Oil Seed Press Specification & Prices

Specifications & Prices

Screw Seed Presses

Hobby Press: Can press 2 tons of seed in 24 hours. Shipping weight is 650 lbs. Requires customer supplied electric motor of 8-10 HP or a combustion engine of 10-12 HP. $2,695 FOB Oregon. We recommend our 12 HP diesel engine ( click here to see engines).

6 Ton Press: Can press 6 tons of seed in 24 hours. Shipping weight is 1350 lbs. Requires customer supplied electric motor of about 12 HP or a combustion engine of 15-20 HP. $6,995 FOB Oregon. We recommend our 22 HP diesel engine ( click here to see engines).

10 Ton Press: Can press 10 tons of seed in 24 hours. Shipping weight is 1800 lbs. Requires customer supplied electric motor of about 15 HP or a combustion engine of about 20-25 HP. $10,995 FOB Oregon. We recommend our 22 HP diesel engine ( click here to see engines).

18 Ton Press: Can press 18 tons of seed in 24 hours. Shipping weight is 2200 lbs. Requires customer supplied electric motor of about 30 HP or a combustion engine of about 40 HP. $19,995 FOB Oregon or Kansas. On a typical farm, a diesel tractor PTO of more than 40 HP is perhaps the ideal power source to drive an 18 ton seed press.

NOTES:

RPM: All of the above presses require that the press screw run in the range of 250-300 RPM.

You can buy a handheld laser tachometer made by “Nicety” for under $30.

Every pulley, belt, gear box known to man is available at

http://www.applied.com

Oil Yield: Sunflower, Canola, Camelina 80-90 gallons per ton of seed.

Delinted Cotton 40-50 gallons per ton of seed.

Soybean 30-40 gallons per ton of seed if pressed twice.

Soybean Problems: There are two problems when attempting to cold press soybeans. The first is yield. Soybeans do not contain much oil. The second is a toxic enzyme called trypsin in the presscake. Trypsin interferes with the digestion of protein and causes serious problems with single stomach livestock such as pigs and chickens. It is less of a problem with multiple stomach animals like cattle. The solution is to heat the soybeans to 140 degrees F and then take the residual soybean cake and immediately put it through another press. It will come out of the second press at about 280 F and that solves the problem. The very large commercial producers of soybean oil do not cold press. They use a chemical extraction method in rail tank car quantities.