Hand Oil Screw Press

Hand Oil Screw Press PB0001

Made in Europe

The Hand Oil Screw Press is manually operated and made of high quality materials. The Hand Oil Screw Press is also known as Oil Expeller, Screw Press or Oil Press; However, whatever you call it, we have it! We are going to call it Hand Oil Screw Press.

The Standard version of the Hand Oil Screw Press includes in the package as you can see in the left picture: the main body of the Oil Screw Press, the screw, the Cap D1, the Adjustment Bolt, the crank, the multi-functional tool with metric wrenches, the glass container for lamp oil, the wick holder, 2 wicks, 2 elastic bands, scoop 15 ml, 2 washers for the shaft and 3 set of screws with nuts and washers you will need to mount the Hand Oil Screw Press.

The standard version of the Hand Oil Screw Press has been manufactured to extract oil from:

• Seeds such as: walnuts (walnut oil), almonds (almond oil), acorns (acorn oil), avocado (avocado oil), peanuts (peanuts oil and peanuts butter), coconuts (coconuts oil), babassu (babassu oil), hazelnuts (hazelnut oil), beechnuts (beechnuts oil), cocoa beans (cocoa beans oil), jatropha (jatropha oil), moringa (moringa), soya (soya beans), tea tree (tea tree oil), castor beans (castor beans oil) etc.


• Beans such as: sunflower (sunflower oil), sesame (sesame oil), black cumin (black cumin oil), poppy seeds (poppy seeds oil), argan (argan oil), chia (chia oil), hempseed (hempseed oil - hemp oil), cannabis seed (cannabis oil), linseed flaxseed (linseed flaxseed oil), pomegranate (pomegranate oil), niger seed (niger seed oil), perilla seeds - shiso (perilla seeds oil - shiso oil), pumpkin seeds (pumpkin seed oil), rapeseed - canola (canola oil - rapeseed oil), safflower (safflower oil), mustard seeds (mustard paste) and many other kinds of oil seeds.


• Fruits: Fruit Juices.


• Vegetables: Vegetables Juices.


• Wheatgrass: Wheatgrass Juice.


• Moringa Oleifera Leaves: Moringa Juice.

If you replace the Cap D1 of the standard version of the Hand Oil Screw Press with the Cap D2, which is available separately, then you will be able to:

1. Produce from fresh olives, quick and easy, olive oil.
2. Grind coffee beans, for freshly grounded coffee!

Also, if you replace the Cap D1 of the standard version of the Hand Oil Screw Press with the Cap D3, which is available separately, then you will be able to:

• Produce Palm Oil from fresh and cooked palm fruits.

You can fill the Hand Oil Screw Press easily, using the Easyfill Set, which is available separately. The Easyfill Set for the Hand Oil Screw Press can be used with: the Cap D1 (standard version), with the Cap D2 (available separately), or with the Cap D3 (available separately).

The Hand Oil Screw Press, can grind and process a wide range of oil seeds! Every seed with oil content more than 25% and moisture 10%, can be ground and processed with the Hand Oil Screw Press. The Hand OIl Screw Press produce, quick and easy, oil from seeds and nuts of your choice!

The oil that is produced using the Hand Oil Screw Presses, is considered cold pressed oil! The Hand Oil Screw Presses, although heated slightly to the front end are included in Oil Screw Presses for cold pressed oil. All the Oil Screw Presses for cold pressed oil are heated at the front so that the press cake flows normally without turn to stone.

• The oil that is produced by cold pressing, is of excellent quality, because it maintains intact all the nutrients, the scents and the taste characteristics.
• The oil that is produced using the Hand Oil Screw Presses, is separated in one or few more days and then can be decanted.
• The oil that is produced using the Hand Oil Screw Presses does not need filtering.

Furthermore the Hand Oil Screw Press, can be used to produce peanut butter, almond butter, marzipan and many more kinds of paste. Also you can produce soaps, floating candles, almond milk, peanut butter and many more using the produced oil.

In summary, we could tell that the Hand Oil Screw Press, is handmade and constructed entirely in Europe, by high-quality materials. It took 5 years to make the Hand Oil Screw Press perfect. It has a small size, to be lightweight and practical. You can use it for hours, nonstop. The Hand Oil Screw Press could process, 5 kg per hour minimum. A metric tool is included in the package, which you could use to correct the moisture of the seeds before grinding.

The oil and the press cake that are produced from the Hand Oil Screw Press, could be used in cooking, patisserie, cosmetic products, medical products, to produce soaps, paints, used as bio-fuel or even as provender with high concentration of protein.

• Manual operation by one person.
• Simple operation and use.
• Continuous operation.
• Grinding more than 5 Kg seeds per hour.
• Produces cold pressed oil.
• Suitable for every kind of seeds that contain more than 25% oil and 8% - 10% moisture.
• Easy adjustment in different kinds of seeds.
• Compact construction.
• Needs minimum maintenance.
• Affordable price.
• Steel.
• Recyclable materials.
• Spare parts always available.
• Handmade product.
• Original Piteba design made in Europe.
• Appropriate for contact with food.
• Click here to read the illustrated Assembly Manual for Hand Oil Screw Press.
• In the package including multi-functional tool with metric wrenches, which you can use to correct the moisture level of the seeds and nuts before grinding.

    Dimensions:
• Length: 13 cm.
• Width: 6 cm.
• Height: 20 cm.
• Diameter of input: 3 cm.
• Weight: 2.3 Kg.

Proper operation of the Hand Oil Screw Press

The Hand Oil Screw Press for proper and efficient operation, requires minimal preparation of the seeds before pressing. Below, are following, the relevant details:

• Use seeds or nuts that contain more than 25% oil.
• The seeds or the nuts must be well dried, but not too dry.
• The moisture content of the seeds and the nuts must be 8% - 10%.
• When the seeds or the nuts are too dry: the produced press cake is hard like a stone and does not produce any oil.
• When the seeds or the nuts are too wet: the produced press cake flows to the oil outlet slit.
• In the seeds or nuts with hard shell the removal of the shell is required. Such as: peanuts, walnuts, almonds, hazelnuts, coconuts and a lot more.
• The seeds must be sieved to remove any stones, sticks and sand, before their use.
• The big seeds / nuts, such as walnuts, hazelnuts, coconuts, oil palm kernels and babassu require size reduction but they do not require milling.

The Assembly of the Hand Oil Screw Press

Put the Hand Oil Screw Press on a table or in a vertical wooden surface and screw it with the screws and nuts of the package. Click here to see alternative stands for the Hand Oil Screw Press. The extraction of some seeds requires a lot of force, that’s why you must use a robust and stable vertical wooden surface or table.

The Hand Oil Screw Press can be assembled very quick and easy! At the bottom of the page you can watch many videos of how to assemble and operate the Hand Oil Screw Press depending on the kind of seeds, nuts, olives etc. Below, read step by step the assembling instruction of the Hand Oil Screw Press:

• Put the bigger washer in the shaft of the screw and grease it immediately with edible oil.

• Do not use any other kind of oil!
• This washer is exposed to very high pressure and must always be well greased.

• Insert the screw into the press cage.
• Screw the cap D1 to the press cage.
• Screw the adjustment bolt in the appropriate position in the cap D1, depending on the seed type to grind. The use for the adjustment bolt, analyzed in detail below, depends on the seed type.
• The threads of the cap D1 must be cleaned before the cap D1 is assembled on the press cap. If this is not done, there is a chance the cast iron cap D1 to be broken.
• The press cage should be preheated for 10 minutes before the use, using the bottle lamp oil, that is included in the package. The lamp oil, should burn during all the entire process.
• You can use the Easyfill Set, which is available separately.
• The Hand Oil Screw Press is ready for use.

Operation of the Hand Oil Screw Press

Follows detailed description of the right operation of the Hand Oil Screw Press:

• The screw is operated by turning the crank clockwise.
• The seeds run from the funnel to the screw. The screw moves the seeds along to the press cage and to the output. Near the press cage output, the seeds are ground and exposed to very high pressure.
• The oil that is expelled from the seeds in the press cage runs against the flow of the seeds, to the oil outlet slit.
• The press cake flow out of the press cage open or of the openings of the cap D1, depending on the usage of the adjustment bolt, which depending on the type of each seed.
• The oil outlet slit, could clog by small particles and should be cleaned frequently with a blade, to allow the free flow of the oil.
• The oil flows from the oil outlet slit and is collected in containers.

Heating of the Hand Oil Screw Press

Fill the bottle with lamp oil and secure it with the rubber. Light up the wick and wait for 10 minutes. The Hand Oil Screw Press is warm and will produce more oil. The oil is considered cold pressed oil when its temperature remains under 40deg;C. If the oil is too hot then you need smaller flame. If the room temperature is more than 25deg;C then the Hand Oil Screw Press usually does not need to warm.

Settings of the Adjustment Bolt

Using the Adjustment Bolt of the Cap D1 you can adjust the pressure of the Hand Oil Screw Press. The more you tighten the adjustment bolt, the higher the pressure in the Hand Oil Screw Press will be. For most types of seeds and nuts, the manufacturer gives us the appropriate settings for the adjustment bolt. If you want to press something that is not in the list, just try out until you have the desired outcome.

	Cap D1 with Adjustment Bolt.
	Cap D1 without Adjustment Bolt.

Each type of oil seeds or nuts requires different preparation. Also, requires different settings for the Adjustment Bolt of the Cap D1.

In the Table below you can read in detail both the preparation and the settings you will need to extract oil using the Hand Oil Screw Press depending on the seed or nut you have selected.

During the Extraction

The Hand Oil Screw Press requires minimal care during the extraction. Sometimes small particles or pieces of seeds / nuts that are ground can clog the oil outlet slit. For the smoother and more efficient operation of the Hand Oil Screw Press, it is advisable to control the oil flow and to clean the oil outlet slit with a blade or a stick, when the flow is blocked.

After the the Extraction

The Hand Oil Screw Press does not require any kind of maintenance after the extraction process. Still, the thorough cleaning of the Hand Oil Screw Press is necessary after use. Below, read and follow the detailed steps of how to clean the Hand Oil Screw Press:

• After the extraction, remove immediately the cap D1 from the front of the press cage, while it is still hot. The hot press cake, in the cap D1, is still relatively soft and easy to remove with a knife or a blade.
• Attention:: DO NOT destroy the threads inside the cap D1.
• In case that the cap D1 is not cleaned up immediately, while it is still hot, the press cake inside the cap D1 becomes hard like a rock and it is difficult to be removed. If this happens, soak the cap D1 in hot water for few hours. The press cake will be soften and can be removed easily.
• In case that the same kind of seeds is pressed and the press cake has cooled down and has turned to stone: Light up the bottle lamp oil and wait for 20-30 minutes. The press cake will be softened again and you will be able to continue the process without removing it.
• To clean up the press cage, remove the adjustment bolt after the use and throw seeds from the funnel. The seeds flowing into the press cage, will also clean up the cap D1.
• Grease the washer, at the edge of the screw shaft with some drops of edible oil.

Using Funnel for Oil at the Hand Oil Screw Press

To collect the oil from the Hand Oil Screw Press, we can use a small funnel instead of a small container or cup. Put the small funnel in the hole of the base of the Hand Oil Screw Press. A flexible hose can be connected to the funnel and collect the oil in the large container. Always use a clean funnel and hose!

Seeds - Nuts Efficiency Table

To see the Seeds - Nuts Efficiency Table clickhere.

To see the detailed table for Yield of Seeds - Nuts clickhere.

The produced oil and its clarification

The pressed oil is turbid when it leaves the Hand Oil Screw Press. Follow the below instructions for clear oil.

• Put the oil containers at room temperature until the particles settle.
• Υou should consult, the instructions of extraction, for every seed / nut.
• The produced oil clarifies at room temperature.
• To remove the remaining oil from the sediment, you can squeeze the sediment in clean cloths. Or you can pass the sediment again throw the Hand Oil Screw Press, so you do not lose a single drop of oil.

Press Cake

The Hand Oil Screw Press during the process of the pressing, except of the cold pressed oil, produces press cake as well.

The press cake flows from the side openings or from the front of the cap, if the cap D1 is not screwed.

The press cake could be used as concentrated protein in the feed of poultry, pigs, goats, ducks, cattle. The press cake could be used as organic fertilizer (compost), since it is rich in nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium and magnesium. The press cake could be used as biofuel. In some cases, the press cake is edible: Such as the press cake of the almond, known as almond paste or marzipan.

Appropriate Moisture of Seeds

Sometimes the seeds or the nuts do not have the right content in water, they are too dry, so you can not produce oil. The moisture content should always be 10%!

What to do now? Do not panic because this is very easy to solve. Add a small amount of water to the seeds - nuts, so they have the appropriate moisture to produce oil.

How do you notice that the seeds or nuts do not contain 10% moisture?

• It is hard to turn the crank.
• Press cake does not leave the cap.
• No oil production.
• Washer behind the screw shows extreme wear.
• Sometimes also some black oil at the shaft hole of the screw.
• The seed is ground to a mash.

Click here to find 2 different ways so the seeds - nuts to have the right moisture content.

Olives and Olive Oil production

The Hand Oil Screw Press, can effectively press our favorite olives and produce, quick and easy, your own olive oil! Replace Cap D1 with the extra Cap D2 (which is available separately) so the Hand Oil Screw Press to: Produce Olive Oil in 1 step from olives with big kernel and small flesh. Produce Olive Oil in 2 steps from every fresh olive. Produce Olive Oil by dried crushed olives. Grind Coffee Beans.

Produce Olive Oil in 1 step

There are many varieties of olives for olive oil which you can produce olive oil in only 1 step. These are olives with a large kernel and little flesh. The manufacturer of the Hand Oil Screw Press suggest using fully ripened fresh olives but also tests we did in unripe Corfu olives gave an excellent olive oil that produced by early harvest olives (agoureleo). Very good results gives and the wild olives as well. At present we have not compiled the names of varieties that give oil in one step or those that give oil in two steps. You can read detailed the whole procedure in the description of the Cap D2. Click here for more information.

We suggest watching the first two videos in the end of the page. In the first video you can watch how to produce olive oil in 1 step and in the second video you can watch how to produce olive oil in 2 steps.

Fill the Hand Oil Screw Press with olives (including kernel) and push them into the press cage with the pestle while turning the crank. The press cake comes out of the Cap D2 and the oil comes out of the oil slit. After settling, you have a clear cold-pressed olive oil. The detailed procedure is explained in the product description of the extra Cap D2 for Hand Oil Screw Press to produce Olive Oil.

Produce Olive Oil in 2 steps

If the olives can not give olive oil in one step then can give pulp - olive paste from which we extract the olive oil using a press such as Press No1, η Press No2 ή η Press No3 so you can produce olive oil in 2 steps. The detailed procedure is explained in the product description of extra Cap D2 for Hand Oil Screw Press to produce Olive Oil.

Olive Oil From Dried Olives

First, crush the olives using the Nutcracker - Nut Crusher Steel. Then dry the olives in a Food Dehydrators, until the olives are completely dry. The dried olives have a long shelf life, so you can produce the oil when it suits you. When you are ready, add 100 ml of water for every 1 kg of olives, so that they have exactly 10% moisture. Wait 1 day until all the water has been absorbed. Now you can press the olives (including the kernels) using the Hand Oil Screw Press with the Cap D2. Press at room temperature and use the burner with a very small flame. Click here to read the detailed procedure for producing olive oil by dried crushed olives.

Hemp Oil - Cannabis Oil

The Hand Oil Screw Press is perfect to extract oil from hemp seeds or cannabis seeds. The Hemp Oil or Cannabis Oil is manufactured from varieties of Cannabis sativa plant. The Hemp Oil or Cannabis Oil is considered one of the most nutritious oils worldwide.

The Hemp Oil or Cannabis Oil is edible as long as it is not heated, and its taste is delicate and pleasant. The Hemp Oil or Cannabis Oil has plenty of pharmaceutical, nutritional and cosmetic uses, making it a versatile product.

Coffee Grinding

Replace the Cap D1 of the standard equipment with the extra Cap D2 and transform your Hand Oil Screw Press into a Coffee Grinder - Coffee Mill. Grind the coffee beans you prefer and choose the quality grinding of your coffee! The grinding quality of your coffee is excellent and perfect for espresso, greek coffee of filter coffee. The detailed procedure is explained in the product description of the extra Cap D2 for Hand Oil Screw Press to produce Olive Oil.

Peanut Butter

To make your own peanut butter (or butter from other nuts) you need the Hand Oil Screw Press with Cap D1 of the standard equipment and for easy filling the extra Easyfill Set, which is available separately.

Use the Hand Oil Screw Press to make your own peanut butter and you will be surprised by the pure taste and the delicious scent of homemade peanut butter!

Below are the detailed steps for the production of homemade peanut butter using the Hand Oil Screw Press: First you must roast your peanuts. Fill the Hand Oil Screw Press with peanuts and push them with the pestle. Do not use the burner. Close the Cap D1 with the adjustment bolt (completely closed). When turning the crank, keep the filling opening closed with the pestle. In the press cage the peanuts turned into peanut butter. The peanut butter flows from the front outlet of the press. The peanut butter can be used immediately or can be stored in jars. If it is necessary, you can add salt.

Avocado Oil

To make your own avocado oil you need the Hand Oil Screw Press with the Cap D1 (of the standard equipment) and the extra Easyfill set (which is available separately), for easy and practical filling.

Below are the detailed steps for the production of homemade avocado oil using the Hand Oil Screw Press:

• Use ripe avocados.
• Cut the avocados into thin slices.
• Dry the slices in a fruit dryer.
• Chop the dried slices into small pieces so it is easier to push them in the press.
• Add 1 scoop (including in the standard equipment) of water to 150 grams of dried avocado.
• Put it in a plastic bag and leave it for 24 hours.
• Use the burner and the adjustment bolt.
• Put the avocado slices in the Hand Oil Screw Press.
• With the pestle you push the avocado in the press while turning the crank.
• You will get a beautiful green oil.

Useful Tips

The Hand Oil Screw Press can process a wide range of oil seeds and nuts, from which it produces oil and press cake. The produced oil and press cake could be used directly for various uses or can be processed, so as they could be converted into another product. Below are mentioned some useful tips:

Almond Milk

To make your own Almond Milk you need the Hand Oil Screw Press with the Cap D1 (of the standard equipment) and the extra Easyfill set (which is available separately), for easy and practical filling.

There are two types of almonds, the sweet and the bitter. Use the sweet almond, Prunis dulcis. Choose fresh almonds (raw) without their shells and without the seed-coat, then soak almonds for 16 hours. After almonds have dried, eg. in a towel, fill the Hand Oil Screw Press.

Below are the detailed steps for the production of homemade almond milk with the use of the Hand Oil Screw Press: To produce Almond Milk, the press cage of the Hand Oil Screw Press must be warmed up with a little flame. Adjust the adjustment bolt, relatively loose, otherwise the press cake will flow to the oil outlet slit. The thick liquid, that flows from the oil outlet slit, is the Almond Milk.

You could drink the Almond Milk by adding honey or agave syrup. You can freeze almond milk, for future use, as well. The almond milk could be used in smoothies or as a milk substitute in all of your recipes such as: pancakes, cakes or even in your cereals.

Marzipan

To make your own Marzipan you need the Hand Oil Screw Press with the Cap D1 (of the standard equipment) and the extra Easyfill set (which is available separately), for easy and practical filling.

To produce Marzipan, using the Hand Oil Screw Press, you must follow the instructions for the production of the Almond Milk. The press cake that has been produced from the procedure, is the Marzipan.

The Marzipan must be passed twice through the Hand Oil Screw Press. The second time, the adjustment bolt must be more tightly screwed. Push the press cake to the exit point with a piece of wood, of the proper diameter. Some of the press cake will flow out from the Cap D1 and some from the oil outlet slit. The material from the oil outlet slit is a uniform mass of particles, smaller than 1 mm.

Mix the material with powdered sugar, two to three times its weight and wrap it in 1.5 cm roll. This could be cut in pieces. The press cake from the Cap D1 includes coarse particles, so before adding the sugar, it must be crushed eg in a mortar.

Making Soap Hand

The vegetal oil that has been produced by the Hand Oil Screw Press, could be used for the production of Soaps. The handmade soaps are made with the intent mixing of the vegetal oil with a caustic soda solution.

Below are the detailed steps for the production of homemade soaps using the Hand Oil Screw Press:

• The caustic soda solution is highly effective. Avoid, in any case, the contact with skin and eyes! Maintain the bench clean.
• Use only plastic, glass or stainless steel containers, spoons etc. Do not use wooden or aluminium containers and utensils.
• Always use hand stirrer, the result is faster.
• Prefer producing batches of 275 grams of soap. This prevents the high temperature increase during the dilution of the caustic soda.
• Weigh 200 grams of oil (or a mix of different oils) in a container with height about 15 cm, which fits exactly the hand stirrer.
• Weigh 50 grams of water in a glass or stainless steel beaker.
• Weigh 26 grams of caustic soda in a small beaker.
• Pour the caustic soda slowly in the water.
• Stir with a spoon or rod of stainless steel, until there are no solid particles.
• Pour the solution of caustic soda in the oil while it is still hot.
• Stir with a hand stirrer at intervals (every 15 seconds, maximum of 5 seconds).
• Pay attention to avoid trapping the air in the mix through the hand stirrer.
• When the mix becomes a yellow cream pour it into the (plastic/rubber) molds.
• After one or two days, the soap will have stabilized and should be removed from the molds.
• Maintain the soap at least for 4 weeks, in half open plastic bags, to remove the remaining caustic soda.
• You can store the soap, at least for a year in a close container or a bag in a dark cool room.

The quantities that have been mentioned are for oil extracted from sunflower, peanut, walnut, hazelnut, rapeseed canola or hempseed. Please use a measurement device of the quantity of caustic soda for accurate measurements and for other types of fats or oils.

Do not be afraid of the properties of soap that are mentioned on the web-sites. We have made good quality soaps by a single oil, like sunflower oil and peanut oil, not foaming as much as the commercial soaps but cleaned equally well.

The company Dimtsas has no responsibility for any possible damage.

Palm Oil

Use the Cap D3 to transform your Hand Oil Screw Press into an 1 step Palm Fruit Press! The Cap D3 makes palm oil production easy and it requires minimal force and time. According to the manufacturer from 1 kilo of Palm Fruits (Elaeis guineensis) you can produce approximately 0.5 liter palm oil.

To make your own Palm Oil you need: The Hand Oil Screw Press with the Cap D1. The extra Cap D3, which is available separately. And the extra Easyfill set, which also is available separately. The procedure is described detailed in the description of the extra Cap D3.

Juice Extraction

Is it possible the use of the Hand Oil Screw Press for the juice extraction from leaves? The Hand Oil Screw Press is a manual tool for the extraction of oil from many seeds and nuts. The Hand Oil Screw Press design is similar to the juice extraction tool design. And this is why the Hand Oil Screw Press is appropriate to produce juice from fruit, vegetables, moringa oleifera leaves or wheatgrass.

The Hand Oil Screw Press is entirely made of stainless steel and we do not want rust. We suggest wash the Hand Oil Screw Press and apply edible oil after use for extract juice from vegetables, fruits, moringa oleifera leaves and wheatgrass.

In Italy, they have experimented using the Hand Oil Screw Press to extract juice from Moringa Oleifera leaves. The result is a nice glass of freshly squeezed Moringa juice! The conclusion of the Italians who did the experiment is that is that even if juice can be extracted from the branches, the branches cause problems by blocking the juice outlet. They belive that leaves and twigs should be finely cut for optimum results.

We suggest watching all the videos below. You can find useful tips and detailed information and also you can watch how to assemble and how to use the Hand Oil Screw Press easily.