Olive pitting machine - video

[Altair]

Olive pitting machine. 2:42 video. Pitting mechanism shown at 1:12.

Previously:

olive/carrot/strawberry harvesting machine GIFs
Egg shelling machine - video
Bread dough rounding machine - GIF

[neilbourjaily]

After washing and sorting: size, singulate, poke, and draw. Simple, really, and rather Gatling-like, don't you think?.
Some of the most fascinating Rube Goldberg looking machinery can be found in agricultural processing. If you have the time, ask for a tour of a fruit or vegetable processor. It's compelling.

[ranald]

It is truely amazing all the work that has to go into olives to make them safe to eat & pitting them ready for stuffing is yet another process.

thanks for posting.

[marksbug]

so what do that do with all the olive pits? Ive never seen olive seeds/pits for sale..... Ive just starting out with olive tree addtion to my orchard, that give me some ideas.

[neilbourjaily]

There are scores of old driveways in California's Central Valley that are graveled with olive pits.

[ranald]

so what do that do with all the olive pits? Ive never seen olive seeds/pits for sale..... Ive just starting out with olive tree addtion to my orchard, that give me some ideas.

Make sure you have more than one tree as they are wind polinated: they need to be fairly close to gether (about 10 metres is ok).

[ranald]

so what do that do with all the olive pits? Ive never seen olive seeds/pits for sale..... Ive just starting out with olive tree addtion to my orchard, that give me some ideas.

when planting your olive tree, make sure you have more than one as they are pollinated by wind and not by insects so they need to be fairly close. My wife said she wanted the dark brown blackish ones, ha ha: it just depends on time of picking to determine the colour. they also prefer alkaline soil so dolomite or full lime can be added to acidic soil and depending on how acidic the soil, it may be necessary to add to soil fairly regularly. Dolomite is a safer easier way but needs more time and it helps plants gain from other nutrients like calcium. they can live for a thousand years in correct conditions. Here in Au they became a weed in south Australia as the soil is less acidic there and birds encapsulate the seeds in fertilizer. lol
CHEERS

[marksbug]

so basically like a gravel pit grown on trees. Thanks! thats good to know. thanks.I dont remember that when i lived in california...but we had concrete driveways.and I probably would of never figured out they were olive pits. that was long long ago.

[marksbug]

mine are close.

[ranald]

sorry , I forgot I responded to that some years back, as many here have asked about spacing and numbers over time. I'll leave the post about the dolomite as someone may need it. It helps with magnesium too. Never use with blueberries though. Cheers