An all-in-one machine, it crushes and presses the copra or coconut, follow by oil extraction. Traditionally, the copra or coconut are pressed and crushed and transferred to another machine to be extracted. Muar Ban Lee Group is a copra oil expeller manufacturer specializes in copra oil expellers, copra machines, copra machines crushing plant.
How copra oil is extracted?
Extracted from dried coconut meat ? Copra. The coconut is dried in the sun or in a drier before pressing the oil. The copra is then sent to a coconut extracting machine to obtain crude oil. (Read more: Copra Oil Mill Plant Process) Note: The above mentioned Capacity Range includes single pressing as well as pre-pressing.
How is copra processed?
Harvesting: The first step in copra processing is the harvesting of mature coconuts. Coconuts are ready for harvest when they are fully ripe and have turned brown. The process involves climbing the coconut tree and cutting the fruit from the tree. This can be done manually or with the use of equipment such as a long pole with a blade or a ladder.
How is dry copra extracted?
More commonly, the dry copra is first extracted by the solvent-free method using expellers to obtain better quality coconut oil. Then the residue is processed through solvent extraction plant using food-grade hexane as a solvent to extract the residual coconut oil (8 to 12%). Dry copra may be extracted directly in solvent extraction plants.