Modern Processes for recovering oils and raw fats are characterized by the broad application of centrifugal clarifying and separating technology. The quality of the end product depends on the production process as well as on the nature of raw materials and products used. Westfalia Separator offers value-adding solutions with a wide range of separators and decanters right through to complete process lines.

The practical production methods and technologies have to be as varied as the different fats and oils. The centrifuge though is always the heart of the installation. As technology leader Westfalia Separator has proven to be an innovative and powerful partner when it comes to the processing of animal by-products, fish as well as the recovery of vegetable crude oils like olive, avocado or palm oil or the cleaning of frying oils. Whether 2-phase or 3-phase decanters, self-cleaning separators with maximum automation or discontinuously operating systems, our customer will always find the most cost-effective and best technological solution.

Animal by-products

Westfalia Separator supplies separation technology for the recovery of gelatine, blood plasma and blood meal, for edible and inedible rendering processes as well as for the processing of flotation sludge, animal bones or cooking broths. In order to guarantee optimum yields and a high quality of the produced raw fats we provide i.e. complete wet rendering lines for the recovery of edible fats. Those lines are adapted by our process engineers to individual customer requirements and the specific raw materials used. The complete process, from feeding the plant, the removal of any metallic foreign objects and naturally all separation stages right through to the final testing of the purified fat, can be completely automated and is of course CIP-compatible.

Fish Oil and Fish Meal

The first separator for the recovery of fish oil was commissioned back in 1929. Since then, Westfalia Separator has developed, manufactured and delivered more than 1000 centrifuges for the fish oil industry while at the same time successfully and innovatively optimising the processes. Whether using the Conventional process, Whole fish or Three-phase decanter process, the centrifuges of Westfalia Separator make sure that our customers always obtain the most efficient separation of the dry substance (protein), fat and water while keeping the contact time to a minimum. Westfalia Separator offers even new and worthwhile solutions for the processing of small capacities.

Vegetable Oils

Thanks to centrifuges of Westfalia Separator, the technology for the recovery of vegetable oils has made major progress right up to the present day. Our separators commenced their successful operation for the recovery of olive oil for example in the early 1950's replacing the lengthy settlement processes. During the 1990's the environmentally-friendly two-phase separation process developed by Westfalia Separator conquered the Spanish market in particular. In order to drastically reduce the consumption of fresh water and therefore the production of effluent we developed the ECO-D Process for the palm oil industry. This new process is virtually effluent-free and features better oil quality and shorter processing time than the conventional process and the direct crude oil process. The intelligent combination of process and engineering know how is the basis for constantly improved oil yields and capacities of the centrifuges of Westfalia Separator.

Friolex^® and Frying Oil

Oil recovery entirely without solvent extraction. This used to be pure wishful thinking in the past. However, with Westfalia Separator FRIOLEX® it has now become reality. The patented process enables vegetable and animal raw materials which contain oil to be used for directly extracting high quality oil without using any solvent extraction methods. Westfalia Separator FRIOLEX® is a water-based physical process of recovering oil. Westfalia Separator also provides centrifuges to clean oil that is used for frying snacks like peanuts or cashew nuts for example. Centrifuges specially adapted to the high temperatures in the process continuously clarify the frying oil in bypass. Clarifiers from Westfalia Separator not only significantly extend the useful life of such oils, customers also make considerable savings in disposal costs.