About this product
Oil ghani machine (rotary cold press) that crushes sesame for oil at very low temperature, with 20 kg / hour capacity and a 2 HP, 3 phase electric motor. The whole ghani is a compact machine on a 600mm x 600mm base frame. The 2 HP motor drives a vertical mortar revolving at 12 RPM through a reduction gear box, and pressure is raised through a heavy spring and screw. The pestle and mortar are robust enough to need practically zero maintenance. The machine is painted teal, with a wide round pan at the top, the pestle arm and screw handle above it, a rounded guard over the drive and small wheels on the base frame. Net weight is 300 kg; shipping dimensions are 30" x 36" x 48" (750mm x 900mm x 1200mm) and shipping volume is 1.5 Cubic meter. The ghani has extracted sesame oil in India for 4000 years: bullock-driven, made of stone and granite as early as 2000 BC and later of wood, with half million ghanis running up to 1955 before oil expeller technology took over. Ghanis still running today are made of iron and steel and driven by a 2 HP motor. The same machine makes SANI, a sweet of sesame, its oil and jaggery. 6 kg of sesame seeds are crushed for 8 to 10 minutes, about 700 ml of water (up to 8% of the sesame weight) is sprinkled in, and after 3 to 4 minutes oil starts flowing from the top of the cone. Then 6 kg of jaggery is added and mixed for 5 to 7 minutes, giving 15 kg of SANI in a total cycle of 20 to 22 minutes, or 300 kg to 350 kg in 8 hours. SANI is ready uncooked yet tastes like a cooked product. It is promoted as a nutritious food for children, youth and old people, for removing malnutrition, for improving eyesight, and for refugee camps, where one ghani can make SANI for 2 to 3 thousand people in 8 hours; one person eats 100 to 150 gms.
