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About
ILKO & ELLE SCHEEPENS
As the driving force behind the Crackadamia® brand this husband and wife team head up the manufacturing and administration of the entire workshop and sales team. With over 30 years’ experience between them in the Nut Processing industry in New Zealand, Australia and around the world.
The machine manufacturing had its beginnings in the 1980’s on a small orchard of only 160 trees. With the need to process the nuts once the first harvest was underway, only to find there was nothing available to dehusk or crack the nuts. This led to the design and building of the first prototype machine for use in our own orchard.
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Please don’t hesitate to contact us if you have other requirements such as, conveyors, hammer blowers for husks, feed augers, custom fabrication and any other nut types you need to be processed and we will happily give it a go.
Nut Husking & Cracking Solutions
We manufacture a range of machinery and tools to suit every grower, from one nut at a time for home use right up to tonnes per hour for the commercial grower. With both de-huskers and crackers for commercial growers, as well as a combination machine that performs both functions for the lifestyle orchardist.
Macadamia nuts
Our range of machines were originally designed for Macadamia. We are able to de-husk and crack on both a lifestyle and commercial quantity and scale.
Sandalwood nuts (Quondong)
Our machines are able to crack these nuts with ease, up to 120 kg per hour (NIS) Nuts in shell.
Hard shell & Medium shell Almonds
Our machines are able to process ‘Monovale’ and ‘All in one’ varieties with only a few alterations…
Hazel Nuts
We have trialled , Cam Panica, Butler, Barcellona, White Heart, Mervelle Boweiler, and Tonda de Roma
Peach Stone
We have modified several machines to process these wet for growers wanting to produce root stock for grafting purposes.
Pine Nuts
With some alterations we are able to crack these with around a 50% whole kernel rate.
