Oil Palm Mill

A chart explaining the parts of oil palm fruits and how the quality is rated.
The oil palm fruits are downloaded from the trucks. Some are brought to the factory by rails. The fruits have to be processed fast as fatty acids will increase and the quality of oil produced will be poor. That's why, despite the rain and the drizzle - we could still see the lorries streaming into the factory.The fruits are sterlized to stop the fatty acid from forming - at a temperature of 220 degree celsius for 1.5 hours. The fruits are stripped off from the bunch and the husk can be used as fuel. The pericarp is digested and crude palm oi is extracted. In this factory, the kernel seeds are dried and sold to others who want to process the oil from the kernel.