All You Need To Know About Sesame Seed Hulling Production Line

Sesame seeds are among the oldest, most nutritional and extremely delicious seeds in the world.  They are obtained from the fruit of the sesame plant which is in the shape and form of a pod. India is one of the top growers and sesame seed manufacturers in the world and this is due to the favourable climatic conditions.  Natural sesame seeds have a thin shell or husk on top of them. While some varieties of sesame seeds are manufactured with the hull on and are hence known as unhulled sesame seeds, others are produced after removing the husk and are hence known as hulled sesame seeds. Let’s learn a little more about sesame seed hulling production line by reading the following.

Hulling

The process which is used to remove the husk from white sesame seeds or black sesame seeds is known as hulling.  This process is basically a precondition of enlarging application of sesame in the food field or industry.  There are special machinery or processing plants designed to carry on the process of hulling automatically.  The sesame hulling machinery has high peeling rate, high efficiency and low maintenance.

Features of a sesame seed hulling plant

Companies like HL Agro use latest technology and advanced sesame seed hulling plants in order to produce the best hulled sesame seeds. The following are some of the features of a good quality hulling machine.

• The plant has a compact structure, is easy to clean, has a special design and is easy to maintain as well.

• The peeling rate of hulling machines is about 99% which means that they fail at peeling just about a percent of the sesame seeds that go through them.

• All these machines are fully automatic and this means that no manual actions are required. They are energy saving and easy to operate as well.

• Hulling machines used by big companies like HL Agro have a low rate of repair and this is another characteristic.

• These machines are designed using computer assistant engineering and advanced technology.

Sesame hulling line technology flowchart

The following are the main steps followed in the hulling of sesame seeds:

• Preliminary cleaning and grinding-the first step that seeds go through is the preliminary cleaning and grinding which ensures that the raw product is totally cleaned.

• Hot lye treatment removal of skin as well as the pigments and thorough washing followed by drying.

• Soaking-the soaking helps to get the hull off completely and easily.