Oil Processing Machines — by Category
Corn germ and rice bran: material-specific route guides
Beyond the four existing core project routes, identify wet/dry germ feed or bran treatment history before selecting equipment. These guides connect preparation, route choices, streams and supplier-source limits.
Equipment categories, subtypes and route roles
Start with the process duty and input/output boundary, then examine a product family. Each crop map separates initial scope questions from conditional branches and alternatives.
Editorial equipment taxonomy and project-selection questions, not a plant design, mandatory machine list, supplier ranking or crop/model performance approval. Product names, scope and source notes are inherited unchanged from existing reviewed supplier references; supplier-level crop relationships must not be promoted to product-level suitability. Current supply and project configurations require direct confirmation.
Attachment, worksheet and commercial-build checks
Specialist preparation: separate series, test offers and test results
Official series/application evidence, test-service offers, producer result/event claims and independent laboratory studies are separate evidence classes. No current stock, selected configuration, buyer trial, signed FAT/SAT or accepted performance is established. Four external providers are reviewed as source providers only, not silently admitted to the preserved 50-profile directory; the existing Anderson profile remains unchanged.
Configuration, material batches and original-report traceability
Published test rows and three-stream data coverage
Official series and their application boundaries
Official family + corn-germ application; trial service offered
Vincent Corporation — KP Series dewatering screw presses
The manufacturer assigns KP presses to germ-water removal and lists corn germ among applications. Its VP discussion on the wet-milling page concerns the stated fibre duty; do not swap those application statements.
Evidence limit: No KP size, screen/screw arrangement, inlet lot, water/solids/oil balance or accepted throughput is selected here. A sweet-corn cannery video concerns husk/cob waste, not a wet-germ trial.
External source provider; not admitted to the preserved 50-profile catalogue.
Official sources and configuration request
- Vincent — KP Series product and rental-test page
Official catalogue/application and trial-service offer; a rental offer is not a completed material test.
- Vincent — Corn Wet Milling
Manufacturer application account: KP for germ, VP in the stated fibre context. Historical moisture statements are not project guarantees.
Request: Ask for a germ-specific proposed KP configuration and a representative trial/rental protocol, with inlet/outlet moisture bases and oil/solids losses to press liquor.
Official series + corn-germ design; test offer and reported FAT event
VetterTec — K16 / K20 / K24 / K30 / K36 / K45 / K54 screw-press family
The brochure names corn germs and lists the K types; the technical page shows a corn-germ pre-dewatering design. Tests can be discussed at site or laboratory level.
Evidence limit: The generic capacity table does not establish a particular corn-germ rating. The corporate FAT post identifies neither a K size nor a signed, measured acceptance package.
External source provider; not admitted to the preserved 50-profile catalogue.
Official sources and configuration request
- VetterTec — Dewatering Screw Presses brochure
K-series catalogue plus corn-germ application. Generic table ratings are not germ-specific capacity or an accepted model selection.
- VetterTec — Mechanical Dewatering
Official corn-germ design/application description and on-site/laboratory test offer; no selected configuration or raw trial result.
- VetterTec corporate post — corn-germ screw-press FAT
Manufacturer-reported event only. Direct public HTML contained the post; web reader access was limited. No signed protocol, model traceability or paired material data were obtained.
Request: Request the proposed type, screw/screen and drive selection plus material-test data, matched operating windows, dryer receiving conditions and a permitted signed FAT package.
Official named family in a dated rice-bran process account
Anderson International — Expander-Extruder-Cooker (EEC)
The 2024 manufacturer account names rice bran and lipase treatment in EEC processing. It describes EEC separately from the later Dox technology.
Evidence limit: This is process/family evidence, not proof that an existing Dox/Hivex reference is a rice-bran stabilizer or that a particular EEC revision is currently offered. No paired enzyme/storage trial is supplied by this article.
Existing supplier profile (original product scopes unchanged)
Official sources and configuration request
- Anderson — Expander-Extruder-Cooker process account, 2024
Official named EEC family and rice-bran lipase context; distinguishes it from Dox. Not a current-stock or project-configuration confirmation.
Request: Ask the existing supplier to confirm the current EEC or replacement offering, actual feed/steam/water/cooling boundaries and a model-specific enzyme/FFA/storage test.
Official catalogue + rice application/process result; configuration unresolved
Insta-Pro International — Model 2000 / 2000-CG catalogue candidates; rice process not model-matched
The catalogue lists these models; separate manufacturer material describes rice-bran feeding, extrusion and cooling. The rice application/result pages do not identify a matched current catalogue model.
Evidence limit: Do not attach the reported rice outcome to 2000 or 2000-CG by name alone. The 2025 post concerns stabilization followed by oil pressing, not a standalone enzyme-inhibition or shelf-life acceptance report.
External source provider; not admitted to the preserved 50-profile catalogue.
Official sources and configuration request
- Insta-Pro — Extruders catalogue
Official model listings reviewed through web reader; direct automated access returned 403. Generic model listings are not rice-bran test configurations.
- Insta-Pro — How Do You Process Rice Bran? (2018)
Producer process account: feeder, extruder arrangement, water addition and cooling require rice-specific selection; no matched current model. Web reader reviewed; direct automated access returned 403.
- Insta-Pro — Rice-bran stabilization and oil extraction (2025)
Producer-reported trial/process result, not a signed acceptance report. Web reader reviewed; direct automated access returned 403. Peroxide-value units and complete mass-balance basis are not resolved here.
Request: Request written rice-specific model/feeder/barrel/water/cooling selection and the underlying report, including the exact oil-recovery definition and separate enzyme/storage results.
Official crop-specific named model; published ratings/claims only
Zhengzhou Siwei Grain & Oil Engineering and Technology — MKPH180 rice-bran extruder
The product page identifies MKPH180 for rice-bran stabilization and publishes a nominal equipment specification.
Evidence limit: The page’s capacity, moisture-change and extended-storage claims are catalogue statements. No matched independent trial or signed project data were located in this review.
External source provider; not admitted to the preserved 50-profile catalogue.
Official sources and configuration request
- Siwei — MKPH180 rice-bran extruder
Official crop-specific model listing; catalogue ratings and long-storage claims are not adopted as measured or accepted results.
Request: Request representative-bran treatment uniformity, residual enzyme assays, FFA/PV with defined units, cooling/storage challenge data and proposed contractual scope.
What the public test evidence actually establishes
Test-service offer
Wet-germ test access is described; results remain open
Vincent describes on-site rental testing and VetterTec discusses application-specific pressing tests. This establishes a way to request a trial, not that a trial on the buyer’s germ has occurred.
Still missing: No matched feed lot/configuration, complete water/solids/oil balance, time-series readings or independent report was obtained.
Source and evidence scope
- Vincent — KP Series product and rental-test page
Official catalogue/application and trial-service offer; a rental offer is not a completed material test.
- VetterTec — Mechanical Dewatering
Official corn-germ design/application description and on-site/laboratory test offer; no selected configuration or raw trial result.
Manufacturer-reported event
Corporate corn-germ FAT announcement
VetterTec reports a factory test for a corn-germ dewatering press. Treat it as an event statement only; it is not the FAT protocol or an independently checked performance result.
Still missing: Press size/revision, acceptance criteria, feed identity, raw measurements and authorized signed pages remain unavailable.
Source and evidence scope
- VetterTec corporate post — corn-germ screw-press FAT
Manufacturer-reported event only. Direct public HTML contained the post; web reader access was limited. No signed protocol, model traceability or paired material data were obtained.
Manufacturer-reported result; model unmatched
Producer rice-bran extrusion / oil-pressing account
The 2025 post reports 46.5% oil-extraction efficiency for its described fresh, non-parboiled bran and extrusion/pressing route. This is not 46.5% lipase inhibition, a universal storage deadline or a current model guarantee.
Still missing: The exact tested model, complete oil-balance denominator and raw records are not given. The peroxide-value unit in the post is ambiguous, so no PV number is adopted here.
Source and evidence scope
- Insta-Pro — Rice-bran stabilization and oil extraction (2025)
Producer-reported trial/process result, not a signed acceptance report. Web reader reviewed; direct automated access returned 403. Peroxide-value units and complete mass-balance basis are not resolved here.
Independent laboratory study; different equipment
Original extrusion/storage study using SLG30-IV
The paper identifies a co-rotating twin-screw SLG30-IV laboratory setup and evaluates enzymes, FFA/PV and storage behavior against untreated bran. Reduced enzyme activity does not establish indefinite storage stability.
Still missing: The work does not validate the listed commercial families. Source-specific methods/units require confirmation, and the underlying data were not obtained; no treatment settings or shelf-life result is selected for a plant.
Source and evidence scope
- Rashid et al. (2023) — extrusion and rice-bran storage study
Original paper, DOI 10.3390/foods12061236. Full-text methods and conclusions reviewed through PMC reader; direct publisher PDF returned 403. SLG30-IV laboratory equipment is not an Insta-Pro, EEC or MKPH180 validation. Underlying data are available on author request and were not obtained.
Data to request for a matched material/model trial
Wet corn germ
- Feed lot and wet-milling separation point, inlet mass/time and moisture/dry-matter method and basis.
- Exact proposed KP/K-type configuration, screw/screen, drive/control revision and agreed test range; supplier to confirm suitability.
- Paired inlet, discharged germ and press-liquor masses/samples over the same stable window, including retained solids and oil loss to liquor.
- Raw moisture/analysis records and energy meter boundaries; separate nameplate ratings from measured consumption.
- Dryer receiving condition, liquid return/collection, transfer and utility/control owners; authorized acceptance criteria and signed records to request.
Rice bran
- Bran lot/fraction, milling time, raw/parboiled status, starch/husk/moisture characterization and prior handling.
- Exact commercial model/revision, feeder/barrel and heat/water/cooling scope; do not substitute a catalogue or laboratory machine name.
- Representative treatment records and uniformity checks with untreated/control samples where agreed; enzyme assay method, units and sampling plan.
- FFA/PV on stated bases and a documented cooling/storage challenge; no generic eight-hour or multi-month guarantee is assumed.
- If pressing follows stabilization, report oil recovery separately with complete denominator/mass balance; resolve exclusions, receiving conditions and authorized acceptance.
Source review: 2026-11-04. These reviews are not supplier rankings or certifications. No request has been sent to any provider, and no buyer-specific test or accepted result is claimed.
Supplier-source review boundary · Full equipment taxonomy · Existing planning resources
Configuration, material batches and original-report traceability
Configuration documentation, historical production accounts, proposed experiments and measured results have different scopes. These additions do not identify a buyer trial lot, establish current model availability or close any commercial acceptance item.
Official configuration documentation; no matched raw trial
KP configuration: documented options, unassigned germ lot
Configuration: The KP-6–KP-16 manual also covers KP-10L–KP-16L. It describes interrupted/continuous screw arrangements and wedgewire or perforated screens. These are options to identify, not a selected wet-germ specification.
Material / batch: Pending: no identified wet-germ lot or serial-number machine is tied to this manual.
What is established: No model/lot-matched inlet–cake–liquor dataset or signed raw dewatering report was obtained in this review.
Pending confirmation: Obtain the proposed build sheet and the matching trial package before selecting screen, screw or operating conditions. Manual values are not germ-specific guarantees.
Related provider/family review
Original source and page locator
- Vincent KP-6–KP-16 operation and maintenance manual (August 2020 file)
PDF pages 1, 12 and 15; printed pages 12 and 15 visually checked. Official manual PDF downloaded. General options, not a corn-germ test report or serial-number build sheet.
Official application/model connection; result link pending
Model 2000: explicit rice-bran line naming
Configuration: The 2022 official article explicitly describes a rice-bran line with Model 2000, a conveyor and a cooler. This adds an application-specific model reference beyond the generic extruder catalogue.
Material / batch: No identifiable raw-bran lot, trial date, sample chain or analytical report is supplied for this configuration statement.
What is established: The previously reviewed 2025 manufacturer claim of 46.5% oil-extraction efficiency is not matched to Model 2000 by this article. It is not a lipase-inhibition result.
Pending confirmation: Match the 2025 test to its extruder and press models, configuration revisions, raw-bran batches and complete analytical/mass-balance records. Model 2000-CG remains a separate unmatched catalogue candidate; a 2022 article does not confirm current availability.
Related provider/family review
Original source and page locator
- Insta-Pro: Global Rice Bran Markets (9 November 2022)
Plant-configuration paragraph, Adam Sackett. Official article text reviewed through search reader; direct automated request returned 403. Economic examples and storage/pressing claims are not adopted as trial results.
Historical production/bulk-material account; not raw stabilization qualification
1986 production account: historical Model 2000 connection
Configuration: PDF page 75 identifies four Insta Pro-2000 extruders at Farmers’ Rice Cooperative, Sacramento.
Material / batch: The same account describes about 150 MT of stabilized bran produced there in 1986 for trial extraction by Oilseeds International, Grimes, using a Crown horizontal-belt extractor. No lot identifier is supplied.
What is established: This is a historical production/downstream-extraction account, not a paired stabilization assay or a modern Model 2000 performance certificate.
Pending confirmation: Do not merge its separately mentioned returned shipment sample with the 150 MT material. Original run sheets, sampling chain and signed analytical records remain pending. The compilation includes critical correspondence at PDF page 170.
Related provider/family review
Original source and page locator
- USDA: Status—Rice Bran Stabilization (Fellers, 1987)
PDF pages 11 (plant model), 75 (printed 27), 157 and 170; scanned pages visually checked. Original compiled report downloaded, 189 PDF pages. Includes historical accounts, experimental plans and later critical correspondence; not an uncontested signed commercial qualification report.
Historical experimental plan; not a completed result
1985 Cabanatuan plan: traceable sample labels, different equipment
Configuration: PDF page 157 specifies a Brady extruder at NFA/Cabanatuan, 11 June 1985. Follow-up review of PDF page 11 identifies Model 2160 in the same plant description. This establishes a plant-level historical model reference; the individual trial machine serial number and drawing revision are not verified.
Material / batch: The plan uses temperature-coded SRB-280 sample labels and schedules repeat FFA/catalase checks through three months.
What is established: The stated expected results and scheduled analyses are not measured outcomes. This plan cannot validate Insta-Pro 2000, EEC, MKPH180 or SLG30-IV.
Pending confirmation: Completed sample sheets, method records, actual storage conditions and the matched final results remain pending here. Historical plan settings are not operating instructions for a new line.
Archive-only equipment reference; not a supplier admission.
Original source and page locator
- USDA: Status—Rice Bran Stabilization (Fellers, 1987)
PDF pages 11 (plant model), 75 (printed 27), 157 and 170; scanned pages visually checked. Original compiled report downloaded, 189 PDF pages. Includes historical accounts, experimental plans and later critical correspondence; not an uncontested signed commercial qualification report.
Fields needed to connect a quotation to an actual trial report
Wet corn germ
- Machine identity and build: Pending: model, serial number and dated build-sheet revision; screw geometry, screen type/aperture, drive and speed range, cone actuator/control, wetted materials and measurement points. Supplier to confirm which options belong to the offered unit.
- Representative raw-germ batch: Pending: mill/site and wet-milling stage, lot ID, collection time, storage/transport history, sample mass, temperature, moisture method/basis, oil and dry-solids basis, fines/starch carry-over. Give every inlet/cake/liquor sample a linked ID.
- Original trial and release package: Pending: dated protocol and raw instrument/laboratory records, stable run windows and repeats; all three stream masses/flows, water/solids/oil balances with closure and uncertainty; exceptions, signatures and report-use permission. Identify buyer review and unresolved acceptance items separately.
Rice bran
- Model-to-result bridge: Pending: named extruder, screw/die and feeder revisions, cooler, any downstream press, serial numbers and trial dates. Supply an explicit source linking those units to each reported result; nearby catalogue links are insufficient.
- Raw-bran and sample chain: Pending: cultivar/mill stream, lot ID, milling-to-treatment interval and storage history, raw and treated sample IDs, feed moisture and oil basis, operating log, cooling endpoint and matched untreated controls.
- Measured outcome and delivery: Pending: raw lab sheets and method/revision/units for residual enzyme activity, FFA and oxidation measures; actual storage temperature/RH/packaging and sampling dates, repeats and uncertainty; extraction denominator and stream balance where oil yield is claimed. Sign and authorize the final report; list unresolved discrepancies.
Review: 2026-11-04. Pending fields are requests for evidence, not invented material lots or completed tests. No supplier enquiry has been sent.
Existing material/model test requests · Corn-germ equipment interfaces · Rice-bran equipment interfaces
Published test rows and original-data coverage
Published numerical results are distinguished from original run sheets and commercial acceptance. Missing stream values, lot identifiers and report links remain pending; no balances or machine guarantees are inferred. These records extend the earlier source reviews without replacing them.
Manufacturer application statement; original three-stream data pending
Wet-germ three-stream coverage: a cake range is not a trial balance
Equipment / configuration: Vincent names KP for germ-water removal. Its 50–55% press-cake moisture statement is a general application range, not an identified run or guaranteed outlet. The preceding 55–58% range concerns fibre / VP, not germ.
Material / sample identity: No lot ID, selected KP size, serial number, sample date or synchronized run window is attached to the germ statement.
Result boundary: No numerical raw inlet or press-liquor result can be paired with that cake range. Do not invent feed flow, liquor composition, oil loss or dry-solids recovery from it.
| Stream | Publicly stated value | Matched raw trial status |
|---|---|---|
| Wet-germ inlet | Not reported here | Pending: mass/flow, water, oil and solids on stated bases |
| Dewatered germ cake | 50–55% moisture, manufacturer application range | Pending: individual measured sample and method; not a trial datum |
| Press liquor | Not reported here | Pending: mass/flow, total/dissolved solids and oil; not zero |
Pending confirmation: A complete trial still needs matching feed, cake and liquor sample IDs, measured flow/mass, moisture method/basis, oil and solids analyses, stable run duration, deviations and signed raw records. No enquiry has been sent.
Source locator and related evidence
- Vincent: Corn Wet Milling, 13 December 2015
Final two application paragraphs: germ / KP, distinct from preceding fibre / VP duty. Official manufacturer application account, not a dated trial sheet.
KP configuration options and missing build sheet
Vincent family/source review
VetterTec source review; FAT event is not a raw dataset
Historical published experimental results; commercial model and raw worksheets pending
Brady archive: preparation record connected to separate sack results
Equipment / configuration: The report describes a V-belt Brady setup (PDF 17). The chart identifies 11 June 1985 preparation, NFA/Cabanatuan, December 1984 crop palay (PDF 160). PDF 11 names Model 2160 at this plant; this plant-level reference does not verify the trial machine serial number, as-built configuration or drawing revision.
Material / sample identity: PDF 157 defines temperature-coded SRB samples and sacks; PDF 162 has a 280°F group with separate SACK-1 and SACK-2 rows. These are historical sample labels, not current production lot codes.
Result boundary: Values below are transcribed as reported under “% free fatty acids”. Keep the two sacks separate. The zero-time value is on a different sample row; it is not silently assigned to each sack. This locates results beyond the earlier plan-only review.
| Source group / row | FFA at 2 weeks (%) | FFA at 3 months (%) |
|---|---|---|
| 280°F group / SACK-1 | 3.06 | 5.82 |
| 280°F group / SACK-2 | 2.92 | 11.72 |
Pending confirmation: Acid-expression basis, individual original assay sheets and a complete sample-custody record remain pending. Storage settings and modern machine equivalence are not established. Neither the temperature nor these results is a new-line recipe or acceptance criterion.
Source locator and related evidence
- USDA Status—Rice Bran Stabilization, Fellers (1987), original compiled report
PDF 11 (plant Model 2160), 17 (printed 4), 157 (plan), 160 (preparation chart), 162 (results table, printed attachment 3). Scanned chart and result table visually reviewed. This is the same archive as the earlier plan review, not a new independent study. Critical correspondence also appears in the compilation.
Earlier Brady plan and source boundary
Separate Model 2000 production account; do not merge batches
Published laboratory test rows; commercial-series validation pending
SLG30-IV: numbered published runs linked to the laboratory setup
Equipment / configuration: Section 2.2 names the SLG30-IV co-rotating twin-screw machine. Table 1 codes the centre condition as 120°C, 140 r/min and 20% moisture.
Material / sample identity: Section 2.1 identifies Basu Rice Industry as bran supplier; no unique lot code is supplied. Table 2 identifies numbered experimental runs, not five independent commercial lots.
Result boundary: The five centre-point rows below report residual peroxidase activity (%), not lipase inhibition, FFA or oil-extraction efficiency. Section 2.2 separately states 120°C / 160 r/min; do not assign that speed to these coded rows.
| Table 2 test number | Coded factors X1/X2/X3 | Residual peroxidase (%) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 / 0 / 0 | 2.28 |
| 4 | 0 / 0 / 0 | 3.12 |
| 6 | 0 / 0 / 0 | 2.60 |
| 8 | 0 / 0 / 0 | 2.50 |
| 17 | 0 / 0 / 0 | 2.72 |
Pending confirmation: Original worksheets, serial/configuration traceability and commercial-model correspondence remain pending. The paper makes underlying data available on author request; none was requested or obtained. Do not transfer these results to Insta-Pro, EEC or MKPH180.
Source locator and related evidence
- Rashid et al. (2023), Foods 12:1236, DOI 10.3390/foods12061236
Sections 2.1–2.3 and 2.5; Tables 1 and 2; Data Availability Statement. Published full-text reader reviewed; initial direct HTML and linked-supplement access failed. Follow-up: the DOI-matched supplement was retrieved and reviewed from the NIH/NLM PMC Open Access dataset; see the attachment audit below. Underlying original worksheets remain on author request and have not been obtained.
Insta-Pro review; separate unmatched commercial evidence
Model 2000 line naming; not this laboratory test
Review: 2026-11-04. Tables retain source sample/run labels and metric units. No blank or missing value is treated as zero; no commercial acceptance is claimed.
Configuration and original-report traceability · Existing test requests
Attachment, worksheet and commercial-build checks
A retrieved attachment can contain statistical summaries rather than original sample worksheets. Official test procedures and equipment brochures establish scope, not a matched material trial or accepted commercial build. Unmatched report IDs, lots, serial numbers and signatures remain pending.
DOI/version-matched public attachment reviewed
Rice-bran supplement retrieved: statistical attachment, not a sample workbook
Document reviewed: The ZIP contains one five-page PDF: Table S1 and Figures S1–S4. Table S1 reports regression ANOVA; its R² of 0.9647 is a model-fit statistic, not enzyme inhibition or an acceptance pass rate.
Sample / worksheet connection: The attachment does not supply batch-coded laboratory worksheets or a signed sample-custody chain. The numbered runs already shown in the main-paper table remain published test rows, not original instrument files.
Commercial configuration connection: The DOI and repository version connect the supplement to the main paper’s SLG30-IV laboratory setup. They do not connect it to a current commercial extruder build or the separate 2025 producer result.
Pending confirmation: Figure S4’s caption refers to peroxidase while its axes refer to fatty acid value. No graph-point values or corrected metric are inferred. Original assays, lot/serial identities and the commercial-model bridge remain pending; author-request raw data have not been obtained.
Attachment, source locators and related records
- Rice-bran study supplement, supplied through NIH/NLM PMC Open Access dataset
PMC10048670.1; DOI 10.3390/foods12061236; ZIP member foods-2253261-supplementary.pdf, 5 pages. Retrieved 2026-11-04, repository checksum matched; all five pages visually reviewed. Access through the official NLM open dataset; no endorsement is implied.
- Original rice-bran paper and data-availability statement
Sections 2.1–2.2, Tables 1–2, Supplementary Materials, Data Availability. Supplement belongs to this laboratory study, not to an Insta-Pro, EEC or MKPH180 commercial test.
Previously transcribed numbered laboratory runs
Separate commercial Model 2000 application boundary
Official generic procedure; wet-germ worksheet still pending
Vincent test-machine scope and the pre-thickening boundary
Document reviewed: The manufacturer describes stable-operation timed collection and weighing of cake and liquor, ending before the press empties. The same article describes CP-4 laboratory testing and CP-4 or KP-6 on-site work; this is not a completed germ test.
Sample / worksheet connection: For a reviewed trial, distinguish material as received from actual press feed. If pre-thickening is used, identify the upstream drain stream and its sample/time records separately; it cannot disappear from the chosen balance boundary. These are review requirements, not measured values.
Commercial configuration connection: Record the actual trial machine and pre-screen/ancillaries, then compare them with the quoted KP build, screw/screen, cone and drive revisions. CP-4 or KP-6 test identity alone does not validate another KP size. The rental list is not a germ-specific scale-up report.
Pending confirmation: No paired wet-germ inlet/cake/liquor raw worksheet, lot-coded assay, selected serial number or supplier-approved scale-up justification was located in these sources. The existing three-stream gaps remain pending.
Attachment, source locators and related records
- Vincent: Testing with Prethickening (12 January 2015)
Stable-run timed cake/liquor collection and pre-thickening paragraphs. Official general test description; no wet-germ sample ID, signed worksheet or model-specific germ result is attached.
- Vincent: Rentals (30 April 2025)
CP-4, KP-series and ancillary-machine descriptions. Official rental/configuration descriptions; availability for a proposed project and matched trial build still require confirmation.
Existing wet-germ stream coverage
Existing KP configuration request
Official commercial-duty description; selected build/report match pending
VetterTec: connect an application brochure to an actual assembly revision
Document reviewed: The corn wet-milling brochure places the screw press before the dryer for germ and fibre and describes the screw, screen and cage as machined together. It is an application/assembly description, not a signed FAT or dimensional inspection sheet.
Sample / worksheet connection: No germ batch, sample identifiers, timed three-stream measurements or analytical work order is identified in this brochure. The previously reviewed corporate FAT announcement remains an event statement.
Commercial configuration connection: A proposed K-series quotation still needs the exact unit/serial and assembly drawing revision, with screw, screen and cage identifiers tied to the same trial and acceptance report. Request those identities rather than assigning the generic K-series catalogue rating to germ duty.
Pending confirmation: Assembly dimensions/tolerances, inspection records, actual fitted components, germ-specific test conditions and signed acceptance remain pending. No commercial model is approved by this review.
Attachment, source locators and related records
- VetterTec: Corn Wet Milling industry brochure (2021-04 artwork)
PDF page 2, screw press for wet corn fibre and wet corn germ. Original PDF downloaded and page visually reviewed; describes press-before-dryer duty and matched screw/screen/cage, not a buyer machine record.
VetterTec family and FAT-source boundary
Wet-germ missing stream records
Follow-up review: 2026-11-04. The earlier supplement-access failure has been superseded by a successful official open-dataset retrieval; underlying raw worksheets and commercial qualification remain pending. No supplier or author enquiry has been sent.
Published results and stream coverage · Configuration and report traceability
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- Groundnut / peanut project route — Decide whether the product should retain roasted flavour or follow a milder pressing route. State whether the feed is in-shell nuts or shelled kernels; these are different purchase and mass-balance bases.
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