Oil Refinery
Complete oil milling solutions — seed crushing, solvent extraction, physical & chemical refining, and margarine plants — from one engineering partner.
Overview
Purity, refined
Refining is where crude oil becomes a brand — colour, taste, shelf life and yield are all decided here. The Grains supplies complete edible oil refining plants covering degumming, neutralising, bleaching, deodorising and fractionation for palm, sunflower, canola and soybean oil, engineered by European process specialists and configured to your feedstock and finished-product specification.
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Turn-Key Delivery
Technical Specifications
Plant specifications
| Parameter | Specification |
|---|---|
| Capacity Range | 50 – 600 tonnes per day |
| Feedstocks | Palm, sunflower, canola, soybean, cottonseed, corn oil |
| Process Routes | Physical refining, chemical refining, or combined |
| Final FFA | ≤ 0.05% as oleic acid |
| Colour (Lovibond) | Red ≤ 2.0 / Yellow ≤ 20 (5¼" cell, product dependent) |
| Automation Level | DCS / PLC controlled with full process logging |
| Compliance | Designed to Codex Alimentarius and PSQCA requirements |
Applications
Who it's built for
- Edible oil & ghee manufacturers
- Palm oil importers & port refineries
- Solvent extraction plants adding refining
- Private-label cooking oil brands
Key Features
Engineered in every detail
Degumming & Neutralising
Centrifugal separation removes gums and free fatty acids with minimal oil loss.
Vacuum Bleaching
Precise bleaching earth dosing removes colour bodies and oxidation products.
High-Vacuum Deodorising
Thin-film and packed-column deodorisers deliver bland taste and long shelf life.
Fractionation
Controlled crystallisation separates palm olein and stearin to exact cloud points.
Heat Recovery Systems
Oil-to-oil economisers cut steam consumption dramatically.
Ghee & Banaspati Lines
Complete hydrogenation-free texturising and filling lines for vanaspati products.
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Inside the projects
Benefits
The numbers that matter
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Feedstocks Handled
Palm, sunflower, canola, soybean, cottonseed and corn oil on one refining line.
50–600
TPD Range
From compact refineries to port-scale installations.
≤ 0.05%
Final FFA
Finished oil quality that meets the strictest retail standards.
From seed to shelf
Scope covers multi-seed crushing and solvent extraction plants, edible oil refining, low-fat soybean production, and complete margarine plants with all margarine products — a single turn-key contract from oilseed intake to finished, packaged product.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
Physical refining suits low-gum oils like palm and delivers lower losses and less effluent. Chemical refining handles high-phosphatide oils like soybean more forgivingly. Many plants combine both routes; we recommend the configuration after analysing your feedstock plan.
For palm oil physical refining, total losses are typically 1.0–1.3 times FFA content. Our process guarantees state the exact figure for your feedstock, verified during performance test runs.
Yes. We routinely design utilities, tank farms and building space for a second-phase capacity increase, so expansion means adding equipment rather than rebuilding the plant.
Yes — complete PET bottle, pouch and tin filling lines, including blow moulding, filling, capping, labelling and cartoning, integrated with the refinery's finished oil tanks.
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