crops in the World

If you are a newer to cooking oil industry or you cannot decide which oil you will trade. Then let’s analyze your location oil crops advantages together:
 

First, you need considerate what oil crops does it have in your area?
Now, I will list some oil crops all over the world for you.

In Africa: cotton (mainly distributed in North Africa, West Africa: Egypt, Sultan), oil sunflower, sesame, oil tea, oil palm (mainly refers to palm kernel, mainly distributed in West Africa, Central Africa), castor-oil plant, oil flax (mainly distributed in Mediterranean coast).

In Asia: soya bean (mainly distributed in China), oil sunflower (mainly distributed in China, India), sesame and almond (need hydraulic cold press and crushing), peanut (mainly distributed in China, India), rape (mainly distributed in China), cotton (mainly distributed in Central Asia; and Uzbekistan, Transcaucasia, China, India, Pakistan, Turkey, Iran and Syria and other countries), oil tea, oil palm (mainly refers to palm kernel, mainly distributed in Southeast Asia; Malaysia, Indonesia), castor-oil plant, oil flax (mainly distributed in Mediterranean coast).
And there are more coconut oil workshops in Philippines, Malaysia and Sri Lanka.

In North America: cotton (mainly distributed in the south of American), soya bean (mainly distributed in America and Canada), sunflower (mainly distributed in America), oil palm (mainly refers to palm kernel, mainly distributed in the southern part of North America).

In South America: sunflower (mainly distributed in Argentina), sesame, cotton (mainly distributed in Brazil, Mexico, Argentina), soybean (mainly distributed in Brazil, Argentina), rape (mainly distributed in Argentina), oil palm (mainly distributed in the northern part of South America)

In Europe: Rape (mainly distributed in France, Russia of Eastern Europe part), oil flax (mainly distributed in Mediterranean coast), sunflower (mainly distributed in Russia of Eastern Europe part)

After you know the distribution of oil crops, you will choose the easy-get raw material, thus the cost is relatively low, so that you can get more benefits.
After confirm your oil crops, you can further planning your oil plant.
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How to Choose and Purchase Screw Oil Press

Why these motor powers of many screw oil press are different, even if the capacity is same, the powers are also different? The motor power is greater, the capacity is higher, and the machine is better, is it right? Screw oil press is driven by the motor. The motor is the important part in the screw oil press equipment. Many friends have a misunderstanding to the power in the purchase, thought that the power is larger, the machine is better. In fact, it’s not. In fact, improve motor power as the high yield and capacity basis is not reliable. Motor power has a great influence on the long-term production of machine and the machine life. 
Summarized the reasons as the following elements: 

1. Increase press oil production cost, and the power consumption was improved.

2. Just improving motor power destroyed the machine's overall speed ratio. Motor power was increased, reducer speed ratio was unchanged, it will cause reducer runs non-normally and high-load for long-term, resulting in shortening the life of reducer, high failure rate, and impact production. Even if the reducer increase as the speed ratio, but the pressing chamber and pressing screw do not increase size, also lead the pressing screw speed is too fast. Oil crops were not squeezed fully in the pressing chamber, and flow out from the outlet with oil, thus reduce the oil yield.

3. Blindly increasing the power, in the processing, if there was foreign matter and hard objects in the oil, the oil press machine can not stop automatically, then the machine will force to press the foreign matter. It is easy to damage the oil equipment; and cause rupture of pressing screw and pressing chamber, and protection function of the oil press machine itself will doesn't work.

In the above condition, when the machine is working, the machine is not running stably. So the oil press machine often breaks up, such as, the spare parts was damaged, it is difficult to produce stably and highly for a long time.

In simple terms, this kind of change is just like installed an aircraft turbine engine in a car body.
Therefore, the capacity and size of oil press machine must be scientific cooperate to achieve the best effect. If you want to improve the capacity, keep the stable of oil yield and stable running of screw oil press machine for a long time, must be motor power, pressing chamber, gearbox improve at the same time. It is unrealistic just through changing the structure of machine to increase the oil output and improve the equipment performance, and can not reach the desired effects.

The Features and Nutritive Value of Common Oil Crops

1. Rape seeds. Rapeseed is only one high oil crop which can be cultivated all over the word. Rapeseed oil is generally dark yellow or brown. Rapeseed oil contains 0.4-1.0% arachidic acid, 14-19% oleic acid, 12-24% linoleic acid, 31-55% erucic acid, 1-10% linolenic acid. On the aspect of nutritive value, the human body absorption rate can be as high as 99% to rapeseed oil digestion, and has cholagogic function.
2. Soy bean. Soybean protein is the important component part of high quality soybean oil. Soybean contains 15% - 26% oil and 35% - 45% protein. The soybean oil has become the most important essential oil in the word. The main production countries of soybean are the United States, Brazil, Argentina, China, India, etc. Soybean is one of the main sources of cooking oil and vegetable protein (food and feed). Soybean oil contains up to 65% unsaturated fatty acids, including 52.1% linoleic acid and 2% to 10% linolenic acid. So soybean oil has quite a very high nutritional value, but it is lack of stability.
3. Cotton seeds. The whole cotton seeds contain 17%-26% oil, and seeds kernel contains about 40% oil. Cotton seeds oil contains 16%-23% saturated fatty acid. The main fatty acid of cotton seeds oil is composed of 22% palmitic acid, 18% oleic acid, 56% linoleic acid.
4. Sunflower seeds.Sunflower seed is native to Mexico, there are edible sunflower and multiple cropping oil sunflower, according to it’s purpose. About the common sunflower kernels, oily 29% - 30%, including 30 to 40% shell, 40% to 65% kernel oil. About multiple cropping oil sunflowers, mostly is small seeds, kernel is full enrichment, and thin hull, high kernel rate about 65% to 75%; kernel contains generally 45% to 60% oil. The peel of sunflower is mostly black or gray stripes, and is suitable for pressing. Sunflower seeds oil is a kind of senior quality edible oil, known as “nutrition”, contains unsaturated fatty acids and vitamin E which is easily absorbed by the body; sunflower seeds oil includs up to 70% linoleic acid, which can reduce the body's cholesterol. Sunflower oil can be used for making margarine, mayonnaise, and salad oil.
5. Peanut. Peanut is native to South American. Peanut kernel contains 45%-50% oil, 25%-31% protein. Peanut is the important source of edible oil and protein resource. Peanut oil is composed of 20% saturated fatty acid and 80% unsaturated fatty acid, main contains Oleic acid, linoleic acid, palmitic acid, it’s iodine value is about 80-110.
6. Sesame. Sesame contains 45-63% oil, and 19%-31% protein, known as “Oil queen”. Sesame oil is one of the oldest edible oil in the word. Sesame oil contains 35% - 49.4%oleic acid, 37.7% - 48.4% linoleic acid, and 4% - 12% arachidic acid. Use water extraction process method to get flavor sesame oil with more features in China
7. Tea-seeds. Tea-seed is native to China, and now grown in India, Vietnam, Indonesia and other countries. Tea-seed contains 30% oil, and 8%-9% protein. Tea oil has a high nutritional value and health care effect, known as the "Oriental olive oil”.
8. Rice bran. Rice bran contains 14%-24% oil. Rice bran is a by-product of rice processing. Rice bran oil is contains 40-52% oleic acid, 29-42% linoleic acid, 0.5-1.8% linolenic acid, 12-18% palmitic acid, 1.0-3.0% stearate, 4.5-6.5% phytosterols, and 0.1-0.5% oryzanol. Rice bran oil was known as a “nutritional oils”, with reduce serum cholesterol effect significantly.
9. Corn germ. Corn germ oil is extracted from corn germ. Corn germ oil is riched in essential vitamin E and unsaturated fatty acids for human body, such as linoleic acid and oleic acid, has a protective effect on cardiovascular and cerebrovascular. Corn germ oil contains up to 80%-85% unsaturated fatty acid.
10. Palm kernel. Palm kernel oil from the kernel of the palm fruit. Palm kernel oil contains a large amount of lower fatty acid. Palm oil was known as “the king oil in the world”. Palm kernel oil contains more than 80% unsaturated fatty acids. Liquid palm oil is a kind of nice frying oil.