Mech O Tech LLP supplies a chaste berry Vitex extractor that processes ten tonnes of raw material each day. The main structure uses SS 316 steel, which resists corrosion and lasts longer under the acids plus solvents common in herbal work. Engineers deliver the unit fully assembled, connect every pipe and sensor but also test the sequence before hand over - the line starts without extra fitting work on site. The plant operates through a single control panel - once the operator sets the batch parameters, valves open and close on signal, pumps meter solvent at a fixed ratio as well as the extractor keeps temperature and pressure within a two percent band. This repeatability limits solvent loss, shortens each run or gives the same concentration from batch to batch. The design targets chaste berry alone - a perforated basket holds the crushed fruit while heated ethanol or another food grade solvent percolates through the bed. After the set cycles, the miscella passes to a dedicated evaporator that strips the solvent for reuse and leaves a dense extract ready for capsule or tablet use. The steel frame, flanges next to welds tolerate daily sterilisation with hot caustic rinse - the unit suits pharmaceutical rules and still runs three shifts a day. Capacity matches growing demand - the same skid accepts extra baskets or parallel extractors without factory changes. Daily output reaches two hundred kilograms of refined extract when the feed berry tests at four percent active principle. Power use stays below 0.8 kWh per kilogram of finished goods because the heat exchanger recovers energy from the hot extract to warm the next solvent charge. By keeping manual work to loading plus unloading baskets, the unit lowers labour cost and stops variation caused by human timing. Records stored in the PLC show each temperature, flow but also pressure reading for audit or patent filing. Buyers receive a Indian made system that raises throughput while the finished extract retains the full vitexin content required for clinical grade products.
