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“The Carolina African peanut is so tiny that when it runs through a shelling machine, only about 70% will make it into a pile of good seed, then the sheller has
by RetroTechie 3y ago
“The Carolina African peanut is so tiny that when it runs through a shelling machine, only about 70% will make it into a pile of good seed, then the sheller has to throw the rest out,” Ward said.
(in this case the remainder isn't thrown out, but hand shelled).
Obviously that shelling machine is designed to process bigger peanuts. Would it be difficult to re-design it (or make adaptable) to handle smaller ones?
That would seem inevitable if this peanut becomes more popular. Hand shelling 30% of a peanut harvest, in 2024? Come on...
- tudorw 3y agoIn the UK I quite often see peanuts sold in shells, I am sure there would be a market for these in our artisanal markets, people crave novelty!
- msrenee 3y agoWe get them in shells in the US as well. I'd definitely be interested in buying these still in the shell.
- joshspankit 3y ago> Would it be difficult to re-design it The knee-jerk reaction is to say “no, just make all the parts smaller.”, but at some point the peanut and the shell are the same weight and fragments of shell are the same dimensions as a single peanut. Throw in variation on both sides and it becomes a difficult problem most likely requiring a good optical recognition system.
- mkoubaa 3y agoIf there's a buyer for the tech, someone will invent it