Whenever we talk about sustainability and safety for operators, most of the players involved limit themselves to communicating an idea… a concept. At ORION ENGINEERING we go much further, transforming concepts into concrete facts. In collaboration with our partners, we are developing a concrete series of sustainable concepts that involve not only the raw material transformation chain.
We are working to go further, to make this global economic sector a sustainable, safe and ethical business. Today we talk to you about the coconut supply chain, i.e. the fruit of the coconut palm, Cocos nucifera in Latin. It is used for its water, milk, oil and tasty pulp.
Coconut palms are not very picky about the nature of the soil, while humidity and aeration are essential. Coconut palms have therefore been cultivated in the tropical areas of our planet for over 4,500 years.
To extract coconut milk and cream, mature coconuts must first be dehusked and deshelled. The layer of brown skin is also pared off to get a layer of white kernel, as the skin can impart a brown colour and slightly bitter taste to extracted coconut milk.
The kernel is then washed, drained and grated by machine into kernel flakes. Thereafter, it is mechanically pressed to extract the coconut milk.
Byproducts of processing coconut fruit include coconut water used as a carbohydrate beverage or fermentable substance; the husk, as a source of fibres, charcoal and chemicals; and the shell, usable primarily as a source of carbon. Coconut-shell-activated carbon is discussed in detail.
This effective adsorbent has increasing applications in industrial and environmental processes. The most dangerous transformation phase for the operators who are involved in the extraction and separation of its innumerable products and by-products concerns the shelling of the fruit.
Currently, in developing areas, equipment with little or no safety for operators is used.
Our daily commitment to the R&D of new systems has led us to adopt a system that combines performance and safety, making this production phase no longer risky for the operators.
Furthermore, thanks to the methodology used, we can guarantee high quality standards regarding the organoleptic properties of all the compounds present in the coconut.
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