Basics of Extrusion & Mechanical Oil Pressing
May 24, 2023
As Insta-Pro is constantly expanding and fine-tuning our equipment and technologies, we thought it would be important to provide a guide to summarize the key aspects of our…
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Stabilizing and Extracting Rice Bran Oil by Mechanical Pressing
November 23, 2022
Rice bran, left over from milling white rice for human consumption, is an ingredient which is a good source of protein, minerals, fiber and fatty acids representing an…
Oil Pressing 101
October 19, 2022
Edible oils obtained from oilseeds such as soybeans and canola are used during the frying foods, and as ingredients in the preparation of pastries and condiments. Edible oils…
Financial Benefits of Using ExPress® Soymeal in Layer Diets
June 8, 2022
Recently, a study was completed at Virginia Tech University comparing Insta-Pro ExPress® meal vs. Conventional SBM in layer diets. As expected, the feed conversion ratio was improved when…
The New Model 8800 Oil Press: Feature Highlights
February 9, 2022
Insta-Pro has a long history of providing world-class oilseed processing solutions. This includes our ExPress® System which maximizes oilseed product value, coupling high-shear dry extrusion with mechanical oil…
Growing Demand Spurs Higher Capacity
February 2, 2022
At Insta-Pro, our vision is to continuously improve nutrition for the world’s producers of meat, milk, and eggs. As a part of that vision, we are thrilled to…
How Does It Work? 7 Blogs You MUST Read Before Buying
August 13, 2020
Our equipment has to work in tandem to create high-quality ExPress® soymeal. With all of the moving parts involved in the ExPress® process, it can get a bit…
What are Foots and what can you do with them?
February 27, 2020
Throughout our ExPress® process, there are many different things happening to the soybeans. While in the oil press, a small amount of meal particles ( sometimes called solids…
Mechanical Presses: Don’t Be Mistaken, Quality Matters
February 20, 2020
At a recent Tradeshow I attended, I was speaking with a current customer who had purchased extruders from our company, but operate local, inexpensive presses with them. While…
To Dehull or Not To Dehull
August 9, 2018
This is an unending topic for us – should I dehull my soybeans before high-shear dry extrusion and mechanical oil pressing? We’ve covered it before on our blog…
Vented conveyor length
June 21, 2018
When designing an ExPress® line, there are many things to consider. It’s a little like putting together a Lego® set where you can build pretty much whatever you…
Extruder and Auxiliary Panel Equipment Layouts
May 24, 2018
This past year, I’ve had the opportunity to view extruder/press lines with various auxiliary equipment at various locations in multiple countries. Many of them are very well thought-out,…
How to select the capacity for your machines
May 17, 2018
When doing a project for a plant, you may have to consider if you need an extruder at a higher capacity or more extruders that accomplish the desired…
Properly-Processed ExPress® Soy Meal Maintains High Digestibility & Greater Metabolizable Energy
May 18, 2017
We invented the high-shear dry extrusion process and have sought to optimize it over the years through research—much of which has been detailed here on the blog. In a…
How a Decanter Works
April 14, 2016
The process of mechanical oil pressing yields two final products: meal and oil. With our customers, the meal is typically the primary product, but some producers target the…
Mechanical Extraction of Oil from Flaxseeds – Quality Meal and Stable Oil
September 10, 2015
I recently blogged about the use of Insta-Pro Intl– extruded flaxseed as a way to push conversion of more long-chain, omega-3 fatty acids with less flax. When flax…
How Much Oil Are You Really Extracting?
February 19, 2015
I recently conducted some research with high oilseeds at the Insta-Pro International R&D center. This is something I’ve blogged about before – as we are constantly trying to…
Responses to Concerns on Edible Oil Safety
November 26, 2014
I occasionally run across articles questioning the safety of consuming vegetable oils. Authority Nutrition, which is a great website containing informative articles, recently ran one such article. The truth is,…
