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 Coconut
Oil * -
Project Profile
* Courtesy:
Small Industries Service Institute, Thrissur.
Note: The cash estimates and returns are
variable.
Coconut palms are grown widely in the coastal tracts of the country.
Copra, the dried kernel is the chief commercial
product from coconut, which is mainly used for
oil extraction. Copra normally has an oil content
varying from 65 to 72 per cent.
Coconut oil is an important cooking medium in
Southern parts of the country especially in Kerala
State. Besides, the oil has varied industrial
applications. It is used in the manufacture of
toilet soaps, laundry soaps, surface active agents
and detergents, hair tonics, cosmetics, etc. It
is used throughout the country as a hair oil as
it helps growth of the hair. As a massage oil
it has a cooling effect on the body. Owing to
these qualities coconut oil has a potential market
in the country. Since the price of coconut oil
in the international market is very much lower
than the domestic price, the quality and attractiveness
of consumer packs are important factors to compete
in the world market. While the demand for coconut
oil for cooking purpose is elastic, its demand
as hair oil is inelastic.
For the extraction of oil from copra the common
method still prevailing in our country is by using
rotary chucks. But the efficient system of extraction
of oil is by the use of expellers.
Well dried copra with a moisture
content not exceeding 6 per cent is cleaned well
from any foreign matter. It is then cut into small
chips in a copra cutter. The chips are fed into
steam jacketed kettles and cooked mildly at a
temperature of 70oC for 30 minutes. After proper
cooking, the cooked material is fed into the expeller
continuously and pressed twice. The combined oil
from the first and the second pressing is collected
in a tank provided separately. This oil is filtered
by means of a filter press and stored in MS tanks.
Bulk packaging is done in tin containers. HDPE
containers and polymeric nylon barrier pouches
are used for small consumer packings. The quality
of copra is related to the quality of coconut
oil.
The oil cake obtained as a by-product will find
a ready market as a cattle feed and in the manufacture
of mixed cattle feeds or as a raw material for
the extraction of remaining oil by solvent extraction
method.
| (IS-542-1968) |
| Moisture
% wt., Max. |
0.25 |
| Colour in 1/4 cell Lovibond Y+5R, not Deeper than |
4 |
| Acid
value, Max. |
2.0 |
| Unsap. matter % by wt., Max. |
0.8 |
| Polenske
Value, Min. |
0.8 |
| (3 tonnes / day capacity) |
| Land
(cost variable) |
50
cents |
| Building 3500 sq. ft. |
Rs.9.00 lakhs |
| Plant
and Machinery |
Rs.10.5
lakhs |
| Preliminary and preparative expenses |
Rs.2.00 lakhs |
| Contingencies |
Rs.
0.85 lakhs |
| Overhead |
Rs.0.50 lakhs |
| Working
capital (Margin Money) |
Rs.12.00
lakhs |
- Copra Cutter
- Bucket elevator
- Steam jacketed kettle
- Oil expeller
- Screw conveyor
- Crude coconut oil storage tanks
- Filter press
- Micro filter
- Filtered oil storage tanks
- Volumetric filling machine
- Baby boiler
- Wooden storage drums
| Raw
material |
5
tonnes of copra |
| Coconut oil |
3 tonnes |
| Sales
turnover |
Rs.
315 lakhs |
| Net profit |
Rs. 12 lakhs |
| Return
on investment |
28
per cent |
- S. P. Engg. Corporation, Easalganj,
Kanpur, U. P.
- Ganesh Expeller Works, 32-37D Naroji
Road, Fort, Bombay-1.
- Perfect Machine Traders, Kuruppam Road,
Trichur-680 001
- Equipment Agencies, Kallai Road, Calicut.
- Kumar Metal Industries,101, Kakkad Bhavan,
30th Road, Bandra (West), Bombay-50
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