Starting a Small Scale Soya Oil Plant

Soybean oil production

Soya oil is one of the highly consumed vegetable oils in the world. It is used largely due to its multiple health benefits. It is extracted from the soybean seeds with the help of different vegetable oil manufacturing machines. These machines, set up in an oil extraction factory, clean the soybean, cook it to increase oil yield, compress the seeds to extract oil and then filter it to improve the quality of the oil.

Due to its health-related benefits, global consumption and demand for soybean oil are increasing. The global soybean oil production in a certain year was 54.29 million tons. It is expected that its production will further increase every year in the future. That’s why investing in soybean oil manufacturing business is an excellent opportunity for investors to earn huge income.

Equipment Required to Set up A Small Soybean Oil Mill Plant

Soybean oil manufacturing process through a machine is not an overly complicated process. Anyone with drive and determination can start their own mini or small scale soya oil plant. The most important part of the process is to understand how to extract oil from soya beans, what equipment is required and how much it would cost. When starting a mini/small soyabean oil plant, you will need to invest in soya bean oil processing machines.

• Cleaning machine

To make sure the soybean oil produced has a high quality, the soybean is first cleaned in a cleaner properly. Seed cleaning machine removes dirt, rocks, and all other impurities that can reduce the quality of soybean oil. The raw material is then dried with the help of a drier and then the soybean is de-hulled to remove its hulls. These hulls can absorb oil and reduce the overall oil yield. That is why their separation is essential.

• Cooking Machine

To increase soyabean oil yield, a cooking machine is used to adjust the moisture content so that a large moisture content does not affect the quality and quantity of oil. In this machine, soybean is heated at a temperature ranging from 60 and 88 °C.

• Soybean Oil Press

Soybean oil expeller press is an important machine used in small or mini soybean oil plant. The processed and cleaned soybean is fed in oil pressing machine. In the pressing chamber, the soybean is pressed with the help of a pressing ring and pressing worm. Due to the pressure, crude oil starts coming out of the soybean.  

• Oil Filter Machine

Soybean oil produced in the above step is in its crude form. It must be filtered properly to remove all organic impurities from the crude oil. For this purpose, an oil filter machine is used. It filters the crude oil and separates fatty acids and other volatile compounds that can produce a bad odor and affect the quality of soybean oil.

Refined soybean oil

The filtered oil is further refined in oil refinery plant to increases the quality of oil and make sure no other impurity (phospholipids, off-flavor, pigments, and other impurities) is left behind. In a min or small scale soyabean oil plant, soybean oil refining machine is optional. You can choose to equip small scale soybean oil refining machine or not, which all deponds on your soybean oil business plan and investment budget.

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Cost of Establishing a Small Scale Soybean Oil Mill Plant

The cooking oil manufacturing plant cost for soybean oil depends on several different factors. The main factors include the plant area, the number of workers and their salaries, the number of machines, and the cost of raw material. The cost of land for a small scale soyabean oil mill will not be very high. You can have cheaper land if you buy/rent it in a rural area. The main thing that will consume most of the budget will be soybean oil mill machines. Generally, the cost of establishing a mini/small scale small scale soybean oil plant ranges from $5,500 to $35,000.

The benefits of running your own small scale mini soya oil plant, is that you are in control of everything. You decide the selling price, your own work schedule, and you make all of the decisions involving clients. With the right education and machinery, soya bean oil can be a highly profitable business. There is very little risk involved and it has a low investment cost in comparison to other oil manufacturing. The machinery involved in small soya bean plant does not require much room. It is a great business opportunity for a new entrepreneur or for a seasoned business investor. Farmers who find themselves with excess soya beans can put the unused soya beans to use if they have a soya bean plant. Most soya bean plant machinery can also process other vegetable oils as well, an even better reason to get started.

If you are also interested in establishing a small oil mill project for your soybean processing business, please contact Zhengzhou Fude Machinery for a more detailed project report for your reference. We are a leader in the field of vegetable oil manufacturing!