Palm Oil Engineering Bulletin No.79 (Apr - June 2006) p39-42
Mongana basics: 6 – factors affecting nut breakage in press cake
RAVI MENON, N

The fruits from palm grove bunch cannot be processed in a continuous press because of the insufficient fibrous material in the bunch.  If an attempt is made to treat the fruit in a screw press in such a manner as to obtain satisfactory oil extraction, a portion of the nuts gets crushed thus making up for the fibre deficiency.



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