1
Bio-diesel Fuel / Re: Oil Seed Press HP Requirements
« on: April 08, 2007, 04:27:48 PM »
I run my 1 ton press with my 18hp kubota. The most critical element is to keep the press screw below 30 rpm. Your gearing/pulleys should produce 30 rpm screw speed. I on ocasion hear the kubota governor grunt to maybe 10 hp. Sorry, drifted a little. I doubt if the 6/1 has the guts to take a hard slug of first pressing seeds. You could try a ratio that might give you only about 10 rpm on the screw, but my experience is the cost is about $200 each ratio change.