Soybean processing line in Ethiopia: turnkey

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Organization of your own processing workshop

This is an important step for agricultural producers, which allows them to dramatically increase business profitability, reduce dependence on traders, and obtain highly liquid products: soybean oil and high-protein meal.

Bronto offers comprehensive solutions for launching a continuous turnkey soybean processing cycle.

Our lines are currently operating in 53 countries worldwide and are supported by our technical representatives in 23 countries.

In Ethiopia, our representative is ready to travel to you from Addis Ababa and organize the purchase, installation, start-up and support of a Bronto soybean line.

Technical specifications and basic requirements

The basic set of equipment is designed for stable, continuous operation in a 24/7 format. To deploy production, your site must meet the following parameters:

• Productivity: 24 tons of soybeans per day.
• Electrical power: the required limit of input power in the workshop is at least 145 kW.
• Basic line composition: extruder, press, cooler, conveyors.

Approximate dimensions of the basic set (with linear placement):

• Width: 3.5–4 m
• Length: 12 m
• Height: 4.5 m

Requirements for production premises and warehouses

TM Bronto equipment is flexible in installation and can be successfully placed even in hangar-type premises (in particular, in light metal hangars) provided that several critical conditions are met:

• Ceiling height: minimum 4.5 meters (required for installation of vertical line units and conveyors).
• Temperature regime: in winter, the temperature in the room should not fall below +5°C.

Please note: Since the technological process involves the operation of an extruder and a press, the line itself, in continuous mode, emits a significant amount of heat, which requires its removal from the workshop. The workshop must be provided with exhaust ventilation.

Logistic zoning

In addition to the extrusion and pressing line itself, the complex should include:

A raw material (soybeans) receiving and storage area.
A soybean meal storage and shipping area.
A soybean oil collection, filtration and storage area.

Processing Economics: Why Raw Material Moisture is Your Money?

The most common mistake beginners make is trying to feed soybeans directly from the elevator into the press. For long-term storage in elevators, the basic norm is a humidity of 12%. However, the technology of effective pressing requires completely different conditions.

Let’s consider the difference in numbers:

Processing soybeans with 12% moisture content leads to technological losses: you lose about 40 kg of oil for every ton of raw material.

For a line with a capacity of 24 tons per day, this means a shortfall of almost 1 ton of finished oil every day. At the market price of a ton of soybean oil, this translates into huge financial losses every month.

Conclusion: To achieve maximum profitability, your property complex must have a dryer (or the ability to cooperate with drying complexes) to bring soybeans to the technological standard of 8%.

If you are ready to produce high-quality soybean meal and oil, we suggest that you analyze in detail what exactly is needed to start a workshop with a capacity of about 24 tons of raw materials per day and what you should be prepared for.

1. How is the cost of a turnkey line formed?

Each soybean processing plant is an individual project. Instead of typical solutions, we create a complex for the specific tasks of your business. For the line to work effectively, it is not enough to simply arrange the machines. We develop a layout solution that takes into account:

• The features and geometry of your premises.
• Optimal logistics: from loading raw materials to unloading finished cake.
• Infrastructure for collecting, storing and shipping oil.

You can find out the current cost of the basic equipment set and full engineering support by contacting our head office or regional technical representatives directly.

2. Premises requirements: production logistics.

To install only the main technological chain of equipment (provided that it is installed linearly in one row), you will need an area with the following minimum parameters:

• Length: from 12 meters
• Width: from 4 meters
• Height: from 4.5 meters

However, to create a full-fledged processing complex, it is necessary to provide for accompanying zones:

1. Raw material reception and storage: floor warehouses, dump pit, etc. Proper control of soybean supply is the basis for stable productivity.
2.  

   Oil production: oil storage tanks (approximately 30 cubic meters, equivalent to the volume of a tanker truck).

3.  

   Oil cake storage: a site for safe storage of finished products, designed for at least 5–6 days of continuous operation of the workshop.

3. Energy: installed capacity vs actual consumption

To connect a line of the specified capacity, the facility must receive at least 145 kW of allocated electrical power. The distribution of energy consumption is as follows:

• The installed power of the electric motors of all the line units is about 117–125 kW (+ about 10 kW should be allocated for lighting and household needs of the workshop).
• The actual current consumption during stable operation of the line is much lower and is approximately 60–70% of the installed nominal.

This is achieved due to the fact that after the equipment warms up and enters the operating technological mode, the load on the main working elements (extruders and presses) decreases, and the engines themselves operate in the most economical mode.

4. Work schedule: why is continuity important?

BRONTO complexes are designed for a continuous technological cycle. The optimal operating schedule: start on Monday morning – stop on Friday evening.

Daily starts and stops (for example, only during the day shift) are inefficient. The process of bringing the line to a given thermal regime takes time, and the first portions of raw materials have to be returned for a second round of processing. A continuous cycle significantly saves your energy resources and optimizes the quality of the finished product.

5. Personnel and level of automation

According to safety regulations, at least two people must be present in the area of ​​press and extrusion equipment.

However, the high level of automation of BRONTO systems allows to significantly optimize labor costs. After the equipment reaches a stable operating mode (it takes about two hours from the moment of start-up), one operator can easily control up to 7 parallel lines. The second employee can switch to warehouse or logistics processes at this time.

6. Manufacturing lead times and global support

We don’t just sell hardware – we provide the full life cycle of your business. Thanks to official technical representatives in 23 countries around the world, our customers receive prompt service support and fast delivery of components anywhere in the world.

You can also visit our production at any convenient time to see for yourself the quality of the equipment and discuss in detail the individual planning of your future workshop.