METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TREATING SHELL-FRUITS, IN PARTICULAR FOR PRODUCING SHELL-FRUITS WITH IMPROVED SHELLING PROPERTIES

摘要

The invention relates to a method for treating nuts (3), in particular for producing nuts (3) with improved shelling properties in comparison to untreated nuts (3). The invention also relates to a device (1) for treating nuts (3), in particular for producing nuts (3) with improved shelling properties in comparison to untreated nuts (3), comprising a hermetically sealable treatment chamber (2) for conditioning the nuts (3). In order to provide a method and a device for treating nuts, which does not damage the contents of the kernal and simultaneously permits the improved shelling of the nuts and the broken-open shell to be better separated from the kernel, the method according to the invention comprises a weakening of the shell of the nuts (3) by applying an electrical field, and the device according to the invention comprises at least one capacitor (4) for generating an electrical field in the treatment chamber (2).