Hello guys, as of January 1, 2020 all hemp processors in Florida are required to obtain a wholesale food establishment permit. Due to plumbing limitations at my current space, I must move into a new facility. Currently I mainly process consumer products with distillate and isolate. But I also do coconut oil extractions with Magic Butter Machines and Pandas.
I am wondering if anyone can help me with a few questions.
I currently use a few magic butter machines with 140g of hemp in 750ml coconut/mct oil.
Can anyone suggest a more scaled solution for coconut/mct oil extraction?
Ideally I would like to move away from this method of extraction and towards ethanol extraction and distillation.
I can not find any information on standard requirements for non volatile extraction in my state.
Is C1D2 a federal requirment?
Is my best bet to contact my local building code agency?
I really want to start extracting with ethanol in the new facility, but as my lab will be licensed with the department of agriculture I want to make sure I wont run into any trouble.
Thank you to anyone who can share any insight.
Not too aware of the magic butter machine, but you could probably perform this extraction in a jacketed reactor w/ heater followed by filtration.
Contact your local fire marshal. Regardless of what they say, C1D2 is going to be a requirement for ethanol extraction as more scrutiny is placed on the industry, so plan for it. Overregulation (i.e. a C1D1 requirement) is also possibility. Getting a prefabbed unit (C1D1 Labs, Podtronix, Flexmod, Hal, etc) is a great option if you are starting from scratch, as you can move it if you ever have move to another location (again).
if I were you, I’d look on eBay for a cheap reactor to start. a reactor is a fairly simple piece of equipment. that being said you can get away with buying a cheap unit. you’ll want a recirculating heater as well.
This is a very fair point. Probably smarter to go for a truly scaled unit the first time around. At this point, I’m just trying to make sure I understand the process. I cant really find any use videos, everything on youtube is install videos. Ive heard people say that you need a lift reactor to do solid-liquid extractions. But Im not sure if this is a valid concern.
If I understand correctly, the water heater circulating pump connects to the port on the side of the reactor vessel, still not sure how temp is controlled.
Then coconut/mct oil and hemp biomass go in main chamber. Agitator rod is controlled by main display panel?
Please let me know if I am connecting the dots. https://shop.scisolinc.com/products/ai-20l-single-dual-jacketed-glass-reactor
Is that not overkill? I mean, I’d love to have one but you could save about 5,800$ or more by using a pot, spoon, stovetop and thermometer, am I right?
What’s the magic butter machine, is it pressurized? Automatic stirring?
Actually I own one of these already that I haven’t been using the last few months. Perfect.
But my thought was fryer and lab stirrer extraction.
Then filter in panda. Pour extract into into beaker and decarb on a hotplate.
Would you suggest skipping the fryer and getting something like this to use under a hotplate and with stirrer for extraction, panda, then decarb?
Or use the fryer and stirrer for the same process?