Marijuana Business Magazine May-June 2020

May-June 2020 | mjbizdaily.com 107 Bart Schaneman covers extraction for Marijuana Business Magazine. You can reach him at barts@mjbizdaily.com . used. But no matter the method, every company wants to work as effectively as possible. Sebastian Pollack, a Medford, Massachusetts-based product engineer for multistate cannabis company MariMed, uses a warm ethanol wash with a long soak to make Rick Simpson Oil, which is a full-spectrum cannabis oil. “For that, we really try to suck everything out of that product to get the maximum total yield,” Pollack said. He’s trying to create an oil that contains terpenes, lipids, fats and cannabinoids to provide the whole- plant experience for the consumer. MariMed achieves consistency with that product by always using the same strain: Oro Blanco, an indica that medical marijuana patients prefer for the terpenes and cannabinoids it contains. Like Torf and Tanem, Pollack is a proponent of paying careful attention to the plant source material. “Fire in, fire out,” he said. The company has a strict set of standard operating procedures to ensure the product is flowing through the facility at the correct rate and yielding the proper amount. If the company is not getting the flower through or a machine breaks, “That’s going to be a kink in the hose,” Torf added. To prevent slowdowns, each employee in the lab cross-trains on the various stages of the process. That way, if someone is out, another employee can step in and keep the product moving. Pollack prefers working with mature flower that’s been dried for about four days. The drier the flower, the better the yield, he said, because water con- tent dilutes the final product. “We want to make sure our processes are working efficiently,” Pollack said. Sebastian Pollack Courtesy Photo Biomass Drying System Solvent Recovery System Remove Solvent from CBD Typical Recovery of Solvent is 37%-52% by Weight Production from 30 - 280+ GPH Solvent Removed to Less Than 0.4% From Spent Biomass Stainless Steel Wetted Parts Eliminate Hazardous Waste Stream UL PLC controls Low Maintenance- Constructed for Maximum Duty Cycles Explosion Proof - Class 1 Div 1 UL PLC Controls Easy Maintenance Design Explosion Proof-Class 1 Div 1 Small Footprint Create Useable Biomass ROI Typically < 1 Year Screw Conveyor Feed and Discharge Available Food Grade Options Available Production from 94 - 489+ Gallons www.cbmills.com Sales@cbmills.com 800 -522- 7343