Sulphating Slicing (long cut Dewatering Drying onditioning reening Inspection (2)Varieties Tendergreen, Processor, Bush Blue Lake (3)Product Handling The bean pods are either harvested by hand or, in the case of large acreages, by mobile bean harvesters. They are fed to the line in a bulk feeder from where the po delivered into a pneumatic separator to remove extraneous matter They are then transferred to a reel washer which, in the case of machine harvested beans, feeds in to cluster cutters, to 'single any beans not separated from their stalks in the harvester. This machine is not necessary for hand harvested beans After inspection on a conveyor belt, the beans are conveyed on a vibratory trough belt and ploughed off into a battery of shippers. The numberof snipers willdepend on throughput, as each machine will handle about 1000kg per hour. At the exit end of each snipper an unshipped bear removal reel takes care of any beans not topped and tailed and returns them to the snippets Snipped beans are then visually inspected on a conveyor belt and delivered into the blancher. This can be either a hot water or steam type, depending on what other products are to be catered for. For example, if cabbage or leaf vegetables are included in the product mix, it would be d visable to opt for steam blanching as this is more suitable for brassicas. Sulphiting is effected by pumping from sulphite make-up pans into the blanching water, in the case of hot water blanching. If steam blanching isI Sulphiting I Slicing (long cut) I Dewatering I Drying I Conditioning I Screening I Inspection I Packing (2) Varieties (3) Product Handling The bean pods are either harvested by hand or, in the case of large acreages, by mobile bean harvesters. They are fed to the line in a bulk feeder from where the pods are delivered into a pneumatic separator to remove extraneous matter. They are then transferred to a reel washer which, in the case of machine harvested beans, feeds in to cluster cutters, to 'single' any beans not separated from their stalks in the harvester. This machine is not necessary for hand harvested beans. After inspection on a conveyor belt, the beans are conveyed on a vibratory trough belt and ploughed off into a battery of snippers. The number of snippers willdepend on throughput,as each machine will handle about lOOOkg per hour. At the exit end of each snipper an unsnipped bean removal reel takes care of any beans not topped and tailed and returns them to the snippers. Snipped beans are then visually inspected on a conveyor belt and delivered into the blancher. This can be either a hot water or steam type, depending on what other products are to be catered for. For example, if cabbage or leaf vegetables are included in the product mix, it would be advisable to opt for steam blanching as this is more suitable for brassicas. Sulphiting is effected by pumping from sulphite make-up pans into the blanching water, in the case of hot water blanching. If steam blanching is Tendergreen, Processor, Bush Blue Lake I23