Palm fruit fiber separation is a crucial step in palm oil processing, aiming to effectively separate the fiber from the kernel to improve subsequent processing efficiency and product quality.
Separation Methods and Equipment: The primary method employs air separation technology, utilizing the differences in physical properties between the fiber and the kernel. The specific process includes: the pressed cake material is crushed by a screw conveyor and then enters the air separation system. The airflow generated by a centrifugal fan blows the lighter fibers to the boiler room for use as fuel, while the heavier kernels are transported to the storage silo via a bucket elevator. Some processes also incorporate pretreatment using a drum screen to initially separate large impurities.
Process Flow and Function: Fiber separation typically occurs after the pressing stage and before crude palm oil extraction. After crushing, the pressed cake enters the air separation system. The separated fibers are coarse in texture and rich in cellulose and lignin, and can be directly used as biomass fuel. The kernels are sent to the kernel separation stage to recover the palm kernels. This step reduces wear and tear on equipment from the kernels and prevents fibers from contaminating the kernel products and affecting quality. Necessity of Pretreatment: Before fiber separation, palm fruits typically require steaming and softening or conditioning to break down the pulp cell structure and improve pressing efficiency. However, pretreatment of the fibers themselves is less common; the focus is on ensuring the material enters the separation equipment evenly.
Palm nuts are used in palm kernel oil mill plant for extracting palm kernel oil by palm kernel cracking and separating machine, cleaning, crushing, cooking and pressing.
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In general,the next process of palm kernel oil processing machine is palm kernel cracking and separating machine.This palm kernel cracking and separating machine is specially and newly developed to be used for cracking and separating palm nuts. It consists of palm nuts cracking machine and palm nuts kernel separator machine. The palm nuts cracking machine is mainly applicable for dividing the palm kernels into the outer hard shell with high efficiency.
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