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Show Machine Finds DifferenceBetivcen TuoPeas That old saw "as alike as two peas" doesn't mean a thing to the Food Machinery corporation's quality grader which takes two grades of peas from any given quantity and separates them by specific gravity, the fancy going through one outlet (A), and the too mature through another, (B). In illustration above (C) shows tender peas floating on top of brine; (D) the too mature peas sinking. Peas enter the machine through a feed hopper on top which discharges dis-charges below the surface of the brine. The circulating brine enters the separating tank through the bottom, and at a tangent, so as to cause the entire tankful of brine to whirl. As peas are admitted to the brine, the fancy, lighter ones quickly float to the surface and are carried around to the discharge point by the circular motion of the brine. The firm or hard peas sink, are caught by the whirling brine and discharged dis-charged through an outlet in the bottom of the tank. |