Verified Material Grade
SS 304 or SS 316 and SS 316L on every surface the miscella and oleoresin touch, backed by mill test certificates issued in your company name.
Curcumin Extraction Plant in Uttar Pradesh
Mecha Engineering fabricates turmeric oleoresin and curcumin extraction plants at its Saharanpur works and commissions them at spice, nutraceutical, ayurvedic and export units across Uttar Pradesh. Lines from a 100 kg pilot batch to 5 TPD rhizome feed, finishing as oleoresin, 95 percent curcuminoid crystals or a water dispersible grade.
- SS 304 and SS 316 build
- 100 kg batch to 5 TPD feed
- Up to 95% curcuminoid purity
- Flameproof solvent recovery
- Turnkey installation across UP
100 kgSmallest pilot batch
5 TPDLargest turnkey line
95%Curcuminoid purity
8 to 16Weeks delivery in UP
Curcumin Extraction Plant Manufacturer in Uttar Pradesh
Turmeric moves through Uttar Pradesh in two separate streams. Eastern districts such as Gorakhpur, Kushinagar, Maharajganj, Deoria, Basti, Bahraich and Lakhimpur Kheri grow and dry the rhizome, and most of it still leaves the state as raw or polished turmeric at commodity rates. The value sits downstream, in the nutraceutical and export contract units around Noida, Greater Noida and Ghaziabad, the spice and food colour houses in Kanpur, Agra and Bareilly, and the ayurvedic formulators in Lucknow, Varanasi and Jhansi who buy standardised curcuminoids by the kilogram.
A curcumin extraction plant in Uttar Pradesh is what closes that gap. As the manufacturer, Mecha Engineering starts from the curcuminoid content of the rhizome you actually buy, the solvent your pollution board clearance allows and the grade your customer specifies, then sizes the extraction battery, evaporator, crystalliser and dryer around it. Design, fabrication, polishing and trials all happen at our own Saharanpur works, under one engineering team.
- Assay before you commit. Send 5 kg of your dried rhizome and we report the curcuminoid percentage and an achievable yield before the quotation goes out.
- Short travel to site. Saharanpur to Gorakhpur, Lucknow, Kanpur or Noida is a direct dispatch, which keeps freight and erection cost down.
- Audit ready paperwork. MOC certificates, GA drawings, weld and polish records, hazardous area compliance and IQ or OQ documents travel with the plant.
- Spares held in stock. Gaskets, filter cloths, sight glasses, mechanical seals and FLP fittings ship the same week you ask.
What you get with every plant
Four Commitments Behind Each Uttar Pradesh Installation
These are the points a UP curcumin buyer checks before releasing a purchase order, so we put them in writing rather than in a brochure line.
Yield Trial Before Dispatch
Water run, vacuum hold and solvent leak test at our Saharanpur shop, plus a curcuminoid recovery trial on your own turmeric sample.
Installation by Our Team
Erection, solvent piping, earthing, utility tie-in, commissioning and operator training at your UP site, covered in the supply scope.
Direct Manufacturer Pricing
You buy from the fabricator, not a trading house. No dealer margin, and any design change is quoted against actual material and labour.
Build features
Features of Mecha Engineering Curcumin Extraction Plants:
Every feature below protects one of three things: the curcuminoids in your rhizome, the solvent in your inventory, or the operator on your floor.
01
High Curcuminoid Recovery
Multi-stage counter-current percolation moves fresh solvent against near-spent marc, so residual curcuminoids in the cake stay low instead of walking out with the waste.
02
Solvent Recovery Built In
Shell and tube condensers, a vent condenser and a desolventiser on the spent marc. Recovery runs in the high nineties, which is what decides the running cost of a curcumin line.
03
Low Temperature Concentration
Miscella is stripped under vacuum so the oleoresin never sees the temperature that darkens colour value or degrades curcuminoids in an open boil.
04
Crystallisation to 95 Percent
Chilled crystalliser with controlled cooling rate, centrifuge or filter press for the mother liquor, and a wash stage that lifts crystals to 95 percent curcuminoids and above.
05
Flameproof and Safe by Design
FLP motors and panels, nitrogen blanketing, flame arrestors, earthing and bonding, and a solvent storage layout built to pass a factory inspector and an insurance survey.
06
Manual to Fully Automatic
Start with hand valves and a local panel, or take PLC control with HMI recipe storage, batch logging and an audit trail when your export buyer asks for one.
Sections we supply
Curcumin Plant Sections for Uttar Pradesh Processors:
A curcumin plant is six sections working in sequence. Take the complete turnkey line, or add the one section your existing unit is short of.
Cleaning and Size Reduction
Destoner, magnetic separator, hammer mill or micro pulverizer and a vibro sifter bring dried rhizome down to a uniform 40 to 80 mesh, which is where solvent contact becomes predictable.
Feeds every downstream section
Solvent Extraction Battery
Three to six SS percolators on a counter-current cycle with circulation pumps, jacketed heating and a bottom false plate. Ethyl acetate, acetone, IPA or ethanol as your clearance allows.
The heart of the plant
Concentration and Solvent Recovery
Falling film or forced circulation evaporator followed by a vacuum distillation reactor. Miscella becomes oleoresin, and clean solvent returns to the day tank for the next batch.
Decides your running cost
Crystallisation and Purification
Jacketed crystalliser with chilled water or brine, slow agitation and a controlled cooling profile, then a solvent wash to strip resin and turmeric oil off the crystal.
Needed for 95% grade
Filtration and Separation
Sparkler filter press, bag and cartridge filters, and a basket or pusher centrifuge to part the crystals from mother liquor before drying.
Protects final purity
Drying, Milling and Packing
Vacuum tray dryer for crystals or a spray dryer for dispersible grades, then pulverising, sifting, ribbon blending to the assay you sell at, and packing under nitrogen.
Delivers the saleable powder
Technical data
Curcumin Extraction Plant Specifications:
Standard build for a batch curcumin line. Every line below is changed to order, so treat this as the starting point for your enquiry rather than a fixed model list.
| Parameter | Standard offering | Options on request |
|---|---|---|
| Plant Capacity | 100, 250, 500 and 1000 kg turmeric powder per batch | Turnkey lines from 1 TPD to 5 TPD rhizome feed |
| Feed Material | Dried, cleaned turmeric rhizome milled to 40 to 80 mesh | Whole rhizome, with cleaning and milling section added |
| Feed Curcuminoid Content | Designed around 2 to 5 percent in the dried rhizome | Line re-sized for high curcuminoid Lakadong type feed |
| Extraction Method | Counter-current percolation battery, 3 to 6 vessels | Rotary extractor, or continuous extractor for large feed |
| Solvents Handled | Ethyl acetate, acetone, IPA, ethanol | Hexane defatting stage, methanol, or a solvent-free CO2 route |
| Material of Construction | SS 304 shell, SS 304 contact parts | SS 316 or SS 316L contact parts, MS jacket to reduce cost |
| Internal Finish | 220 grit mirror polish, around 0.4 micron Ra | Electropolished finish for pharma and export duty |
| Extraction Temperature | Ambient to 70 degrees Celsius, jacket heated | Reflux operation at solvent boiling point with condenser |
| Concentration Stage | Vacuum evaporation at 55 to 70 degrees Celsius | Falling film, wiped film or forced circulation evaporator |
| Solvent Recovery | Shell and tube condenser, receiver and vent condenser | Chilled water condenser, marc desolventiser, recovery column |
| Crystallisation | Jacketed crystalliser with chilled water and slow agitator | Brine cooling, programmed cooling profile, second recrystallisation |
| Separation and Drying | Sparkler filter press and vacuum tray dryer | Basket or pusher centrifuge, spray dryer for dispersible grades |
| Typical Output Grade | Turmeric oleoresin, and curcumin crystals at 95 percent | 85 to 90 percent grade, water dispersible blends, turmeric oil |
| Safety Fittings | FLP motors and panel, earthing, bonding, flame arrestors | Nitrogen blanketing, gas detection, sprinkler and hydrant tie-in |
| Control System | Local FLP panel with temperature indicator and timer | PLC with HMI, recipe storage, batch report, SCADA link |
| Documentation | GA drawing, MOC certificate, test report, manual | DQ, IQ, OQ protocols, weld map, polish and pressure records |
Scroll the table sideways on a mobile screen. Send your rhizome source, daily feed quantity and the grade you sell and we will fill this sheet in against your process.
Choosing an output
Which Curcumin Grade Should your Uttar Pradesh Plant Make?
The grade you sell decides how many sections you need to buy. This is the shortlist we work through with a UP buyer on the first call.
| Output grade | Process route | Typical assay | Who buys it in UP |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turmeric Oleoresin | Solvent extraction and vacuum concentration | 25 to 40 percent curcuminoids | Food colour and spice houses in Kanpur, Agra and Bareilly |
| Curcumin 95 Percent | Extraction, crystallisation, wash and vacuum drying | 95 percent and above | Nutraceutical and export units in Noida and Ghaziabad |
| Curcumin 85 to 90 Percent | Single crystallisation without a second wash | 85 to 90 percent | Ayurvedic formulators in Lucknow, Varanasi and Jhansi |
| Water Dispersible Curcumin | Blending with a carrier and spray drying | 10 to 20 percent, fully dispersible | Beverage, dairy and functional food plants |
| Tetrahydrocurcumin | Hydrogenation of purified curcumin under pressure | 95 percent and above, colourless | Cosmetic and personal care manufacturers |
| Turmeric Oil | Separated from oleoresin or steam distilled | By-product stream | Aroma, ayurvedic and cosmetic buyers |
| De-oiled Turmeric Marc | Desolventised spent cake from the extractor | Residual only | Cattle feed and biomass buyers near the plant |
Not sure which row you belong to? Share your target customer and order size and we will confirm the route along with an indicative yield per tonne of rhizome.
How the plant runs
The Curcumin Extraction Cycle, Step by Step
Six stages from dried rhizome to packed powder. Your operator sees the same sequence on every batch, which is what keeps the assay consistent.
01
Rhizome Cleaning and Drying
Dried turmeric is destoned, demagnetised and checked for moisture. Anything above the target moisture goes back to the dryer before it reaches the mill.
02
Grinding to Mesh
A hammer mill or micro pulverizer with a vibro sifter brings the rhizome to 40 to 80 mesh. Too coarse and yield drops, too fine and the bed channels.
03
Counter-Current Extraction
Powder is charged to the percolators and solvent is circulated stage by stage. Fresh solvent meets the most spent bed, so the miscella leaves the battery at full strength.
04
Concentration to Oleoresin
Miscella is stripped under vacuum. Solvent condenses into the receiver for reuse and a thick turmeric oleoresin collects at the evaporator bottom.
05
Crystallisation and Washing
The oleoresin is dissolved, cooled on a controlled profile and crystallised. Mother liquor is centrifuged off and the crystals are washed to lift the assay to 95 percent.
06
Drying, Milling and Packing
Crystals dry in a vacuum tray dryer, then go to pulverising, sifting and blending to the sale assay, and are packed under nitrogen in food grade liners.
Where these plants are used
Application Areas of Curcumin Extraction Plants:
Nutraceutical and Supplement Units
Capsule, tablet, softgel and gummy makers buying 95 percent curcuminoids with a consistent HPLC assay batch after batch, usually with PLC batch logging attached.
Ayurvedic and Pharma Manufacturing
Haridra based formulations, standardised extract lines and AYUSH or GMP units that ask for SS 316 contact parts and IQ or OQ documentation with the plant.
Food Colour and Spice Processors
Turmeric oleoresin for natural colour in sauces, bakery, pickles, snacks and masala blends, where colour value and food grade construction decide the order.
Beverage and Dairy Plants
Water dispersible and emulsified curcumin for golden milk, shots, juices and functional drinks, produced through the spray drying section of the line.
Cosmetic and Personal Care
Tetrahydrocurcumin and purified turmeric extracts for creams, serums and soaps, where a colourless actives stream matters as much as the assay.
Contract Manufacturers and Exporters
Multi-product units that switch between oleoresin, 95 percent powder and blends, so they buy for quick changeover, recipe storage and third party audit readiness.
Supply and service network
Our Curcumin Extraction Plant Network Across Uttar Pradesh
Dispatch and site service run out of Saharanpur to every district in the state. These are the locations we work in most often, from the turmeric growing belt to the extract buyers.
- Saharanpur
- Lucknow
- Kanpur
- Noida
- Greater Noida
- Ghaziabad
- Meerut
- Muzaffarnagar
- Agra
- Varanasi
- Prayagraj
- Gorakhpur
- Kushinagar
- Maharajganj
- Deoria
- Basti
- Siddharthnagar
- Bahraich
- Lakhimpur Kheri
- Sitapur
- Bareilly
- Moradabad
- Aligarh
- Mathura
- Barabanki
- Jhansi
- Ayodhya
- Firozabad
- Etawah
- Hardoi
- Unnao
- Raebareli
- Azamgarh
- Mirzapur
- Jaunpur
- Ghazipur
- Sultanpur
- Fatehpur
- Banda
- Shahjahanpur
- Pilibhit
- Bijnor
- Amroha
- Hapur
- Bulandshahr
District not on the list? The list is only where we have installed most recently. Site visits, erection and after-sales service cover every district in Uttar Pradesh, plus neighbouring Uttarakhand, Haryana, Delhi NCR, Punjab, Rajasthan, Bihar and Madhya Pradesh.
Built in the same works
Equipment That Goes with a Curcumin Line:
Each of these is manufactured at Saharanpur and can be ordered on its own or as part of the turnkey plant.
Questions we are asked
Curcumin Extraction Plants in Uttar Pradesh: FAQs
Straight answers to what UP buyers ask before and after a site visit.
Who manufactures curcumin extraction plants in Uttar Pradesh?
Mecha Engineering Pvt. Ltd. designs and fabricates curcumin and turmeric oleoresin extraction plants at its own works at Village Meharbani on Behat Road, Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh. The company was set up in 2022 and supplies extraction, filtration, drying and blending equipment to nutraceutical, ayurvedic, food colour and export units across Uttar Pradesh, the rest of India and overseas markets.
What capacity range can you supply for a UP plant?
Batch lines start at 100 kg of turmeric powder per charge for pilot and R and D work and run up to 1000 kg per batch. Turnkey plants are built from 1 TPD to 5 TPD of rhizome feed with multi-vessel counter-current batteries. Tell us the daily turmeric quantity you want to process and we work backwards to the vessel size and the number of batches per shift.
How much curcumin will I actually get from a tonne of turmeric?
It depends on the curcuminoid content of the rhizome you buy. Common Indian turmeric carries roughly 2 to 5 percent curcuminoids in the dried rhizome, and a well run plant recovers the large majority of that as oleoresin, with a further loss at the crystallisation stage. Rather than quote a number blind, we assay a 5 kg sample of your own rhizome and give you a yield figure you can budget against.
Which solvent should I plan for, and what about pollution board clearance?
Ethyl acetate and acetone are the usual choices for curcuminoid extraction, with IPA or ethanol where a food grade or residual solvent limit applies and hexane for a defatting stage. The plant is built to suit whichever solvent your consent to operate allows. We provide the equipment list, solvent storage layout and hazardous area details that go with the UPPCB and factory licence application.
Can you take me to 95 percent curcuminoid powder, or only to oleoresin?
Both. The extraction and concentration sections alone give turmeric oleoresin at roughly 25 to 40 percent curcuminoids, which is what a food colour buyer wants. Adding the crystalliser, centrifuge, wash stage and vacuum tray dryer takes the same feed to 95 percent curcuminoid crystals for the nutraceutical and export trade. Many UP units start at oleoresin and add the purification block in the second year.
How much solvent will I lose per batch?
A properly designed recovery train, meaning condenser, receiver, vent condenser and a desolventiser on the spent marc, holds recovery in the high nineties. Losses beyond that usually come from open charging, an undersized condenser or a marc that leaves the plant still wet. We size the condenser against your solvent and ambient cooling water temperature rather than against a catalogue figure.
What safety and hazardous area fittings are included?
Flameproof motors, FLP control panel and light fittings, earthing and bonding across all vessels and piping, flame arrestors on vents, and a solvent day tank located to the required distance. Nitrogen blanketing, gas detection and a sprinkler or hydrant tie-in are added where your insurer or factory inspector asks for them.
Is installation and commissioning included for Uttar Pradesh sites?
Erection, solvent and utility piping, earthing, water trial, first turmeric batch and operator training at your Uttar Pradesh site are part of the supply scope. Because dispatch is from Saharanpur, an engineer usually reaches a site in western or central Uttar Pradesh the same day, which keeps commissioning short.
What documentation is provided for FSSAI, GMP or export audits?
Standard handover covers the general arrangement drawing, material of construction certificates, hydro and vacuum test reports, weld and polish records, the operating and maintenance manual and a spare parts list. DQ, IQ and OQ protocols, along with a validation document set, are prepared on request for GMP, FSSAI and export buyers.
How long does delivery take, and what about freight inside UP?
A batch extraction and concentration section ships in 8 to 12 weeks from order confirmation. A full turnkey line with crystallisation, drying and PLC control takes 14 to 16 weeks. Freight inside Uttar Pradesh is short and quoted at actual cost, and for larger vessels we arrange the trailer, route survey and unloading crane along with the dispatch.
Can you upgrade a spice or oleoresin unit I already run?
Yes. Common jobs include adding a crystallisation and purification block to an existing oleoresin plant, replacing an open boil-off with a vacuum evaporator, adding a marc desolventiser to cut solvent loss, converting a manual battery to PLC control, and repolishing internal surfaces that have lost their finish. Send photographs, a layout sketch and your current yield figures to start.
How do I get a price for my plant?
Call +91-9084351006 or +91-7500378000, send a WhatsApp message, or email info@mechaengg.com with four details: the daily turmeric quantity in kilograms, the curcuminoid percentage of your rhizome if you know it, the solvent your clearance allows and the output grade you intend to sell. A specification sheet and price come back within one working day.
Talk to the specialist
Get Your Curcumin Extraction Plant Quoted This Week
Share your daily turmeric feed, the solvent you are cleared for and the grade you want to sell. Our Saharanpur engineering team returns a specification sheet, layout drawing and price so you can compare on paper rather than on promises.