Palm Oil & Oleochemicals
Screening crude palm oil, filtering bleaching earth, and separating stearin and olein in dry fractionation.
Palm oil processing relies on solid-liquid separation at almost every step. In dry fractionation, the oil is cooled to crystallize the higher-melting stearin, and a membrane filter press then squeezes the crystals to separate the olein. The squeeze pressure directly affects olein yield and stearin quality.
In refining, pressure leaf filters remove spent bleaching earth. Dry cake discharge keeps oil losses in the cake low and makes the cake easier to handle.
Where we help
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CPO screening
Vibrating screens remove fibre and debris from crude palm oil at the mill.
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Bleaching earth filtration
Pressure leaf filters with dry cake discharge remove spent bleaching earth in refining.
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Dry fractionation
Membrane filter presses separate palm stearin from olein after crystallization.
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Fatty acid distillation
Structured packing for fatty acid and deodorizer columns.
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Products for palm oil & oleochemicals
Filter Presses
Batch pressure filtration that turns slurry into a dry, dischargeable cake and clear filtrate. Recessed-chamber and membrane-squeeze designs from pilot to full plant scale.
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Pressure Leaf Filters
Closed, pressure-vessel filters with vertical or horizontal leaves, for polishing and filter-aid filtration of oils, fats and chemicals. Wet or dry cake discharge.
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Vibrating Screens
Round vibro-separators for screening liquids and powders, from crude palm oil and coconut oil to food powders. Single or double deck in stainless steel.
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Filter Leaves
Replacement leaves for pressure leaf filters, in Dutch-weave and Panzer-weave mesh with multi-ply construction.
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Filter Cloth
Filter cloths for filter presses, leaf filters and barrel-neck centrifuges, in a range of materials and weaves chosen for your slurry.
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Structured Packing
Corrugated sheet, wire gauze and grid structured packing plus demister pads for distillation, stripping and absorption columns.
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