The diagram details the process of producing olive oil. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The given diagram illustrates the process of olive oil production on an industrial scale.

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, the production can be divided into three main stages which are harvesting the olive plants, followed by producing the oil, and ended by storage of the oil. The process begins with the olives being harvested from trees and placed in a collection vat. Followed by washing the leaves with water and

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the leaves are crushed by an olive miller that turns the leaves into olive paste.

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to put the olive paste through the malaxer and set it to a temperature not greater than 27 C. After the malaxer, the paste is pressed by centrifugal which creates virgin oils. Subsequent to

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, the virgin oils are

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either separated (with wastewater being discharged) or decanted, which filters out both solids and water. Regardless of the method of separation, both products are reserved in a storage tank to finish the steps.