Oil Mill Project Setup: Estimating the Total Cost

Today, dible oil extraction from various vegetable seeds, such as soya beans, peanut/groundnut, palm kernel, sunflower, cottonseed, copra and more is increasing rapidly all around the world. Nowadays, the use of these edible oils are rapidly increasing considering the fact that humans strive to improve their standard of living. The consumption of vegetable oil has led to a great venture for producers to dive into and also make potential profits from extraction of edible oil from various seeds. After seeing this business opportunity, some investors plan to build a mini oil mill project to bring more benefits to themselves. But how to build an oil mill plant from scratch? This is a problem for investors. 

Start a Mini Oil Mill Plant Project

If you ever plan on venturing into this sector you should know that nothing is easy as it's sound, so to make everything simple and straight forward，ABC Machinery, a manufacturer of oil processing equipment, will give investors a detailed explanation of the steps to start a mini oil mill plant project. This post will guide you through the primary steps you need to know before making any decision, once you follow this step accurately, be sure you can run a successful oil business and built a complete oil mill project. ( (Read more about How to Start Oil Mill >>)
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How to Start Oil Mill Project

I know most people think little knowledge about the oil mill business is enough. That's absolutely wrong, if you plan to dive into this sector you will need a whole lot of ideas and knowledge like, the trend of this business and also major factors that influence this kind of business. So with this being said knowledge concerning the oil mill business can be sourced from the Internet, from government agencies or rather consulting already established industries in the oil sector. This will give you more knowledge on how things work before you can start an oil mill plant.

Small Edible Oil Mill Plant

The steps involved in building a small oil plant from scratch are first to establish a clear and detailed business plan, and secondly to consider the source of raw materials, choose a suitable location, apply for certificates and purchase equipment. How to carry out each step, and what issues need to be paid attention to? Let's take a look together.

• Business Plan

I know you might have heard this statement: No plan is a plan failure. The same applies here. A business plan is like a guide that structures the activities of your business. Know that without a business plan your business will fail even before start, so I will advise before constructing your plan you should seek advice from an expert in this field, they can guide you through creating a comprehensive plan that will be perfect through the manufacturing process. A business plan is a statement that covers the business activities such as cost of creating this business, source of getting the capital needed and also your target market.

• Source of Raw Materials

Oh no you can start this kind of business with your raw materials considering the fact that they are the backbone of your business, since edible oils can be sourced out from different raw materials it is best okay to figure out the type of raw materials you will be needing and always make sure that there is enough of this material available to you because shortage in them can affect the running of the business.

The Raw Materials for Edible Oil Processing

• Location

When choosing a location for your business you really need to be more creative and also think about cost. You want to choose a location where there is easy accessibility of raw materials for your business and also close to your target market. This will help reduce the cost of transportation and other expenses incurred in getting this product.

• Acquiring a Legal Certification or Licence from State or Federal Government

This can make your business more legal and recognized, seriously you don't want to be arrested while running your business illegally.

Follow these steps correctly and see how you can run an oil mill business properly and successfully.If you have any questions, you can consult the oil production equipment manufacturer ABC Machinery.

What Costs are Included in the Start-up of the Oil Mill Project?

The cost to setup oil mil project to produce high quality edible oil mainly includes the cost on setting up of the oil mill plant project and the expenses of running the oil mill project.

• Oil Mill Project Setup Cost

The main cost of oil mill project setup is the factory workshop and oil processing machinery and equipment. Usually, the factory is relatively easy to buy or rent. Oil mill machinery and equipment are the most complicated factors for the cost. The oil processing equipment required for mini oil mill projects mainly includes seeds pretreatment Equipment ,screw oil press machine and oil refining machine.

Machinery and Equipment for Oil Mill Project
Seeds Pretreatment Equipment:  Cleaning Sieve, Cooker, Flaker
Oil Pressing Machine: Screw Oil Press Machine
Oil Refining Machine: Edible Oil Refinery Plant

Soybean Oil Processing Plant Project

10TPD of Oil Pressed And 1TPD Refined

• Oil Mill Running Expenses

The expenses for an automatic oil mill plant project running are operator/labors cost, raw materials cost, utility cost, transportation cost, advertising cost and more.

Operation Video of Oil Mill Plant Equipment by ABC Machinery