LIVE RESIN AT COMMERCIAL SCALE
Commercial live resin requires four things: fresh-frozen material kept at -80 C, a hydrocarbon system held at -60 to -70 C, a propane-forward solvent blend, and a C1D1 room. Our systems ship running on liquid CO2; a chiller can be specified at purchase or retrofitted later. Live resin is only taught from day three of operator training on.
THE PROCESS
The whole point is temperature: cold enough, end to end, that the terpenes which boil off in a cured-material run never get the chance.
WHAT THE EQUIPMENT MUST DO
PICK YOUR BLEND
Never exceed the system's MAWP by shifting the blend. Propane raises vapor pressure sharply with temperature. If you want to run a heavier propane fraction, call the shop first and we will confirm the rating.
ONE MACHINE, EVERY OUTPUT
Stable, glassy, cured on a lower-terpene fraction.
Whipped, terpene forward, the common live resin presentation.
Slow crystallization in a sauce, highest terpene retention.
Feedstock for distillate, where terpene loss does not matter.
WHICH SYSTEM FITS
ASME certified, runs live resin as built. The usual first system for an operator moving into fresh-frozen.
Two columns, so one loads while the other runs. This is the machine for a facility running fresh-frozen every day.
Fresh-frozen throughput runs about 50 percent of the dry rating, because water weight takes up column space. The ratings above are already corrected.
HYDROCARBON VS CO2, THE HONEST VERSION
If terpene-forward concentrate is the product, hydrocarbon wins on the axes below. If it is not, CO2 may be the right machine, and we will say so.
Where CO2 is the better buy: if you cannot build or permit a C1D1 room, if flammable-solvent risk is a non-starter for your insurer, or if your product is distillate feedstock where terpene loss does not matter. CO2 is the more sensible machine in those cases, and it is not one we build. We would rather tell you that than sell you the wrong system.
Comparison reflects typical commercial hydrocarbon and supercritical CO2 practice. Exact figures vary by material, operator and configuration. Directional, not a benchmarked study.
QUESTIONS WE GET
Can I convert my existing system to run live resin?
Yes. Our systems ship running on liquid CO2. A chiller can be specified at purchase or retrofitted later. Most buyers start on CO2 because the chiller is a significant cost on top of the system.
So what actually makes it live resin?
The material, not the machine. The plant has to be frozen at the time of harvest. The equipment's job is holding minus 60 to minus 70 C through the run.
Do I need a different column?
No. The same column runs cured and fresh-frozen material. Throughput drops by about half on fresh-frozen because of water weight.
Is live resin training separate?
No, it is part of operator training and it runs on your material. It is only taught from day three on, so wanting live resin puts your minimum at three days. Training is billed separately from the system at $3,500 per day.
Live resin is taught from day three of operator training on: fresh-frozen handling, cold-column loading, blend selection and the purge schedule, run on your material. Training is three days minimum and five days recommended, and it is quoted separately from the system.
TRAINING PAGE →Live resin trades throughput for price per gram. Fresh-frozen material takes up column space, so a run yields roughly half what the dry rating suggests, and the product sells for considerably more.
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