2006-06-22 10:40:44 · 11 answers · asked by Steve f 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Engineering
Do you mean nuts or shells? Obviouisly they have to get through the shells to get out the nuts. They crack shells with machine that limits pressure on nuts.
2006-06-22 10:45:23 · answer #1 · answered by halallan 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
they use machines specially created to crack the nuts, then a shaker sorts out the crushed nuts, sold as "crush nuts", and then gather the whole nuts and pack them as "whole nuts".
If I was hyped up on 10 cases of mountain dew, It might look a little like this:
rabid dogs are trained to eat them all then they burn their poop. the nuts do not burn or get digested by the "insides" so then they get cleaned off and then given to monkeys to see how much rabies actually got through. If too many monkeys die, then they just sell them for 10 cents less. Phh, duh.
or maybe even like this,
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2006-06-22 11:21:49 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They have a contract with NASA to fly them into space on the shuttle. Once in space, the nuts are exposed to the vacuum of space which results in explosive decompression of the nut shells, releasing the nuts. The cashews and pecans have a tendency to rebound from the internal shock wave and fly off into space, while peanuts are less reactive and tend to stay in close proximity so they are more easily gathered by the astronauts. This explains why cans of mixed nuts always are mostly peanuts with a few cashews and pecans.
Next up: Powdered toast and NASA's solar missions.
Source: 1000mg of thorazine and the Ren and Stimpy show that plays 24/7 in my head. Hoo-hoo.
2006-06-22 11:03:08 · answer #3 · answered by Bender 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They don't! A machine is used that extracts the nut from the shell and does the cracking for them! Since the machine is very precise, very few nuts are broken or smashed. If it is very important to you, why don't you write a letter to a major nut retailer, such as Planters or Diamond and ask them if they know? They will be more than happy to answer your question especially if it is a project for school. Have fun!
2016-03-27 01:21:24 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Scientific American ran a whole article on this back about 6 months ago. There are a lot of different machines for each different kind of nut. Look it up. If you're really interested, you'll like the article.
2006-06-22 10:49:27 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They break plenty. They shell them all, then later they sort out the unbroken ones and sell them as "whole" nuts for more money, and all the broken ones are sold as "crushed" nuts for less money.
2006-06-22 10:44:27 · answer #6 · answered by Besmirched Tea 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They hire women, who are, in general, very good at squeezing and cracking nuts without actually breaking them.
2006-06-22 10:43:11 · answer #7 · answered by Jack 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They use animal labour the filthy swines.
Millions of monkeys kept in rows.
Cracking nuts all day for the wealthy, champagne swilling gentry.
2006-06-22 10:45:52 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They hire good engineers, because all those people are nuts.
2006-06-22 10:47:39 · answer #9 · answered by laughsall 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well actually a lot of them do get cracked, and they just save the ones that do and use them in the baking stuff you know? that's all like cracked already, and the ones that don't get cracked just get packaged and shipped.
2006-06-22 10:45:12 · answer #10 · answered by zaorox99 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋