The almonds arrive from the field and are tipped into a receival pit.
The almonds are elevated up from the pit, go through a desticker/detwigger and then go through the pre huller. They are then stored in silos until they are scheduled to enter the main plant.
From the storage silos the almonds are transported by auger to the hulling section. The hull is removed by passing through beaters in a hulling cylinder.The loose hull is then removed by aspirator and air-leg suction. The almonds are then binned off in an "In Shell" state, or they progress to the shear rolls.
The shelling section extracts the kernel from the shell. Inshell almonds pass under rubber coated shear rolls. Inshell almonds progress through the shear rolls until the kernel is extracted. Air extraction and gravity tables remove any foreign material from the kernel.
The processing plant is fully automated and controlled through computer through PLC's.
Finally the kernel travels the spiral down into storage bins.