Essay On Almond Processing

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Abstract: The problem that plague Indian agriculture at present are the capital and labour , especially in the rural areas. Problems related to irrigation, market and transport facility add significant cost to farmers' operations. Since long time, Indian farmers have been facing a number of socioeconomic problems, such as harassment by moneylenders, inability to repay debts following crop loss, inability to get medical treatment for the family, etc. The problem is compounded by lack of positive and cooperative support from banks especially in the face of inclement weather and market fluctuations. There is no commercially available machines for De-husking manually operated have yet been developed that can reliably remove husk and selling …show more content…

ALMOND PROCESSING OPERATIONS- Delivery. Trucks pick up harvested raw almonds from an orchard and deliver them to an almond processing plant. At the processing plant, the trucks are weighed and the almonds are unloaded either directly to a pre-cleaning facility, or to a stockpile area Pre-Cleaning. During pre-cleaning, raw almonds are transferred through a series of equipment that mechanically removes dirt, rocks, vegetation, and other debris. To remove fine particles, the raw almonds may pass through the equipment several times. Hulling and Shelling. The hulling and shelling process involves a friction, air-suction, and gravity-based system that mechanically removes the hull and shell from the almond meat through a series of shear rolls and collector decks. The hulls, shells, and almond kernels are separated, and each product type is conveyed to a separate storage bin. An aspirator collects and transfers the shells to the auger lines, which mechanically convey the shells to a storage pile. Cleaning/Screening. The partially hulled and shelled almonds are moved to another aspirator and a gravity-table deck that vibrates to allow the kernel to separate from the hull, if the hull was not removed during the previous stage. This series of equipment also provides for quality control by separating out defective products. Non-defective almonds are advanced to

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