Blog · Technical guides
Resources for growers and agro-processors:how to mechanize your plant, size lines and choose equipment that fits your volume and market.
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October 8, 2026
Glossary of Industrial Dried Fruit, Nut and Vegetable Processing
What the processes and machines in Albion's lines mean: destemming, dehulling, cracking, sizing and screens, with the Spanish term for each.
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October 8, 2026
How to Choose Your Almond Cracking Line: ALP 300 or ALP 700
A guide to choosing your almond cracking line: process stages, ALP 300 and ALP 700 capacities, and how to size the line to your annual volume.
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October 8, 2026
How to Choose a Carrot Processing Line: Washing, Sizing and Packing
A guide to choosing your carrot line: process stages, the ZC 8000 and the ZCR, how to size it, and what Simon, C-Pack and Newtec add.
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October 8, 2026
How to Choose a Dried Tomato Processing Line: Case or Tray Filling
How to choose a dried tomato line: process stages, TO C 2800 or TO B 2800, case or tray filling for your drying setup, and how to size it.
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October 8, 2026
How to Choose a Garlic Sizing Line: A Technical Guide for Producers
How to choose a garlic sizing line: cleaning, sizing, Albion's three configurations from 2,000 to 4,000 kg/h and how to size by annual volume.
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October 8, 2026
How to Choose a Hazelnut Processing Line: A Technical Guide
A guide to choosing a hazelnut reception and processing line: process stages, the 8,000–10,000 kg/h AV 10000 and how to size it.
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October 8, 2026
How to Choose an Onion Brushing and Sizing Line: A Technical Guide
A guide for onion packers: brushing, inspection and sizing with Albion's 3,000 kg/h LCC 6000 6T line, plus net packaging with C-Pack.
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October 8, 2026
How to Choose a Potato Processing Line: A Technical Guide for Packers
A guide for packers mechanizing fresh potato handling: PC 4000 line stages, capacity, sizing, and weighing and packing with Newtec and C-Pack.
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October 8, 2026
How to Choose a Prune Processing Line: A Technical Guide
Sizing or pitting? Albion's 17 prune lines, their capacities, what each family includes and how to size your line by annual volume.
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October 8, 2026
How to Choose a Walnut Processing Line: A Technical Guide for Producers
How to choose a walnut processing line: dehulling, sizing, cracking and kernel sorting, the 11 Albion models and how to size by annual volume.
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October 8, 2026
How to Request a Quote for a Processing Line: What Information to Prepare
Which form to use to quote a line, a single machine or a represented brand, what information to prepare and what happens after you send it.
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October 8, 2026
How to Size a Processing Line to Match Your Annual Volume
How to work out the capacity your line needs: the basic formula, annual tonnage for every Albion line, worked examples and what we need to quote.
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October 8, 2026
Individual Equipment or a Complete Line? How to Decide What to Buy
Complete line or standalone equipment? Albion's individual equipment by function, when each path makes sense and how to order spare parts.
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October 8, 2026
Optical Sorting for Raisins, Prunes and Walnuts: When to Add It to Your Line
What Visys and Taiho optical sorters detect in raisins, prunes and walnuts, where they fit in each Albion line and when to add one.
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October 8, 2026
Size Grading for Dried Fruit, Nuts and Vegetables: How Each Line Does It
Which Albion lines size-grade raisins, prunes, walnuts, almonds, garlic, onions, potatoes and carrots: sizes, sizers and line stages.
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May 4, 2026
How to Set Up an Industrial Raisin Processing Line: A Producer's Technical Guide
A practical guide for producers mechanizing raisin processing: stages, capacities, the seven Albion models and how to size your line by annual volume.