Choosing the best extraction equipment to outfit your facility will be one of the most important decisions you make. The selection of extraction equipment will impact the quality, reliability, and end product of your extraction operation.
What does cannabis extraction do?
The purpose of cannabis extraction equipment is to remove specific compounds from the cannabis plant matrix. There are many methods that can be used to extract CBD from hemp and convert hemp biomass into CBD products. It is important to understand the pros and cons of the different extraction methods. Each method has benefits. The best method is dependent on your extraction goal and desired finished product.
Understanding the differences in extraction equipment will enable you to make an educated purchasing decision. Your selection will impact your business and determine your success in cannabis extraction. The extraction stage is crucial to the form and application of the final product. Identifying the proper extraction method in equipment source is vitally important whether the lab is designed to ensure potency consistency or to examine cannabinoid levels and their safety.
CBD extraction equipment is used by growers, commercial producers, and research labs. Product scale and budget will help determine the best equipment for your application.
Our Non-Destructive Cannabis Extraction Systems offer innovative emerging solutions that allow for safe, clean extraction of high quality cannabis products. We lead commercial scale extraction by purity and speed. This extraction technology was developed for food, pharmacy, and perfume products. About five years ago the cannabis industry expressed an overwhelming interest due to its need to purify cannabis.
The comparison chart below will help you see why our Non-Destructive Cannabis Extraction Systems are superior.
How Non-Destructive Cannabis Extraction fares against its competitors?
Cost Comparison
| Hydrocarbon extraction | Co2 extraction | Ethanol extraction | Non-destructive cannabis extraction | |
| Initial Cost | Medium | Highest cost | Including cost of ethanol- Medium | Low |
| Operating Cost | Middle | Middle | Highest | Lowest |
Hazard Comparison
| Hydrocarbon extraction | Co2 extraction | Ethanol extraction | Non-destructive cannabis extraction | |
| Chemical/Fire hazard | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| High pressure hazard | No | Yes | No | No |
| High temperature hazard | No | Yes | No | No |
| Low temperature hazard | Yes | No | Yes | No |
Operation
| Hydrocarbon extraction | Co2 extraction | Ethanol extraction | Non-destructive cannabis extraction | |
| Operates at room temperature | No | No | No | Yes |
| Operates at low pressure | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
Speed of Extraction
| Hydrocarbon extraction | Co2 extraction | Ethanol extraction | Non-destructive cannabis extraction |
| Fast | Slowest | Slower | Fastest |
Extraction from fresh flowers
| Hydrocarbon extraction | Co2 extraction | Ethanol extraction | Non-destructive cannabis extraction |
| Yes | No | No | Yes |
Requirements
| Hydrocarbon extraction | Co2 extraction | Ethanol extraction | Non-destructive cannabis extraction | |
| Special safety requirement | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Requires technical expertise | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Residue in final product
| Hydrocarbon extraction | Co2 extraction | Ethanol extraction | Non-destructive cannabis extraction |
| Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Our systems use low pressure, can run at 2 bars, carry no fire hazard and there is no temperature involved in the process. A highly polar solvent at low pressure extracts substances from the plant. Solvent power is greater than CO2 and hexane. Our cleaner processes are suitable for organic extracts. There is no oxidation during the process, preserving maximum flavor and aroma in the end product. The Non-Destructive Cannabis Extraction System uses any material- universal extraction process, as the solvent does not affect the nature of the raw material either dry or fresh.
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