The diagram illustrates the process of producing olive oil.
Overall, the process of olive oil production involves eight main steps: collecting olives, storing, washing, crushing, pressing and filtering, separating, bottling, and transporting. The process is a linear sequence that transforms harvested olives into bottled oil through stages of storage, cleaning, extraction, and separation.
The process starts with workers collecting olives from trees using a rake. Once harvested, the olives are stored in vats for two to three days before being washed with cool water. Next, the clean olives are crushed by a hammer, producing a paste. During this stage, olive stones are separated and discarded into containers.
The olive paste then undergoes pressing and filtering using a hydraulic press to extract the liquid. This liquid is placed in a centrifuge, where the oil is separated from the water. The purified oil is then bottled and labeled, ready for transportation to stores for distribution.