This June we started installing a new washing line for walnuts from AMB Rousset in France. As it had to fit into a specific part of the old barns and link to the existing drier set-up a bit of creative thinking was needed to come up with a layout that worked, we still had to move the drier though which was fun.
The new set-up can handle 2 Tonnes per hour although we’re unlikely to need to do it that fast. Due to our harvesting methods at the moment we end up with a lot of husk both on and with the harvested nuts so we have to wash a bit more slowly, the new washer dehusks and washes and we also have a stick separator in the line to remove the larger rubbish.
As we progress to self-propelled harvesting system we’ll get more sticks and much less loose husk which will speed things up, the cleanest batch we did this year went through at easily a tonne per hour.
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