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Fats, Oils and Lipids

At POS Pilot Plant you will access some of the world's best expertise & resources for applied R&D in oilseed crushing, solvent extraction and oil processing. We offer you in-depth services in this area, including:

  • Complete range of integrated analyses for fats, oils, lipids, oilseeds and related by-products
  • Consulting services to solve problems in the field
  • Optimization of products and processes
  • Quality systems for cGMP, HACCP, CFIA and HPB compliance
  • Scientific depth to develop solutions for by-products and waste streams.
  • ISO 9001:2008 certified

Our facility is designed to match your oils processing needs:

A wide range of specialized oils processing equipment is available at POS for oils processing unit operations.

Here is a flow chart showing typical oil processing unit operations:

Fats Chart

Oils Processing Equipment

Seed Preparation and Crushing

Mills - hammer, pin, flaking, cracking, disc, Szego, colloid
Cleaning - multi deck, specific gravity table, grain dryer, indent cylinder, aspirator
Simon Rosedowns cooker prepress/full press, bench press

Solvent Extraction Equipment

Bench & pilot scale Crown solvent extractors
Heinkel inverting basket centrifuge for powders
Soxhlet extractors (various sizes)

Refining Equipment

Centrifuges: Alfa Laval S-194, Westfalia SA-7 and SA-14, bench scale CentriPeel.
Reactors & Filters: Various sizes from bench scale to 2,600 L for bleaching, interesterification and hydrogenation.
Deodorizers: Glass and stainless steel bench scale, 250 kg/hr continuous, 400 L batch.
Winterization vessels for solvent and non-solvent from bench scale to 4,000 L, dry fractionation

Other Equipment

CPC unit (centrifugal partitioning chromatograph) and pilot scale HPLC for ultra pure lipids
Thin film, scraped surface, rotary evaporators

Information on more equipment at POS Pilot Plant can be found here.

POS continually updates its equipment. Please contact us about specific capabilities.

Photos of processing areas and equipment for custom manufacturing and product development.
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