Technologies

Rural Technologies

Title:

Household Oil Expeller

Area:

Rural Technologies

Focus Area:

Agricultural Technology

Developing Agency:

Rural technology Action Group(RuTAG), Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras

Email:

rutag@iitm.ac.in, rutagpo@iitm.ac.in

Brief Description

Description :

The oil expeller consists of a screw in a sealed chamber having inlet and outlet for seeds and oil cake respectively. Salient features of Oil Expeller: 30% yield of cold pressed oil. Seeds are crushed in single run. Groundnut, sesame and dry coconut have been tried. Special tapered screw designed for maximum compression.

Related Technologies