The diagram elucidates an olive oil-producing process that encompasses seven stages.
Overall, this process commences with the harvesting of the ripe olives, to the packaging, and ending with the sale and storage of the final product. The procedure involves a combination of mechanical processes, such as washing, smashing, pressing, and separating, to transform raw olives into consumable oil.
Initially, the fruits are gathered manually from the trees, which are then transported to a rinsing machine, where they are thoroughly washed with cold water. After being cleaned, the olives are moved along a conveyor belt to a smashing machine, where they are crushed, resulting in a mixture of olive paste and stones. The stones are separated and set aside, while the paste is placed into perforated bags.
Next, the holed bags are subjected to a pressing process, which extracts the liquid that includes both water and oil. This liquid mixture then undergoes a separation stage, where the oil is extracted and purified. Finally, the olive oil is packaged and delivered to shops where it can be sold and stored.