the shea nut oil refining processing plant in zambia
- Product Name: shea nut oil refining plant
- Raw Material: shea nut oil
- Type: oil refinery plant machine
- Production Voltage: Local Voltage
- Power(W): 5.5-15.5kw
- Dimension(L*W*H): 2000x1400x1850mm
- Weight: 100kg -1200kg
- Certification: CE ISO
- After-sales Service Provided: Engineers available to service machinery overseas
- Pressing Oil standard: First class
- Function of oil refinery equipment: oil refinery equipment
- power: 20kw/h
- Quality of oil refinery equipment: Superior International
- Residue in cake: less than 6%
- Using of oil refinery equipment: oil refinery equipment
- Capacity of oil refinery equipment: 5TPD-1000TPD
Shea Nut Solvent Extraction Plant
The shea tree (Vitellaria paradoxa, Gaertn.) grows in West Africa, and the nuts are harvested primarily for their fat content. It is native to Africa and grown abundantly in this region which usually contains about 40-42% oil content. This kind of oil is of special quality and being called shea butter.
With over a century of experience processing unique nuts and oilseeds around the world, Anderson International can provide both the equipment and the expertise needed to succeed in this space. To learn more about the processing steps and opportunities surrounding shea oil and shea butter extraction, contact us today.
Shea Butter Extraction Plant Machine, Oil Press Group
Shea nut is the fruit of African shea tree. Like avocado, shea nut has delicious flesh. The fat contained in the kernel of shea nut is shea butter, which takes up about 40% ~ 55%. Each mature shea tree produces only 15 to 20 kilograms of shea per year, which can only survive on the African continent due to climatic and plantation reasons.
Modern machinery and processes have enabled shea butter production at scales large enough to make the product accessible globally. This means that even though shea tree cultivation is limited by the decades-long process, shea nut processing, shea kernel processing, and shea butter production are no longer constrained by geography.
Complete Turnkey Shea Butter Processing Plant Manufacturer
Shea butter is a vegetable fat extracted from kernels of the shea tree. The shea tree grows in the so-called shea belt, which includes roughly 21 countries: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Sudan, Togo, Uganda, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya ...
250ton good performance shea butter oil refinery plant in zambia Machine Type: vegetable seed oil refinery plant; Production Capacity: ≥as customized; Dimension(L*W*H): 3000*1250*3050mm; Voltage: 220V/380V/ diesel; Color: gold, silver, white
Shea Nut Processing, Kumar Metal Industries
The fruit is composed of four layers, the epicarp, mesocarp, shell and the kernel. The epicarp together with the mesocarp is called the pulp; the shell and the kernel compose the nut. The kernel is the oil-bearing material that can be obtained by processing the shea nut fruit.
After the roasting process, the shea nuts are crushed and ground into a fine powder. This powder is then mixed with water to form a paste. Step 3: Extracting the Shea Butter Oil. The shea butter paste is then kneaded and pressed to extract the oil. The oil is then boiled to remove any impurities, resulting in pure and refined shea butter oil ...
- How to process shea nut kernels?
- For processing Shea nut kernels, we need a combination of mechanical pressing unit ( Oil Mill ) and solvent extraction plant (SEP). The following are steps involved in Shea Butter Extraction Plant : Shea nut kernels are separated and cleaned to remove impurities such as dust, metal, plant stalks.
- How many raw shea nuts are produced in Africa?
- Africa produces approximately 1,760,000 metric tons (MT) of raw shea nuts a year, and historically, most of this stayed within the African continent to supply domestic demand. The shea export market traditionally traded raw shea kernels rather than shea butter or other finished products.
- How is shea oil extracted?
- As a result, many shea producers are adopting more mechanized solutions to improve quality and yield. Larger processors use mechanical extraction equipment to recover more oil efficiently. Screw press expellers physically crush the shea kernels to squeeze out shea oil from the solid meal, which exits the expeller as a cake.
- Where does a shea tree grow?
- Although it only grows in a limited swath of sub-Saharan African parklands, the wild shea tree supplies the entire world with enough shea nuts to meet the growing demand for both shea oil and shea butter.
- How is shea butter fractionated?
- Once refined, shea butter can be fractionated into two parts: a creamy fat known as shea stearin and a liquid oil called shea olein—otherwise known as shea oil. Fractionation separates these two unique components using either a chemical reagent or physical methods like centrifugation.
- What is the mechanical press method of shea butter extraction?
- The mechanical press method of shea butter extraction has been reported by FAO and CFC (2002) but one of the earliest research on the use of the mechanical press was by Marchand (1988). His research revealed that equipped with a jack that exerts 30 tonnes of force, a shea butter press could crush more than 3 kg of shea kernels within 20 minutes.