Crude Palm Oil (CPO) / Red Oil

High quality fresh palm fruits are bought from various sources. The palm fruits go through a process known as sterilizing. This process is done by either roasting which is done after threshing process or by steaming which should be done before threshing process.

Next, the palm fruits go through a process known as threshing, in which each piece of fruit is separated from the rest of the bunch.

After threshing, the next step in palm oil production involves pressing the fruit to separate the oil from the skin and pulp. The fruit are place in large rotating drums, which start to break down the fruit and release some of the oil. This is followed by pressing, wherein heavy metal plates are mechanically pressed into the fruit to squeeze out the oil. The oil is then diluted with water and filtered through a screen to help remove debris and impurities.

Crude Palm Kernel Oil (CPKO)

After digestion of the palm fruit and extraction of the palm oil from the mash, the nuts and fibers are recovered. First they are dried and subsequently separated from each other by the use of a cyclone system. The fibers are relatively light and are carried away by an upwards air flow, the nuts are relatively heavy and fall into a rotary drum. The fibers serve as fuel for the boiler. The nuts are transported to a silo where they are dried; this facilitates the cracking of nuts to recover the palm kernel. After being sent to the cracker, the shells are recovered and used as fuel for the boiler, whereas the palm kernels are transported to a silo where they are dried. The kernels are then ready for extraction of the crude palm kernel oil (PKO). The palm kernel cake (PKC) is sold as animal feed.

Crude Palm Kernel Oil (CPKO) 2

In summary, the production line involves reception of good palm-kernel nuts, crushing the nuts with the nut-crusher, heating the seeds with the seed fryer so as to excite the oil molecules, and transferring the heated-crushed nuts to the oil press.