Seed Grading
Equipment At Eco
Treasures
NOTE WRITTEN BY Russell
PHOTOGRAPHY BY Russell
One of the main production activities of Eco Treasures is
the ecological extraction of essential oils from residual
vegetable feedstock and fine fruit seeds.
In order to meet high quality
seeds, enabling them to send
standards, and ensure the
the seeds through the press
best production efficiency,
dust-free.
the Belgium-based company
The results were very positive.
turned to Russell Finex,
Not only did this seed grading
the leading supplier of high
equipment eliminate dust
quality separation equipment,
from the seeds, it also saved
for an innovative processing
time by reducing the amount
solution.
of labour that went into their
The extraction of seed oil
previous production process.
from residual frozen pulp
These two factors
begins by separating the
contributed to the reduction
seeds from the juice pulp. In
in manufacturing costs for
order to separate the seeds,
Eco Treasures, an increase
the frozen pulp is first melted
in productivity, as well as
and then dried.
a better product for their
The issue the company was
customers.
facing was that there was
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too much dust from the
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dried juice pulp attached to
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the seeds after the drying
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process, which resulted in a
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lower quality of extracted oil.
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With the Russell Eco
Separator installed in place of
the previous sieving system,
Eco Treasures was able to
separate dust from the fine
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