Olive oil extraction system for extra virgin olive oil
Enhance the quality of your extra virgin olive oil production with a compact, customizable extraction system that maximizes flavor and authenticity, ensuring your oil stands out in the market.
The AlfaOliver 500 from Alfa Laval is an innovative olive oil extraction system designed to meet the needs of small-scale olive producers. This system distinguishes itself by integrating the most advanced olive oil processing equipment into a single compact, frame-mounted unit. It allows for seamless customization, enabling the configuration of crushing systems with a choice of hammer crusher, disc crusher, or a combination crushing and depitting machine.
The process starts with crushing the olives into paste, followed by malaxation, where slow mixing activates enzymes to enhance oil extraction. A decanter centrifuge then efficiently separates the oil from the pomace. Finally, a clarification centrifuge removes residual water and olive debris, resulting in high-quality extra virgin olive oil. This continuous processing approach offers flexibility for producing distinct, market-ready olive oils, such as organic and flavored variants.
Capable of adapting to various processing needs, the system offers manual adjustments for malaxation time and temperature per batch, tailoring the process to achieve specific oil characteristics. Its plug-and-play design simplifies installation and operation, while its modular nature supports different configurations to optimize output for varying crop characteristics.
Ideal for deployment in food and beverage production, the AlfaOliver 500 is particularly suited for achieving superior taste and quality in olive oil, enabling growers to create unique blends and increase their product value.
Benefits
- Enhances product differentiation by allowing customized oil blends, increasing market value.
- Simplifies setup and operation with its plug-and-play design, reducing installation time.
- Minimizes oxidation of olive paste through inert gas use during malaxation, preserving flavor.
- Supports flexible production with batch-specific temperature and time settings for precise quality control.
- Provides consistent oil quality through efficient separation and clarification, ensuring premium end products.
- Applications
- Olive oil
- End products
- Extra virgin olive oil,Flavored olive oils,Organic olive oil,Customized olive oil blends
- Steps before
- Cleaning,Depitting,Crushing
- Steps after
- Clarification,Packing
- Input ingredients
- olives,olive paste,inert gas,water
- Output ingredients
- extra virgin olive oil,humid pomace,olive residue
- Market info
- Alfa Laval is renowned for its expertise in heat transfer, separation, and fluid handling technologies, providing innovative, energy-efficient engineered-to-order solutions for various industries including food, marine, and energy.
- Capacity
- 500 kg/h
- Crushing system
- Hammer / Disc / Depitting
- Malaxation process
- Traditional / Inert gas protected
- Malaxing temperature
- Individually settable
- Malaxing duration
- Individually settable
- Processing type
- Continuous
- Installation type
- Plug-and-play
- Automation
- Easy to operate
- Customization
- Configurable
- Working mechanism
- Crushing,malaxation,decanter centrifuge,clarification
- Integrated steps
- Continuous processing line with modular customization
- Automation level
- Manual / PLC
- Batch vs. continuous operation
- Continuous
- Customization options
- Crushing system,malaxing system,temperature settings
- Customization freedom
- Free choice of configurations to enhance unique oil profiles
- Installation process
- Plug-and-play
- Protection method
- Inert gas to prevent oxidation
- Corrosive resistance
- Yes
- Food-grade materials
- Suitable for olive oil
- Density/particle size
- Applies to olive paste processing
- Compact footprint
- Yes
- Crushing system type
- Hammer / Disc / Combination
- Malaxing system type
- Traditional / Inert Gas Protection
- Processing sequence
- Standard / Customized