Mini Presses Produce Clean Oil

Mini Presses Produce Clean Oil ENERGY Alternative Fuels You can make your own food grade oils for either sale or personal use with Farmet Farmer oil presses that will process up to 1 000 lbs of oil seed crops per day The presses are Czech-built meeting the highest international standards “The presses are novel processing units with both pressing and oil filtration in one compact system ” says Robert Byrnes Nebraska Screw Press www nebraskascrewpress com; ph 402 307-0280 “They take up very little space and are easy to operate They operate without supervision once they are started and need only occasional checks ” Byrnes has worked in the oil seed press business for more than 10 years initially in biodiesel systems Vol 35 No 5 In recent years he has worked more in food oil systems He says the ease of use of the Farmet systems caught his eye “We were looking for a plug and play system that required minimal labor and expertise ” says Byrnes “Years ago we got into Chinese cold press systems but they were not very efficient Presses using heat were more efficient but they changed the nutritional and economic value of food grade oils These use extreme pressure to efficiently remove the oils ” Both models work similarly with a funnel-shaped seed hopper and filtered oil pail on the top shelf of the support framework Seeds pass through a hopper into the press on the middle shelf Meal passes out the end of the press into a bucket in front Oil drops down into a bucket with an overflow to a second bucket and from there to a third bucket by means of a second overflow “As the oil passes through the buckets sediments and remaining solids from the press settle to the bottom ” explains Byrnes “When oil reaches the third bucket a pump pushes it to the filtration unit on the middle shelf next to the press From there it is pumped to the filtered oil container at the top ” A spigot on the container allows filtered oil to gravity flow into smaller containers or even a 55-gal barrel The systems are priced at $11 295 for the Farmer 10 and $14 310 for the Farmer 20 Byrnes acknowledges the expense but points out that a similar grade press and filtration unit would cost even more purchased separately “Buying all the food grade components separately would cost much more ” he says “These are high quality with stainless steel filters and food grade plastics Farmet is just getting started in the U S but has been selling into Russia Europe and North Africa since 1994 ” Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Ondrej Plzak 
 Farmet USA 350 Magazine St 
Albany N Y 12203

 ph 518 898-1929; o plzak@farmet-usa com; www farmet-usa com

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