Abstract: During processing the soybeans are heated-up in a first of two successively arranged fluidized beds with a rapidity such that the hulls loosen or detach from the seeds and there is obtained a honogeneous heating of all of the soybeans. The heated-up soybeans may be directly conveyed into the second fludized bed where they are maintained in a heated condition and from which location they are infed in a heated state to a breaking or cracking mill where they are crushed or cracked and then to a flaking device for the subsequent flaking thereof. It is also possible to undertake along the conveying path from the first fluidized bed to the second fluidized bed a mechanical dehulling operation at the soybeans where the hulls are separated from the seeds and the seed portions are delivered into the second fluidized bed.

Abstract: The method for the conditioning of crushed soya bean material for flocculation utilizes a fluidized bed installation with heat exchangers incorporated in a reaction chamber. The crushed bean material passes through the fluidized bed continuously, with a dwell time of 4 to 8 minutes, at a temperature of between 55.degree. to 75.degree. C.

Abstract: A method for the recovery of soybean oil of soybean meal from soybeans wherein the soybeans are processed by breaking so that they are flaked prior to extraction. During processing the soybeans are heated-up in a first of two successively arranged fluidized beds with a rapidity such that the hulls or shells detach from the seeds or kernels and there is obtained a homogeneous heating of all of the soybeans. The heated-up soybeans are either directly conveyed into the second fluidized bed where they are maintained in a heated condition and from which location they are infed in a heated state to a breaking or crushing mill where they are crushed and then to a flaking device for the subsequent flaking thereof. It is also possible to undertake along the conveying path from the first fluidized bed to the second fluidized bed a mechanical hulling operation at the soybeans where the hulls are separated from the seeds and the seed portions or kernels are delivered into the second fluidized bed.