Processing hazelnuts into a kernel increases the profit of the orchard because the kernel has a significantly higher cost. Hazelnut processing production usually begins to plan with the first stable harvests.
A set of equipment for processing hazelnuts is selected based on their volume.
The basic set for processing hazelnuts in industrial volumes consists of a nut-in-shell calibrator, an industrial hazelnut nutcracker, a vibrating sieve, and an aspiration for sorting the cracked hazelnuts.
The rotary (drum) type calibrator qualitatively sorts in-shell hazelnuts by size. This allows you to adjust the nutcracker to the size of the hazelnut and increase the yield of a whole hazelnut kernel.
For the processing of hazelnuts on an industrial scale, a drum-type nutcracker is used. Thanks to its cracking principle, the nutcracker is able to process up to 200-300 kg of hazelnuts per hour and allows you to get a high percentage of the whole kernel – up to 90%.
Cracked hazelnuts are sorted in aspiration and vibrating screens. In these machines, the kernel is separated from the shell and the kernel is sorted into fractions – into a whole kernel and a broken one.
As a result of the operation of the baseline, about 200 kg of hazelnuts can be processed per hour. To automate the work, the line is equipped with lifting conveyors and inspection belt tables.