Buddha Wood (Heart Wood)
Buddha Wood (Heart Wood)
Mechotech designs and manufactures turnkey wood absolute extraction plants for Buddha Wood (Heart Wood), using solvent extraction followed by high-vacuum distillation. We supply the complete machinery to process Buddha Wood (Heart Wood) into an extract configured to the client’s target specification. Buddha wood (Eremophila mitchellii) is a hardwood native to Australia, prized for a deep, smoky, leathery fragrance; its heartwood oil is used in perfumery, aromatherapy, incense and medicinal applications.
Mechotech’s Buddha Wood (Heart Wood) plant is configured around solvent extraction and high-vacuum distillation. It is built in SS 316L with integrated solvent recovery, automation and full documentation, and is delivered as a commissioned turnkey system. Final parameters are established during process development.
Technical Specifications
| Product | Buddha Wood (Heart Wood) Wood Absolute Extraction Plant |
|---|---|
| Botanical Name | Eremophila mitchellii Benth. |
| Raw Material | Buddha Wood (Heart Wood) |
| Plant Part | Heart wood |
| Marker Compound | Eremophilone (per the Sureka Life Sciences catalogue entry for Buddha Wood Extract) |
| Extraction Method | Solvent extraction and high-vacuum distillation |
| Product-contact Material | SS 316L |
| Filtration System | Plate-and-frame filter press with cartridge polish filters |
| Concentration System | Falling-film / vacuum evaporator with solvent recovery |
| Finishing | Configured to the required product form |
| Plant Capacity | Configured to requirement |
| Final Product Form | Extract (solvent extraction followed by high-vacuum distillation) |
Plant Capacities
| Plant Scale | Raw Material Throughput | Typical Use |
|---|---|---|
| Pilot | Configured to your feedstock and trial plan | Product development, parameter validation |
| Semi-Commercial | Configured between pilot and commercial scale | Scale-up trials, contract manufacturing |
| Commercial | Configured to raw-material supply and confirmed buyer volume | Commercial production |
Capacity is configured to raw-material supply, confirmed buyer volume and investment timeline; a pilot plant is recommended to validate parameters before scaling.
Manufacturing Process
Raw Material Preparation
Buddha Wood (Heart Wood) raw material is authenticated, tested for moisture, and milled to a uniform particle size to maximise solvent contact before extraction.
Extraction
Milled Buddha Wood (Heart Wood) is extracted with food-grade solvent (alcohol / aqueous) in closed jacketed SS 316L extractors under controlled temperature and multiple cycles to maximise recovery of the target actives.
Filtration
The extract (miscella) is clarified through a plate-and-frame filter press followed by cartridge polish filters.
Concentration & Solvent Recovery
The miscella is concentrated in a falling-film / vacuum evaporator, with solvent recovered through the condenser return system.
Standardisation
The concentrate is assayed and adjusted to the declared target specification before the final high-vacuum distillation.
Finishing & Quality Control
The standardised Buddha Wood (Heart Wood) extract is finished to the required product form (any drying or distillation step is defined during process development), then released after assay, residual-solvent, heavy-metal, microbial and moisture testing.
Major Plant Equipment
- Raw material cleaning and size-reduction system
- Closed jacketed SS 316L extraction vessels
- Solvent storage tanks
- Plate-and-frame filter press
- Cartridge polish filtration
- Falling-film / vacuum evaporator
- Solvent recovery unit and condensers
- Standardisation / blending vessel
- Finishing equipment configured to the required product form
- CIP system
- Automation and instrumentation
Plant Output
From Plant to Product
Buddha Wood Extract
This botanical is also in the product range of Sureka Life Sciences, our sister concern in botanical ingredients.
Applications
- Perfumery
- Aromatherapy
- Incense and meditation use
- Skin-care products
- Insect-repellent and natural insecticide formulations
- Medicinal applications
Key Features
SS 316L Construction
Electropolished SS 316L product-contact surfaces with CIP operation between batches.
Closed-Loop Solvent Recovery
Integrated condenser-return recovery reuses solvent between batches and reduces solvent loss.
Standardised to Specification
In-process and batch-release assay are used to check the finished extract against its declared target specification.
Finishing to Product Form
The finishing step is configured to the required product form during process development.
Scalable Batch Capacity
Plants are configured to requirement from pilot scale upward, with modular expansion.
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