1-5TPH Complete Palm Oil Mill Plant Setup in Colombia

Colombia has solidified its position as a powerhouse in the global agricultural market, currently ranking as the world’s fourth-largest producer of palm oil and the undisputed leader in the Americas. This growth is driven by a unique production model where approximately 85% of the country’s 7,550 producers are small-scale farmers, collectively managing over 500,000 hectares across four diverse geographical zones. Beyond its economic weight, the Colombian palm sector distinguishes itself through a rigorous commitment to sustainability; nearly 99% of its cultivation area is verified as deforestation-free, positioning the country as a global benchmark for responsible and environmentally conscious oil palm development.

1-5TPH Complete Palm Oil Mill Plant

1-5tph palm oil mill plant from palm fruit basically includes: fruit threshing, sterilizing/digesting, oil pressing and filtering. Among all these palm oil processing sections, oil pressing and filtering must be done by professional facilities (palm oil extractor and oil filter press), while the other sections can be selected depending on your needs and financial status. It is certainly that a complete Palm Oil Mill has higher automatic degree and needs fewer labor.

• Palm Fruit Reception and Storage

Palm fruit received by the workers are sent it to a factory for weighing, then poured into palm fruit slope for storage. When palm oil processing is required, open the unloading door and the palm fruit will fall to the conveyor to be transported to the sterilization section.

• Sterilizing Section

Sterilizing is completed at high temperatures condition to prevent palm fruit from further rancidity. Palm fruit is steamed for 30 minutes at 300KPa, which reduces enzyme activity and prevents acid prices from rising.

• Fruit Threshing Section

Palm-fruit accounts for 60% of the palm-fruit cluster. In this section, we use a rotating cylinder to separate palm fruit.

• Crushing Section

This section mainly destroys the palmetto peel and separates the pulp from the kernels. Crush the pulp, destroy the nuclei, and prepare for the next pressing section.

• Pressing Section

Spiral palm oil press is the most commonly used palm oil pressing machine. After pressing, the mixture of oil and water and the pressing cake (fiber cake) can be obtained.

• Oil filtering Section

The fiber in crude palm oil is separated by an oil filter machine. Oil and water are then separated by precipitation. After separation, the oil was filtered and vacuum dried to obtain clean crude palm oil.

• Oil Refining Section

Now most palm oil mill plant will be equipped with oil refining plant to produce higher quality palm oil. Palm oil refining including degumming, deacidification, decoloring, deodorizing, some even the fractionation process to improve the quality of palm oil completely, making it more suitable for cooking and storage.

Machinery and Equipment Needed for Palm Oil Production in Colombia

1. Sterilizer

Firstly, put the fresh palm fruit bunches in the fruit cage, and put the fruit cage in the sterilizer with a row crane for sterilization. The function of sterilizer in 1-5 tph palm oil mill plant can be illustrate from the following three parts. First, it is easier to separate the palm fruit from the fruit bunch. The second function is to prevent the rancidity of the palm fruit from affecting the oil product. The last function is to be more conducive to the separation of the palm kernels. Our sterilizers are divided into boiled sterilizers and vertical steam sterilizers. The working principle is to heat the palm fruit at a temperature of 145 degrees for 60-120 minutes.

2. Thresher

Secondly, the sterilized palm fruit bunches are de-fruited in a drum type thresher. Palm fruit accounts for about 60% of the entire FFB, and the fruit bunches are separated by a drum thresher. The purpose of threshing in 1-5 tph palm oil mill plant is to separate the palm fruit which was sterilized from the FFB.

3. Digester

Thirdly, the obtained palm fruit is transported by auger and bucket elevator into the digester. The function of the digester in 1-5 tph palm oil mill plant is to cut the palm fruit into piece. On the one hand, it reduces the pressure of the palm oil press, and on the other hand, it is more conducive to the oil output. Our digester is also equipped with a heating coil, which further heats the palm fruit while mashing. That’s will more conducive to oil extraction.

4. Palm oil press machine

We use double screw palm oil press machine in 1-5 tph palm oil mill plant. In terms of structure, a gear box is installed at the tail combined with a hydraulic pump station to drive the two squeezing screws to rotate relative to each other, and the stirring blades are engaged to discharge oil. The closer to the outlet, the smaller the gap between the blades, the greater the pressure, and the lower the residual oil rate, which can be less prone to clogging, more labor-saving, more conducive to the smoothness of palm fruit pressing, improve the oil yield, and ensure your high yield.

5. Filteration machine

Filtering machines in 1-5 tph palm oil mill plant include vibrating screen used to remove the light Impurities of your oil. The next cleaning equipment is the sand clarification tank, which is used to remove the impurities in the oil, and finally the plate and frame filter, which filters layer by layer to remove the impurities in crude palm oil.

6. Vacuum system

Vacuum system in 1-5 tph palm oil mill plant is used to remove water from oil to prevent oil rancidity.

7. Oil storage tank

We will equip you with an oil storage tank suitable for the processing capacity of 1-5 tph palm oil mill plant to store clean crude palm oil.

How much it will cost to set up a palm oil mill plant in Colombia?

Generally, the total cost of establishing a palm oil mill plant will be decided by many factors : including the palm oil production capacity, the quality and quantity of palm oil processing plant, the palm oil processing machine suppliers and more. Therefore, the exact cost of setting a palm oil mill plant in Colombia would vary from the different requirements and specific situations.

The cost of setting up a palm oil mill plant is closely related to the production output and palm oil mill process. Higher capacity and higher degree of automation will cost more. 1-5tph small scale palm oil processing machinery cost about $57000 ~ $68000, while a 15tph complete palm oil mill plant might need More.  We are experienced in building palm oil mill plant, palm kernel oil mill plant, palm oil refinery plant. View our website to find detailed information about palm oil processing machine,plam kernel oil processing machine other related palm oil mill machinery.