The 10-head OUTTURN cutting machine is built for cashew processors who have outgrown a 6- or 8-head line but are not yet ready for a fully automatic system. With ten cutting cups running off the same field-proven mechanism used across OUTTURN’s entire manual line, it is rated for 200–240 kg/hr of steamed raw cashew nuts and a typical outturn around 76%.
A shared design, scaled by cutting stations
Every OUTTURN cutting machine, from the 2-head entry model up to the 12-head, is built around the same core idea: a single motor drives a shaft that rotates cutting cups into a fixed blade plane. Rather than fitting a proportionally bigger motor to each larger model, OUTTURN scales throughput mainly by adding more cups and blade positions around that shaft. The 10-head machine simply has more cutting stations turning through the blade per cycle than a 6- or 8-head unit, which is what pushes its rated capacity toward the 200–240 kg/hr range.
Motor size does step up at the top of the range, but far more slowly than capacity. The 2- through 8-head machines all run a 1 HP (0.75 kW) motor; this 10-head uses 1.5 HP (1.1 kW) and the 12-head 2 HP (1.5 kW). Between the smallest and largest machine in the range, rated capacity rises around five and a half times while motor size only doubles — which is why kWh per 100 kg of raw nut stays low even as you scale up.
This approach keeps maintenance simple. A processor running a mix of head counts on their factory floor is working with the same blade steel and largely the same wear parts across every machine, which simplifies spare parts stocking and operator training. Motors are the one component to specify per machine rather than treat as common stock.
How cutting happens
Nuts arrive at the machine already steamed, which softens the shell and improves separation from the kernel. An operator loads one nut into each cup by hand. As the shaft turns, each cup carries its nut through the blade at a fixed height and angle, scoring the shell along its natural seam rather than crushing it. This consistency — every cup passing the same blade at the same position — is central to why outturn stays predictable across a full shift rather than drifting as fatigue sets in.
Once a cup clears the blade, the operator opens the shell and removes the kernel, then reloads the cup for its next pass. With ten cups in continuous rotation, the machine keeps the blade working steadily rather than sitting idle between individual nuts, which is the main reason a 10-head model outproduces a lower head-count machine running the same motor speed.
Sizing this machine for your line
A 10-head machine suits mid-size processing operations that need meaningful daily volume but want to stay in manual or semi-manual cutting rather than moving to automatic equipment. Getting close to the top of the 200–240 kg/hr range generally means running two operators — one focused on loading cups, one on unloading and kernel extraction — so the cutting cycle itself never has to wait on manual handling.
Because outturn depends heavily on RCN quality and steaming consistency ahead of the cutting stage, processors evaluating a 10-head machine should also look at their upstream steaming and sizing process. A well-conditioned nut feeding a well-maintained blade is what gets a factory close to the 76% figure we quote for this model; inconsistent steaming or a worn blade will pull actual results below it.
Built for Vietnam-to-export operations
OUTTURN manufactures this machine factory-direct out of Bình Phước, Vietnam, in the heart of the country’s cashew-growing region. Processors across Africa, Asia, and South America run OUTTURN machines as part of export-oriented operations, and the 10-head model is a common step up for facilities scaling from a handful of manual cutters toward a larger, still hands-on cutting floor.