In this article, the authors studied the methods of splitting apricot, plum and peach pits (hereinafter fruits), with the aim of obtaining a whole kernel for its further processing. The main parameters of fruit pits, such as length, width, thickness of the shell wall, width of the shell joint and mass of fruit pits, were analyzed, the efforts required for splitting were revealed. The influence of force on the splitting of fruit pits was studied using the plant developed by the authors. The fruit pits were split from the side of the pit joint and from the
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