Method of conditioning oil seeds and similar materials.

摘要

A method of conditioning oil seeds is provided for removal and separation of the hull from the meat of such seeds and further processing of the meat, including the steps of passing the raw oil seed through a treatment plenum (18, 26) ; causing a gas, which may be heated, to flow in said treatment plenum, the direction of flow of which gas may be opposite that of the seeds being treated ; and controlling the rate at which the seeds pass through said treatment plenum so as to control the duration of time of exposure of the seeds to the gas flow. Additional steps may include notably contacting the seeds with staves (24) arranged within the plenum, reducing the size of the seeds and passing the seeds through a second treatment plenum (48, 26).