Large-scale fully automatic peanut oil press | High oil yield and low energy consumption solution

Why do modern peanut oil factories choose fully automatic pressing machines?

When it comes to peanut oil extraction, many people's first thought is oil yield, which is indeed the most direct economic indicator. However, as a manufacturer with over forty years of experience in the oilseed processing machinery industry, we are more concerned with the stability of oil yield, energy consumption control, and equipment maintenance costs. Especially against the backdrop of continuously growing global demand for high-quality edible oil, traditional workshop-style oil extraction can no longer meet market requirements. Automation, large-scale production, and intelligent manufacturing are becoming standard features of large-scale peanut oil processing plants.

Every year, our QIE Group receives inquiries from clients in Africa, Southeast Asia, and South America, and they almost all revolve around the same question:

How can we extract more and more stable peanut oil with less manpower and lower energy consumption?

The answer is clear—large-scale commercial fully automatic peanut oil presses are currently the most mature and reliable solution.

II. Equipment Overview: More Than Just "Pressing," It's a Systems Engineering Process

Many people think that an oil press is simply a machine that "presses oil out of peanuts," but it's much more than that. A modern fully automatic peanut oil press is a complete system that integrates pretreatment, temperature control, pressing, oil residue separation, and automatic monitoring, enabling unmanned continuous production.

Take, for example, a fully automated 50-ton/day (TPD) production line we customized for a Nigerian client:

• ✅ Employs a two-stage screw pressing structure;
• ✅ Equipped with an intelligent temperature control and automatic feeding system;
• ✅ Actual oil yield consistently remained above 43.5%;
• ✅ Compared to the older equipment used locally, the average improvement is about 3.5% - 4%.

Don't underestimate this less than 4% increase—based on a peanut oil content of 48% per ton, with 300 days of production per year, it can produce an additional 600-700 tons of peanut oil, resulting in considerable profits.

🌟Core Advantages

• ✅ High oil yield : Optimized spiral pressing section structure and pressure gradient, combined with raw material moisture content controlled at 6% - 8%, maximizes oil release;

• ✅ Low energy consumption design : The main motor adopts frequency conversion control and automatically adjusts its power according to the load, reducing energy consumption per ton of material by about 12% compared with traditional equipment;

• ✅ Intelligent control : Equipped with a PLC + touch screen operating system, it can monitor temperature, current, oil output, oil content of residue, etc. in real time, and automatically alarm in case of abnormality.

A complete set of equipment typically includes modules such as an automatic feeder, a screw oil press , a temperature control system, an oil residue separator, and an electrical control cabinet, which can be flexibly configured according to the factory layout.

III. Real-world examples: The shift from "relying on experience" to "looking at data"

We provided a complete automated pressing production line for a newly built peanut oil plant in Africa. The client previously had two old-fashioned hydraulic oil pressing lines with a daily output of 20 tons. These lines relied on experienced operators to judge the heat and rhythm by feel, resulting in large fluctuations in oil yield and a residual oil rate as high as 6%-7%.

We customized an automated pressing line for them, equipped with a drum fryer, automatic feeding, two-stage pressing, and an online filtration system. After commissioning, the daily output increased to 60 tons, the residual oil rate was stably controlled within 4.2%, and the oil yield increased by about 4%. At the same time, the number of operators was reduced from 9 to 3, and labor costs decreased by nearly 65%.

The most profound feedback from customers is:

"In the past, we relied on intuition to extract oil; now we rely on data to produce it." Temperature curves, pressure changes, and oil flow rates are all visualized throughout the process, enabling truly data-driven and traceable production.

IV. Why do professional clients choose fully automatic systems? Let's do the math.

• ✅ PLC is not a gimmick, but a key to efficiency: In the Pakistan project, the system records temperature, pressure, and current data for each shift, and immediately alarms if the values ​​deviate from the setpoints. Data-driven operation has reduced downtime due to failures by approximately 80%.

• ✅ Maintenance costs are drastically reduced: The modular design reduces screw replacement time from 8 hours to 40-60 minutes. A customer from Uzbekistan said, "In the past, downtime would delay shipments, but now even ordinary technicians can quickly maintain it."

• ✅ Better long-term returns: Taking a 50TPD fully automated line as an example, although the initial investment is about 25% - 30% higher than that of a semi-automatic line, but:

  • 🔹 Increased oil yield → Payback period: approximately 18 months
  • 🔹 Reduced energy and labor costs → Overall cost over 3 years is significantly lower than low-end equipment

V. QIE Group's Confidence: Hard Power from the Factory to the Global Market

• Manufacturing foundation : 14 standardized heavy-duty workshops, more than 100 processing equipment, and pressure vessels are produced by the group itself (with Class I and II qualifications), eliminating the risks of outsourcing;

• Technological Accumulation : Collaborating with the College of Grain and Oil Sciences of Henan University of Technology to develop phospholipid extraction technology, and applying oil engineering experience to equipment design; the inner wall of the pressing chamber adopts a patented nano-carburized layer anti-wear structure, which is specially optimized for the high fiber characteristics of peanuts;

• Delivery Guarantee : More than just "turnkey," we provide "production support." In the Mexico project, we stationed engineers on-site for three months until the oil yield met the target for 30 consecutive days. Customer feedback: "This is the only supplier we dare to sign a performance guarantee agreement with."

VI. Frequently Asked Questions

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Make oil pressing more efficient and easier

Every drop of premium peanut oil comes from reliable equipment and stable processes. QIE Group has been deeply involved in edible oil processing equipment manufacturing for over forty years. From experimental testing to large-scale factory implementation, we help our clients turn "raw materials" into "profits."

If you are preparing for a peanut oil processing project, welcome to consult with our engineers. Let us design a fully automated oil pressing solution tailored to your needs, ensuring that high oil yield and low energy consumption are not just data, but real performance in your factory.

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