Filtration Solutions for Cannabis Extraction

With the cannabis oil market projected to quadruple in the U.S. and Canada, cannabis oil, the oil extracted from the cannabis plant is on a fast track for growth! Today the biggest challenge for manufacturers is to meet the ever-increasing consumer demand for a high-quality, compound-rich oil with a clear golden character that is free of chlorophyll. 

To produce cannabis oil, the compounds must first be extracted from the plant. There are several ways to extract the oil, however, the two most common methods are CO2 extraction and ethanol extraction. Following extraction is the challenging process of filtration to remove the undesirable wax that causes haze and the green color from the chlorophyll in the sativa plant. Current filtration methods pose consequences including product loss, reduced quality and consistency, and are not scalable for increasing product demand. 

In our webcast, “A Budding Industry”: How Filtration Solutions Can Help with Cannabis Extraction you’ll learn:

• Key market trends defining the cannabis oil market
  
• The challenges in the cannabis oil extraction process
• The weaknesses in current filtration methods
• How to optimize your extraction process and ensure product quality with clarification and color removal solutions

SPEAKERS

Alyssa Jank
Consulting Services Manager
Brightfield Group

Alyssa manages Brightfield’s custom solutions and consulting services for Cannabis and CBD clients ranging from market research to consumer insights to strategy. She has been working and tracking the cannabis market since 2016 after she joined a beer strategy division at Constellation Brands and was tasked with tracking the impact of legalization on beer sales.

Connor Hutcherson
Field Application Scientist
Pall Corporation

Connor, a member of Pall Corporation’s SLS (Scientific and Laboratory Services) organization, has been working with cannabis producers for three years. Leveraging a chemistry degree and a deep process knowledge of commercial food and beverage manufacturing, he has played an integral part in Pall’s entrance into the global cannabis market. As an SLS associate he consults with customers on how to best integrate Pall solutions into a specific process. Moreover, Connor has a passion for teaching customers how to assess and optimize current processes, focusing on minimizing operational expense and maximizing total filter life. If you have any specific questions, feel free to connect with him on LinkedIn.

Klaas Hesselink
Partner, Sales and Strategic Development 
Helderpad

Helderpad is a collection of hemp processing specialists committed to continuous Research, Development, and Diffusion of Hemp Processing Technology. Using Short path, thin rolled film distillation, and enhanced filtration techniques to further refine plant-based oils into clear and clean high potency oils.

Growing up in Holland, and as a long-time resident of the U.S., Klaas has always been aware of the different ways that the cultures treated cannabis. The rise in acceptance of medical marijuana in the early ‘00s identified a considerable gap to him. Cannabis became medically recommended by physicians, but their ability to properly prescribe effective doses assumed they had the information they needed. They did not. They were not able to predict the proper dosage or effect of what they were prescribing. In 2010 after a conversation with a physician, Klaas set out to close that gap. It was a solution born in his homeland. The proprietary analysis procedure they use today allows them to determine with remarkable accuracy both the effect of different strains and their potency. This enabled them to develop consistent, reliable and safe products for the first time.