Almond Hulling&Shelling and Processing

The almonds are collected from the field or buy the raw almond ,there are two basic types of almond processing facilities: those that produce hulled, inshell almonds as a final product (known as almond shelling machine), and those that produce hulled, shelled, almond meats as a final product (known as almond peeling machine).

Almond shelling machine is a complete line ,its function is to remove the hull and shell of the almond from the nut or meat. which include 4 steps: inshell grading process, shelling process, kernel Grading process and shell removing process.

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The first step is to grade the almond into 4 grades. In this process, the almonds after grading, the big and small size almonds will automatically separated from different discharging mouth. At the same time removes the twigs, rocks, and most of the foreign material. after grading the inshell almond can be roast. This roasting almond machine is ideal equipment for roasting inshell almonds. it composed of transmission device, electric control panel, electric heating tube, roller box, and rotary drum, ideal roasting equipment for commercial household use. and the highlight of this roast machine is even heating , high efficiency and the roasted almond has good flavor and appearance.

The second step is shelling, strips away the outer hull that encases the shell. The almond shelling machine removes the almond shell as inshell almonds pass between two rollers that crack and slip the shell apart from the nut,and adjusting the clearance between processing compression roller can realize to process three different types of almonds at the same time. Both of these brute-force operations must be performed with the utmost care and respect for the fragile and valuable almond kernel inside. Scratching, breaking, or scarring the almond is never acceptable.

The third steps the almond meats are conveyed to kernel grading machine which can sieve these kernels fast and easily ,after the kernels grading, which sort lights, middlings, goods, heavies. and they will be automatically separated from different discharging mouth. Lights, middlings, and heavies, which still contain hulls and shells, are returned to the second step shelling. Goods are conveyed to almond peeling machine peeling the almonds skins.

The fourth shell removing and separating of the shell and kernel. This wet type almond peeling machine is mainly used to peeling the soaked almonds, it adopts high standard pure soft rubber wheel which can move the skin of almonds off easily and gently like human hand, so it features high peeled rate, high complete-kernel rate and non-pollution, Which vibration discharging is adopted with auto separation of peanut skin and kernel,you can directly obtain the almond without skin .

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At last the unshelled almond kernel will be sent back for fourth shelling. simultaneously the hulled or shelled almond meats are shipped to large production facilities where the almonds may undergo further processing into various end products. During almonds are shelled treatment,while  the hulls and shells have become byproducts ,and the excess casings (the hull and shell) are used in the livestock industry for both feed ingredient and bedding material.

The immediacy of the hulling and shelling operation is understood when one considers that all other operations in the almond crop cycle are year-round process, while the huller/sheller must complete its work in just 3-months. Once done, the kernels can then be sized, graded, and packaged in Processing, in fulfillment of customer orders.