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1.
CLASSIFYER:
Selects
the raw nuts by size through a rotary sieve selector, perforated
according to the specified standard sizes.
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2.
STEAM GENERATOR:
Distributes
water steam, aiming: The stewing of the nuts in the autoclave. Oven
drying of the nuts. humidification
of
the nuts in the Humidifying
chamber.
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3.
AUTOCLAVE / STEWING:
Its
function is to stew the raw nuts, aiming its growth in relation
to the kernel, what allows an efficient shelling and the following
advantages: The nut shell gets harder, allowing it to be cut without
hurting the kernel. The CNSL leak is minimum. The kernels keep their
skin completely adhered, which protects them against any contamination
with the shell liquid. The halves remain adhered to one another,
ensuring a high rate of whole kernels.
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4.
MANUAL DEVICE:
Its
objective is to shell (open) the nut. Two workers do the operation:
one cuts the nut and the other separates the kernel from the shell.
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5.
OVEN-DRYING:
Reduces
the kernel moistures content so that any remaining skin becomes
dry and breakable.
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6.
HUMIDIFYING CHAMBER:
After
the drying process the kernels are humidified to make it easier
the loosening of any still remaining skin.
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7.
PEELING:
It
has the objective of peeling the kernels by a rotary cylinder that
makers, them rub moderately against one another.
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8.
SELECTION AND CLASSIFICATION
The
kernel should be taken to a table to be manually classified by their
hardness. The ones considered hard, as they keep of the skin, should
be manually peeled. It is also taken into account the size, the
color and the integrity of the kernels. |
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9.
FRYING:
Heated
by LPG, the fryer has the objective of frying the kernels with vegetal
oil or hydrogenated vegetal fat.
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10.
CENTRIFUGUE:
Motorized
system, with a rotary basket inside, whose function is to eliminate
the excess of oil from the kernel after frying.
The salting process is accomplished while the kernels are still
hot, refined salt of good quality, dry and without impurities,
in the amount of 1% - 2% in relation to the weight of the kernel.
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