Case History 10

MACADAMIA NUT GROWER

Queensland, Australia

Casing Diameter: 4 inches
Elevation: 21 feet
Rate per hour: 2 tons
Material: Nuts, Shells

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

A macadamia nut grower was seeking to automate their nut processing operation. Macadamia nuts are first dried, then sorted, cracked and packed for sale.

An OLDS ELEVATOR™ vertical conveyor was designed and installed to elevate whole nuts to fill a drying silo. Its discharge can be switched to transfer the dried nuts instead to a storage silo prior to cracking and packaging.

The same OLDS ELEVATOR™ unit is also used to elevate the shells after cracking. The shells are used as fuel by area industry.

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