Apricot Kernel Oil Pressing Line

This page covers kernels removed from apricot stones. Whole stones, broken hard shells, and mixed fruit-processing residue require additional separation and must not be quoted as clean kernel feed. The buyer must also declare whether the oil is intended for food, cosmetic, or industrial use.

Raw Material Boundary

Identify the kernel type, origin, traceability documents, shell contamination, moisture, and storage condition. Remove moldy, insect-damaged, discolored, or rancid material. Pressing is an extraction step and does not establish the safety or legal suitability of the kernels or oil for a claimed end use.

Recommended Pretreatment

1. Crack the stones and separate hard shell fragments from the kernels.
2. Screen, clean, and sort the kernels by condition.
3. Dry gently or temper only when the measured moisture requires correction.
4. Crush to a uniform size without prolonged exposure to air.
5. Keep trial lots separate by source and intended product grade.

Pressing Route and Equipment

Use a low-temperature hydraulic batch trial as the starting route for clean kernels. Any warm conditioning must be evaluated against color, aroma, filtration behavior, and the buyer's product specification. A press model is selected from trial charge density and cycle records, not from whole-stone input.

Equipment Entry Points

• Pretreatment equipment
• Hydraulic oil press range
• 480 Series hydraulic oil press as a model entry for trial sizing
• Pneumatic filter press
• Filling equipment

Filtration and Finished-Oil Target

Specify settling time, filtration grade, visible sediment and water criteria, color, odor, and the laboratory tests required for the intended market. Use protected storage and packaging when the finished-oil specification requires reduced light and air exposure.

Data Required for a Quotation

• Sample state: whole stones or separated kernels, shell residue, moisture, impurities, source, and available safety documentation
• Kernel input per batch or day, operating hours, seasonality, and whether cracking and shell separation are required
• Intended use, cold-press or gently conditioned trial, and oil-temperature recording requirement
• Required oil tests, settling or filtration scope, tank size, and package format
• Power supply, floor space, hygiene plan, destination, and delivery terms

Acceptance Records

Use the approved kernel lot and record stone-to-kernel basis where relevant, residual shell fraction, moisture, crush size, batch charge, cycle time, oil temperature, crude and filtered oil weight, and cake weight. Retain labeled oil and kernel samples and attach the agreed laboratory report; machine operation alone is not acceptance of product safety.

Related Links

• Solutions Overview
• Fruit Oil Solutions
• Peach Kernel Solutions
• Almond Solutions
• 480 Series Hydraulic Oil Press
• Contact Technical Team
• Chinese page

Request a Configuration and Quote

Send the actual apricot-kernel sample, source documents, daily kernel input, intended oil use, required tests, utilities, and destination for a trial-based equipment quotation.

• Request an apricot kernel oil line quote