If you'd like to start producing oils made from, for example, olives, almonds or soybeans in your food processing factory, you may want to take a look at the tips below.
Replace your hydraulic oil press' o-rings regularly
The best piece of equipment with which to produce oils on a small or medium scale is a hydraulic oil press. If you get this equipment, it will come with o-rings. It is very important to replace these o-rings regularly, as the daily use of this equipment will cause them to wear out reasonably quickly.
The reason for this is as follows: these o-shaped parts help to seal the sections of the hydraulic press through which the hydraulic fluid passes so that this fluid cannot escape. If an o-ring wears out and is not replaced, some of the aforementioned fluid will trickle out of the equipment, through the holes or cracks in this worn-out part.
The loss of this fluid (which helps to transmit power) could hinder the hydraulic oil press' ability to exert pressure on the foods that it's supposed to press, which may, in turn, reduce the amount of oil that it is able to extract from them. If this happens, you'll end up having to use larger quantities of almonds to make the same amount of almond oil you did when you used smaller quantities in the past. This would increase your factory's expenses and cost your business far more than the regular replacement of some (very inexpensive) o-rings.
Invest in more than one hydraulic oil press if you'll be making multiple kinds of oils
If you intend to make several kinds of oils, you might want to get more than one hydraulic press. The reason for this is as follows: if you use one press for every type of oil, your staff may have to clean it out every time they need to make a batch of oil that differs to the last one made with this equipment. They may also have to change the settings on the equipment (for example, they may need to use a higher pressure setting when making oils from hard foods, like almonds, than they would when making oil from softer foods like olives). This could result in it taking a long time to switch from making one oil to another.
Additionally, if a hydraulic press has to be kept in constant use because it is the only equipment of its kind in your factory, its parts (including the o-rings) will wear out much faster than if it were used slightly less frequently. Dealing with the untimely deterioration of its components will also result in your oil-production processes being disrupted. Conversely, if you have a few of these presses, you can make batches of different oils simultaneously, without having to deep-clean the equipment several times a day. Furthermore, each press will probably last a lot longer.
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