Many people think capacity expansion means “adding more production lines” or “installing additional equipment.”

But in oilseed processing engineering, the essence of capacity expansion is to improve system throughput without sacrificing efficiency or operational stability.

In a previous project case, the client faced the following challenges:

✘ Inability to increase throughput
✘ Unstable oil extraction efficiency
✘ High energy and solvent consumption

Instead of simply stacking more equipment, we focused on optimizing three core areas:

① Pre-treatment optimization — improving raw material adaptability and reducing downstream load

② Extraction system restructuring — enhancing oil yield and extraction efficiency

③ Solvent recovery system optimization — lowering solvent usage and improving circulation efficiency

The results are quantifiable:

✔ Capacity increased to target level
✔ Residual oil in meal ≤0.5%
✔ Solvent consumption ≤1.5 kg per metric ton of seed

👉 True capacity expansion means simultaneously improving system efficiency and production scale.