Processing of Pine Nuts
1. Peeling pine kernels
The configurations of the pine cone peeling lines are in function of the capacity and the required pretension.
These include the receiving hopper, the agitating drum, the mill, the pneumatic separators and the belts.
2. Peeling Pine Nuts
The pinion processing lines are composed of the main sections:
- Wetting and selection of the pinion
- Peeling, separation and selection by size of small pinion
- Peeling, separation and selection by size of large pinion
- Drying of pine kernels
- White pinion cleaning
- Optical selection of white pinion
- Packing of pine kernels