Apparatus and method for isolating bast bark and wood body from a bast plant stem

A method for isolating bast bark and wood body from a bast plant stem, wherein the interior of the bast plant stem is composed of an essentially cylindrical wood body, and the wood body is covered radially by a bast bark containing bast fibers, and is connected to the bast bark by meristem tissue, the method comprising the steps:

• a. producing of a first and second stem part by dividing the bast plant stem along the longitudinal axis, wherein the first stem part has a first cut wood body, and the second stem part has a second cut wood body,
• b. bending at least of the first stem part, wherein the first stem part is arranged so that the compression is on the bast bark side and the bending force is increased until the first cut wood body on a stretched point of the stem part, the stretched point being opposite to the compressed point, breaks open outwardly from the bast bark in such a way that, from the first cut wood body, a first wood breaking body and a second wood breaking body are formed, and
• c. separating the bast bark from the first wood breaking body, wherein the bast bark is separated from the first wood breaking body via the division of the meristem tissue using a tensile force, wherein a separating device is inserted between the bast bark and the first wood breaking body of the wood body and peeling the bast bark from the first wood body by moving the separating device between the bast bark and the first wood body.