Olive oil extraction equipment Trull de Serveis Penedè

Olive oil extraction equipment Trull de Serveis Penedès Carrer d'Igualada, 70-78, 08720 Vilafranca del Penedès, Barcelona Olive oil is obtained by pressing oil olives that have grown for 6-8 months. Late autumn and early winter is the season for harvesting olives every year. At this time, the fruit has already or is about to reach its optimal maturity, and its color gradually changes from green to deep red. Freshly picked olives are first washed before being crushed to make "pulp" for oil pressing. The process of crushing olives actually breaks down the structure of the fruit and releases the olive oil. At this point, the olive oil is still mixed with the pulp. Finally, through stirring, pressing, and centrifugation, the olive oil is separated from the other liquids in the olive pulp, and the Mediterranean "liquid gold" olive oil is extracted. The oil mill or trull is equipped with all the equipment necessary to work together with the engine, and the pressing equipment has been reassembled from its original location to the current gas station. It is a circular pressing kit driven by electricity. Olives are collected by metal arms and stored at the bottom of the mill, the solera, where three conical wheels perform the first pressing. The resulting paste is put into a mixer, heated in a water tank, and the first olive oil is extracted, then the olive residue is put into an electrically driven press for a second pressing. The engine, all the crankshafts, the heating mixer, and the water radiator are in good condition. Vilanova i la Geltrú, Alt Penedès.