How to Automate Live Resin Filling

Live resin concentrate is a fresh extract that captures the flavors and aromas of the living plant from freshly harvested material that is frozen upon harvest; then harvested material is extracted with solvents (typically butane and sometimes DME) at cryogenic temperatures. In the cryogenic extraction process, live resin does not go through drying and curing phases to avoid any modifications to terpene flavor and aroma.  This process extracts bioflavonoids and other non-polar / semi-nonpolar compounds from the plant.

High Temperature

Live resin is a raw plant extract. Its properties are similar to the raw pressed juices that you can purchase by bottle in most grocery stores. Like raw pressed juice, live resin is highly temperature sensitive. Slightly elevated temperatures will “cook” the resin. Typical extracts are held at 70°C but for live resin, the max temperature is 45°-55°C, and it can only stay there for a few hours before it gets cooked.  To understand this process, you can look up sous vide cooking carts to get an understanding of material denaturing – most materials start to denature at 50°C.

Mixing Process

Mixing of distillate and live resin terpene layer to a vaporizer final formulation should be a gentle process. Any use ofshear homogenizers or ultrasonic mixers will initiate localized chemical reactions and denature terpenes.  Heat plates will also damage live resins due to the localized nature of heating.  The only safe method to mix live resin is in a water bath or lab warming oven that is temperature controlled to 50°C.

Oxygen / UV (Oxidizers)

Any oxidizer will impact the live resin flavor.  Preferably live resin is stored in air-tight containers in a fridge. This will prevent both oxygen, water, and light from degrading the terpenes and keep them tasting and smelling fresh for years. Exposure by leaving resin out in the open will cause oxidation and light terpenes will evaporate changing the verynature of the live resin and damaging the taste.

Xylem, the first safe solution for automated live resin filling.

Xylem cart filling systems are designed for low-temperature live resin filling running at 45°C. Precise temperature control algorithms ensure extract temperatures are evenly maintained, allowing for extended filling operation time while keeping terpenes under polymerization and degradation temperatures.

How can the Xylem dispense live resin safely?

The Xylem system utilized pneumatic ceramic pumps meaning that in addition to mechanical force, extracts are “moved” by pressure – this avoids heating extracts to higher temperatures to induce flow. The fluid system is bothsealed and pneumatically pressurized to both suppress terpene evaporation and also to protect the system from air oxidation.

• Compare and contrast. When compared to XYZ systems (Thompson Duke, VapeJet), the Xylem-2  is a fundamentally different design to dispense at low temperatures while all fluid contact surfaces are temperature controlled from the reservoir tank through the dispensing needle. There are no uncontrolled warming lamps or the need to overheat the reservoir tank to achieve consistent dosing flow.
• No Compromise Solution. The Xylem cartridge filling system automates the filling of the most difficult extract – live resin, in a single compact and easy-to-use automated instrument. This high-precision temperature-controlled dosing robot delivers accurate dosing of sensitive live resin compounds at low temperatures during both the loading and filling process, without causing secondary denaturing reactions or losing terpenes to a heated open-air environment.

For more information please contact us or request a demonstration of the Xylem system.