Write the line as modules, not as one press model
A sunflower line can stop at crude oil, continue to dewaxed clear oil, or connect to refining and filling. The module list should match that boundary.
Lists the equipment boundary from cleaning and dehulling through pressing, wax control, storage, cake handling, and filling handoff.
Front end
Cleaning, destoning, magnetic separation, hulling, aspiration, kernel screening, and hull collection.
Press cell
Conditioning or low-temperature preparation, hydraulic press, cake discharge, crude-oil tray, pump, and first settling.
Back end
Coarse filtration, dewaxing or winterization, polishing, refining, storage, filling, or bulk transfer.
Pressing is the center, not the whole project
The surrounding cleaning, hulling, filtration, tanks, and cake handling decide whether the press can run as promised.
Module list
Common sunflower modules around the press
Vibrating screen + destoner + magnet
Protects the huller and press from hard impurities and improves kernel separation.
Disc huller + aspirator + kernel screen
Sets the residual-hull level and sends hulls to a chosen by-product outlet.
Conditioner or low-temperature feed prep
Hot route uses conditioning for oil flow; cold route protects color and product positioning.
Hydraulic press and cake handling
Batch cycle, labor, cake discharge, cooling, and collection must match the shift target.
Filtration + wax control + tanks
The post-press boundary changes sharply between crude bulk oil and clear bottled oil.
Responsibility boundary
Decide where this purchase stops
- Press-only replacement: confirm existing cleaning, dehulling, filtration, tanks, and power are usable.
- Pressing line: include cleaning/dehulling, press, crude-oil filtration, cake discharge, and basic tanks.
- Retail oil line: add dewaxing, polishing, clean storage, filling handoff, and cold-test requirements.
- Refined oil line: add degumming, neutralizing, bleaching, deodorizing, and final packaging boundary.
Keep following the route
These next topics keep route, oil finish, and packaging aligned
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