Introduction
For extraction directors, unsellable batches like shatter or crumble tie up valuable inventory and hinder cash flow. Traditional reprocessing methods are often inefficient, leaving operators with product they can’t move. But what if those batches could be transformed into high-purity THCa isolate, generating revenue instead of waste?
The Problem: Stagnant Inventory and Inefficient Reprocessing
Many extraction facilities struggle with inconsistencies in concentrate production. Whether due to low-quality biomass, process variability,botched extractionssome batches fail to meet market standards. Without an effective way to reclaim value, these products sit in vaults and storage rooms,tying up cash in stale inventory.
Additionally, failed batches often contain impurities that make reprocessing difficult. Inconsistent crystallization, excess waxes, or solvent contamination can make it challenging to refine the extract back into a usable form.
The Solution: Controlled Crystallization for THCa Isolation
Evolved Extraction’s Genome Crystallizer enables operators to efficiently convert underperforming batches into high-purity THCa isolate. By precisely controlling solvent evaporation, temperature, and pressure, the reactor achieves crystalline THCa powder with exceptional purity.
The process leverages three critical factors for successful crystallization:
- Capable of dewaxing before crystalizing
- Capable of performing multiple crystallizations and washing cycles to upgrade low concentration crude to >99% purity after two or more crystallization and washing cycles
- Solvent Heating and Evaporation – Heating the solvent enables resolving the concentrate for reprocessing. Evaporation and reclamation capabilities enables controlled reduction of solvent volume and increases THCa concentration in solution, driving crystallization.
- Temperature Modulation – Gradual cooling ensures large, well-formed THCa crystals rather than fine powder.
Advanced Techniques to Improve Reprocessing
- Increasing THCa concentration: If a batch is struggling to crystallize due to low THCa concentration, adding pure THCa isolate from a previous batch can help increase the ratio and cause a complete crystallization that produces much more isolate than was added in.
- Propane Injection: In cases where crude is resisting crystallization, injecting propane can assist by lowering solubility and forcing THCa to precipitate.
- Multi-Step Crystallization: Performing repeated cycles of dissolution and re-crystallization can help improve purity and remove undesirable compounds.
Benefits of THCa Isolation
- Maximize Recovery: Salvage unsellable concentrates by purifying them into a more valuable product.
- Increase Profitability: High-purity THCa isolate commands a premium in the market.
- Consistent Quality: Advanced washing techniques ensure white, high-purity THCa isolate rather than yellow, impure material.
By using controlled crystallization, extraction facilities can convert waste into profitability, improving ROI and reducing losses.
Now that you know how to recover unsellable batches into high-purity THCa, the next step is implementing the right system.