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to remove the skin of

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remove the outer layer of

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strip

remove the cortex of (an organ)

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She said with the support of the county government the group has acquired two sisal decorticators and twiners.

Makueni women reap big from sisal farming

SImmetry Decorticator is a surgical instrument that enables surgeons to prepare the sacroiliac (SI) joint for fusion by creating bleeding bone and space for autologous bone graft.

Zyga awarded new patent allowances for SImmetry Sacroiliac Joint Fusion System in the US

Fibers were extracted from pineapple leaves using a decorticator machine consisting of two rolling cylinders used for stripping the skin of the leaves in order to obtain the fibers.

Compuestos de fibra de hoja de pina fabricados mediante moldeo por compresion por capas

With one decorticator and two twine machines, a farmer can grind and spin 120kg of sisal into twine in eight hours.

Alex Odundo's sisal twine manufacturing machines

A sample weight of 10 g was placed in the decorticator with the exterior of the seed being removed and weighed at 1, 2, and 4 min for sorghum grain samples and 1, 2, 4, and 10 min for maize samples (Almeida-Dominguez et al., 1997).

Variation in nutritional value of sorghum hybrids with contrasting seed weight characteristics and comparisons with maize in broiler chicks

Schlichten was awarded a patent for a fiber-processing machine called a decorticator. This machine looked promising, but for unknown reasons never went into production.

Strategic fibers: the forgotten history of hemp cultivation in America

He invited a processor from Ontario to bring a decorticator (or fibre separator) to the Island to better prepare this year's crop for processing.

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