Why follow the cadabinoids when you could follow the cannabinoids and provide an actually percent extraction efficiency bro?
Without it, your “R&D” is just playing with goo.
See: Mass Balance
Some days I swear you’re speaking Greek.
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Cadabinoids: I got some goo. I can haz dabs!
cannabinoids: actual target molecules. Can be quantified (actually required if you want to sell your product legally).
Cannabinoids obtained/cannabinoids available == actual metric for how good you done did.
8-15% cadabinoids depending on input is fucking horse shit as far as actual data.
I might could use a nap🤫
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I get that. I’ve seen results as high as 27% 8-15% isn’t great.
Can’t wait till we can all meet at a glg event. You’re a character
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If you have 1 kilo of material at 15% target cannabinoids, you would have a theoretical 150 grams of THCa we will say in that biomass.
Do your magic juju with the tubes and gas.
Final output could be say 150 grams at 86.7% THCa.
150g x .867 = about 130.
So you extracted 130 grams of THCa…and left 20g in there.
Is that kinda what your talking about @cyclopath?
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Cause that’s where my mind goes…
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Insane 173k to run like 4.5 pounds in 18 hours… DUH HELL?!
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Yep. So rather than “Hey Bro, I got 15% yield”
You have 130g out of a possible 150g which is 86.7% extraction efficiency.
A number you can use to compare every extraction you do with, because it is far less dependent on starting material potency
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That was then, now it’s 350k
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C’mon guys, we all know yields vary based on material.
Tbqh, any dry biomass over 15% cannabinoids should probably be pre-roll material, not extraction material, unless there’s something terribly wrong with it in the first place.
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Sure…yield varies with input… extraction efficiency doesn’t vary near as much…
As such it is a better metric for measuring your performance, or that of your operators or equipment.
In the legal market, your inputs come with a potency, and your outputs require a potency to be sold. Why not actually leverage that data?
If you’re gonna spend all that cash on an automagic goo machine, understanding how well it does seems like simple due diligence.
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Also strictly speaking, most of us would like to get as much of the goodies as possible with the SMALLEST total mass
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Your accountant might not like that approach.
it’s fine, I just cut it all down with pine sap
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No, you’re totally correct.
Having the ability to totally control your solvent temp and soak time allows you to maximize efficiency.
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something else to take into consideration is the thc or cbd percentage of the flower or material its self. if the product you are running is only 10% or less thc then you will have a much smaller yield no? like you other wise you are striping goo or other things like terps. so for 1 run 20lbs my return is around 4% the product that comes out has tested 75-85% thc and with 15-20% terps on COAs.
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umm… yeah.
That is a REQUIREMENT for tracking extraction efficiency as laid out above.
input potency x input weight = total input cannabinoids.
output potency X output weight = total output cannabinoids.
output/input x100 = extraction efficiency.
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Hi man,
Im looking to purchase one of these units. I have heard good things and some bad things about the design. I heard the lines clog quite often and that people are breaking them pretty easily? Did you have any negative experiences with the machine? Currently we are using a ETS MEP.
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