2017 - Volume #BFS, Issue #17, Page #80
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Introducing the EssenExTM 300
We are excited to introduce the EssenEx™ 300 to our existing product line. This three times capacity product is not much more than double the price of the existing product. We have listened to customers wanting higher capacity and spent the last year and a half developing the model 300. It’s a smart investment for entrepreneurs who make soaps, creams and other products, and growers of crops such as lavender and mint can use the extractor to do their own lab work to determine optimum harvest times. “Initially we created this for the home market, for do-it-yourselfers who grow small amounts of essential oil containing plants,” says Bill Dean, one of the inventors. Since the introduction in 2012, kits are now being utilized as an analytical tool in laboratories, by growers for quickly analyzing crop yield, and now finding their way into school Science Classes (STEM Education).
The kit includes molds to freeze ice cores, which condenses the vapors produced when the plant material is in the microwave. The oil/water mix collects in a shielded beaker inside the extraction unit. When removed from the microwave, the oil containing liquid is poured into a separator flask to separate the oil and water.
Standard home microwave ovens work as long as they have enough vertical clearance to hold the 7” by 7” (180mm) or 8.5” by 9.5” (240mm) high extractor unit and a mug of water that is also used in the process.
The EssenEx™ 100 is the result of years of research by Bill and Dave and students at Oregon State University. The idea came from Dr. Dave Hackleman, (Co-Founder with Dean) who was doing research for extracting oil for mint growers.
Watch our website for the EssenEx™ 300 as well as additional enhanced accessories for the EssenEx™ 100.
Since first published in Farm Show, kits have been shipped throughout the USA and 50 countries!
U.S. Patent 9,486,716 was issued November 2016. Additional International Patents Pending.
Contact: OilExTech, 1110 NE Circle Blvd., Corvallis, OR 97330 (ph 541 602-6410; info@oilextech.com; www.oilextech.com).
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