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Turning olive into oil... | Visits |
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 The olives are hand picked and brought the same day to the mill. They are examined, weighed, traceability filed, de-leafed, washed and drained. |
| 1. the mill : crusher-mixer The olives are crushed whole then mixed until a paste is formed. (low temp.maintened) |
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2. Centrifugal extractor The paste is then pumped into a centrifugal machine which separates the solid (skin, flesh and stones) from the liquid.(water and oil). Each of the varieties is ground separately so that the precise daily yield of each variety can be noted. Then the 5 varieties are mixed in storage tanks. |
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3. separating centrifugal
The liquid (oil and water) is then run into another centrifugal separator, this time separating the oil from the water. |
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4. yield vat This vat enables us to calculate the yield of X kilograms of olives to X litres of oil |
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The remaining left over solid, exempt of any liquid, called GRIGNON or olive cake, is spread over our olive groves as a natural fertilizer The master miller transforms olives into oil two and a half months in the year Approximately 5 kg of olives are needed to produce one litre of olive oil The machines at the mill are able to process 1.5 tonne of olives per hour |
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