This is the first place that the oil comes out of once it has passed the decanter. The decanter uses centrifugal force to separate the oil from the water and other solids and the oil is then passed onto this vibratory screen to remove any further large sediment before is continues on with the process.

October, 2009

Peter Goin digital photograph archive : Colors of California agriculture

Olive Harvest, October 2009

BANC PIC 2018.109--DIG :ag01193

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1 photograph : digital, TIFF

The Bancroft Library

Adam Englehardt, California Olive Ranch Director of Orchard Services, Oroville, CA, 95965.

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