| Purpose |
Multi-Purpose
Batch type press for commercial scale operation,
Dewatering Cassava pulp for flour,
Extraction of all kind of oil products |
| Capacity |
Up
to 100 Kg of wet product per batch |
| Target
client |
Small-scale
commercial user |
| Advantage |
Easy
to operate,
Movable as a wheelunit can be attached for transporting
it to the field
Greater sideways stability due to improved design,
Provision to transport the press easy with wheels. |
| Disadvantage |
Relatively
heavy construction,
Still need to lower the srew as the handle is
too heigh for operator |
| Repair
and Maintenance |
Washing |
| Cost |
Frame
with wooden grids: 160 - 200 US$ |
| Market
potential / Status |
Currently
a few prototypes are under test and used in Uganda
and Tanzania |
| Picture |
Press
on wheels to ease transportation
The same wheel unit can be used to transport grater
equipment.
Press in use
by Power Foods, Dar es Salaam |
| Information
provided by |
Post-harvest
Group ESARC/NPHP, Uganda
SARRNET Tanzania |
