Our CAF
compact systems
They are a compact solution for the profitable production of seed oil. We take care of everything for you, from planning and production to supply and installation.
Extract seed oil easily and fruitfully off your own bat and increase the profitability of your farm.
Process oilseeds quickly and easily, produce high-quality plant oils yourself, and also obtain plant pellets for animal feed: Our CAF compact systems made in Germany are the solution for your project and are quickly ready for use on your farm. What are the other benefits of our systems? See for yourself:
Quickly up and running with high standards
We manufacture the entire system in Germany using high-quality components and a modular design. This means it is ready for operation on your farm in a maximum of 1 to 2 weeks. And it’s there to stay, as it is extremely durable and low-maintenance.
Maximum quality for your product
Using our system, you can produce high quality cold pressed seed oils without additives. As the pressing process takes place in a nitrogen atmosphere, therefore with no oxidation, you can significantly increase the shelf life of your product. Particularly suitable for organic produce.
Variable dimensions
From 50 to 10,000 t per year – what size do you need? We enable the establishment of small farms for organic oil production as well as the setup of entire large farms.
More flexibility thanks to compact modular design
Thanks to the compact modular design, we enable cost-effective transport and rapid setup at practically any depot. If required, the systems can be easily transported from one location to another and expanded at any time.
Everything then and there
Save on long transport distances. As a grower, you process your plants directly and produce your oil on your own farm – including press cake as a by-product, which you can use as feed or process into a compound feed.
Practically runs by itself
Our systems run largely semi-automatically, meaning that you have plenty of time for other things with minimal operating effort.
Your journey to your own system
- Let’s say you run a farm, produce oilseeds and sell them to an oil mill, for example. Besides your farm, you also have animals that need compound feed. This contains press cake, which you in turn need to purchase from the oil mill.
- You tell us exactly how things are going right now and you tell us your goals. Based on this, we will draw up a rough concept proposal for you, which we will further develop after meeting you on your farm. We would also be happy to integrate existing system concepts.
- We offer various financing concepts – from short-term options to financing spread over five or seven years. The important factors here are both the desired size of the investment and the participating banks. We are always on hand during this and offer active support for the cooperation with the banks.
- Once all questions regarding financing have been clarified, we construct the system according to your needs. For example, we can make it from stainless steel and food-grade materials. Or do you need the oil production system for the industrial sector? Then, of course, you can also opt for a cheaper variant.
- Your system is now delivered to you pre-assembled from Germany, set up on site by German and local specialists, and handed over in turnkey condition. You and the subsequent operating personnel will also receive expert training. We will get your team ready for further demand-based service. And if a tricky situation should ever arise, your local ammac partners will be there to help you.
How a CAF system works
A - Storage module
The raw goods supplied are stored temporarily and ventilated in the storage module. Afterwards they are forwarded on to cleaning.
1 - Cleaning
Potential dirt particles such as sand or pebbles are removed. The cleaned raw goods are then moved on to the base module via augers.
2 - Hopper
While the raw goods are fed into the extrusion system, any metallic foreign bodies are magnetically separated.
B - Basic module
With the help of conveyor elements, the raw goods are now distributed to the individual extruders.
3 - Extruders
The extrusion augers enable the oil to be separated from the raw goods. Thanks to their special design, the extrusion augers are also suitable for hard seeds and ensure maximum oil yield from the cold-press procedure.
4 - Pre-separator
In this step, the separated oil goes into the filtration module via a settling tank. The pressing residues are pressed into pellets and moved on to the pellet store.
C - Filtration module
Here, the oil is filtered in several steps.
5 - Mixing station
Filtering additives are mixed to the oil in the filtration module. They make up around 1-2% of the oil volume.
6 - Plate filter
The oil respectively the filtration mixture is fed from an intermediate tank under high pressure through a multiple plate filter. The filters can be cleaned by hand. We recommend doing this once a day.
7 - Fine filtration
Here, the oil is fed to the feed pump via an additional fine filter.
8 - Oil supply
The finished oil product is transported to the storage container or tanker by means of a feed pump with a counter.
9 - Oil tank
The double-walled storage container collects the amount of oil that you plan to use. For optimal control, the container has a leak indicator and level monitoring.
D - Pellet store
All pellets are sent to the pellet store cooled.
D - Pellet store
All pellets are sent to the pellet store cooled.
10 - Pellet silo
To avoid heat and to maintain quality, the plant pellets are ventilated in the storage silo.
E - Loading
Augers are used to ensure that loading of the product onto your means of transport is as straightforward as possible.