A Centre of Excellence at Kenyatta University

The upscaling equipment at NPRC are semi-commercial and include an Essential Oil Distiller for extracting oils from herbs, an Oil Expeller for extracting fixed oils from seeds and nuts, and a Rotor Mill (SR 300) for grinding dry herbal materials into powder of different mesh.

Equipment

  • Essential Oil Distiller

    Enables extraction of volatile aromatic compounds (essential oils) from plant material through distillation.

  • Oil Expellers

    These machines use high pressure and heat to squeeze oil-bearing materials like seeds and nuts.

  • Rotor Mill

    It effectively reduces the size of soft, hard, and fibrous plant sample material to desired particle sizes for further processing or analysis.

  • Sachet Machine

    Automatically fills and seals individual sachets with a variety of products, such as powders or granules.

  • Continuous Band Sealer

    It’s a bag or pouch sealer that uses heat and pressure to create strong, consistent seals continuously as bags or pouches move along a conveyor belt.

  • Weighing Balance

    It accurately measures the mass of incoming and outgoing samples.

  • Shrink Combi Machine

    The machine seals and shrink-wraps products in a continuous, semi-automated process.

  • Oil Filter

    Filters out solid impurities, seed residue, and fine particles from freshly extracted oil.

Photos

NPRC staff using the sachet packaging machine to sachet processed herbal products and a Shrink Combo System for wrapping up products packaged in bottles, cans, canon etc.
NPRC staff using the sachet packaging machine to sachet processed herbal products and a Shrink Combo System for wrapping up products packaged in bottles, cans, canon etc.
NPRC staff working on the Oil Expeller
NPRC staff working on the Oil Expeller
NPRC staff performing primary processing of herbal materials.
NPRC staff performing primary processing of herbal materials.
NPRC staff working on the essential oil distiller
NPRC staff working on the essential oil distiller