Metal, funnel-shaped bin for holding the olive pomace generated during oil production. It is placed aboveground outside the production premises.

See tierra de diatomeas.

Product used to form the precoat for oil filtration.

Length of time a centrifugal separator is in operation between two discharges of solids.

Set length of time it takes for impurities to separate in a batch of oil.

Duration of mixing, determined on the basis of the mixer capacity and the amount of paste processed in one pressing run or the centrifuge rate of the decanter.

Device used to regulate temperature.

Mixer fitted with a heating chamber.