Herbal Extraction Plant
The Spice Extraction Plants are highly preferred
for different applications in food processing and spice processing
industries. These extraction plants are assured to be manufactured from food
grade steel, in accordance with the international quality standards.
Incorporated with advanced technology, these extraction plants are quite
easy to operate and maintain. With robust construction and low operating
cost, these spice extraction machines assure to have a long lasting
performance.
Process Description of Oleoresins - Spice Extraction
Hexane is the
most common solvent used for extracting vegetable oils from various seeds.
This produces around 3000 MT of vegetable oil per day.
Besides hexane, there are also available many more items for Solvent
Extraction:
- Water in the extraction of instant tea from fresh tea, tea waste,
green tee, etc
- Hexane/Benzene in the extraction of essential oils from flowers
- Benzene in the extraction of caffeine from tea waste
- A mixture of hexane and acetone in the extraction of oleoresin from
red pepper
In all the above cases, there are different raw materials to be
extracted that require specific pre-treatment. The entire extraction process
of the raw materials with required solvent is carried out in continuous
extractor, attached with a moving belt or batch extractors.
After this, the mixed solution of solvent and extract is collected in the
solution tank, from where, it is sent for distillation for recovery of
extract.
For the recovery of solvent, the residue generated from continuous/batch
extractors are fed into dryer for desolventising. In case, the
solvent used in the process is water, then the residue need not required to
be desolventised and can be just disposed off.