Hi, You are right. But laboratory size expellers (Komet) are also very expensive, especially the repair parts.
Regard the Sundhara press. It has a capacity of about 60 - 70 kg seed per hour (15 l of oil) and costs about 2.000 US $. It is produced in Nepal, Tanzania and Mali. visit the Sundhara website at: http://www.jatropha.org/expellers/sundhara-1.htm Regards Reinhard Henning "Ken Provost" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: > Carlos writes: > > > > >you can see a small and not expensive oil press at > >www.savoiapower.com/tiny.html > > > > > All I can see on that site is an expeller press that weighs 500 kg > and processes 125 kg of seed per hour. My guess at the price is > in the range of $15,000 USD. (I didn't see a price on the website). > Maybe I'm not on the right page -- this is hardly "tiny". > > How about one that weighs 20 kg, processes 5 kg of seed per hour, > and costs $300 USD? > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > Biofuels list archives: > http://archive.nnytech.net/ > > Please do NOT send "unsubscribe" messages to the list address. > To unsubscribe, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > > -- bagani GbR, Reinhard Henning, Rothkreuz 11, D-88138 Weissensberg, Germany Tel: ++49 8389 984129, Fax: 984128, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] internet: www.bagani.de Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://archive.nnytech.net/ Please do NOT send "unsubscribe" messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/