Defoliation

Washing

Grinding

Kneading

 Olive oil separation from paste

In this phase the separation of the oil from the paste takes place.In the modern mills olive oil is separetd from the other components of the paste (moisture and core) by centrifugation.

 

There are two kinds of centifugation, depending on whether water is used or not to make the separation: two or three phases centigugation as they are called.

 

 

Final Olive oil separation by centifugation