The prepared material is feeded into an inlet hopper at the top of the extractor . In the baskets ,the material is extacted, rinsed, and drained and then unloads. The material moves in a path counter current to the flow of solvent.The oilrich miscella is filtered before being pumped further to the distillation system.
With the compact construction, the extractor is easy to operate,maintain. The rotator is divided into many baskets with individual bottom, or a vee-bar screen can be used.