The diagram illustrates seven stages of the process of producing olive oil.
Overall, the process consists of several mechanical stages, beginning with the collection of olives and ending with the storage and sale of the final product.
Initially, ripe olives are collected from olive trees and placed on a conveyor belt, where they are thoroughly rinsed with cold water. They are then transferred to a crushing machine. During this stage, the olives are smashed to create olive paste, while the olive stones are removed as a by-product.
In the following stage, the olive paste is placed into bags containing small holes. These bags are stacked and put into a pressing machine, which extracts liquid from the paste. The resulting mixture is then transferred to a centrifuge. This machine separates the oil from the water, allowing the oil to be collected separately.
Finally, the extracted olive oil is placed into bottles and prepared for storage and sale.
