Curcumin Extraction Plant in Zimbabwe

Mecha Engineering Pvt. Ltd. designs and fabricates curcumin and turmeric oleoresin extraction plants at its own works at Village Meharbani on Behat Road, Saharanpur, India. The company was set up in 2022 and supplies extraction, filtration, drying and blending equipment to supplement, health product, food colour and export units in Zimbabwe, across India and in other overseas markets.

Batch lines start at 100 kg of turmeric powder per charge for pilot and development 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 can actually source and we work backwards to the vessel size and the number of batches per shift.

It depends on the curcuminoid content of the rhizome you buy, and local turmeric varies more than most buyers expect. A well run plant recovers the large majority of the curcuminoids present 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.

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 approvals allow. We provide the equipment list, solvent storage layout and hazardous area details that go with your environmental and factory licence application, but the approvals themselves sit with you and are worth settling before you fix a capacity.

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 supplement and export trade. Many units start at oleoresin and add the purification block once the first export order is in hand.

A properly designed recovery train, meaning condenser, receiver, vent condenser and a desolventiser on the spent marc, holds recovery in the high nineties. That matters more here than in India, because the solvent is imported and paid for in hard currency, so every litre lost is a real cost. We size the condenser against your solvent and your actual cooling water temperature rather than against a catalogue figure.

Flameproof motors, a flameproof control panel and light fittings, earthing and bonding across all vessels and piping, flame arrestors on vents, and a solvent day tank located at the required distance. Nitrogen blanketing, gas detection and a sprinkler or hydrant tie-in are added where your insurer or inspector asks for them.

Yes. The standard build is wired for a 415 V, 50 Hz three phase supply, which matches Zimbabwean site power, with flameproof equipment in the solvent area. Heating runs on steam or thermic fluid from whatever you have, and chilled water for the crystalliser is sized at quotation stage so you can check the load against your own supply and any generator you run.

Erection, solvent and utility piping, earthing, the water trial, the first turmeric batch and operator training at your Zimbabwe site are quoted inside the supply scope. Our engineers travel for commissioning and back your team afterwards with drawings, video support and a planned spares schedule.

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 regulated and export buyers.

A batch extraction and concentration section is ready in 8 to 12 weeks from order confirmation. A full turnkey line with crystallisation, drying and PLC control takes 14 to 16 weeks. Allow a further 4 to 6 weeks for sea freight and inland haulage. The plant ships in containers through Mundra or Nhava Sheva to Durban or Beira, with flat racks for the taller vessels.

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 approvals allow and the output grade you intend to sell. We quote ex works India and on a CIF Durban or CIF Beira basis.