Fresno, CA
Order: 230199
- Lifts bulk grapes or dried pomace onto conveyor leading to crusher, disintegrator, or de-alcoholizer still, using pitchfork.
- Connects portable pumps between tanks and turns valves to pump wine and alcohol from fermenting and fortifying tanks to tanks that cool wine to prevent further fermentation.
- Pumps chilled wine into clarifying tanks and adds prescribed chemicals to wine.
- Starts agitator that mixes solution to induce sedimentation of wine particles.
- Pumps clarified wines through filtering tanks into tank to obtain blended wine.
- Pumps wine through pasteurizer to prevent wine spoilage.
- Pumps pasteurized wine through filtering device to collect sediment and precipitates and into tanks in bottling room.
- Tends press that separates juice from pomace and starts conveyor that transports pomace to disintegrating machine.
- Starts disintegrating machine and de-alcoholizer steam still that salvages alcohol from pomace, and starts conveyor that transports residue to storage.
- Cleans and sterilizes fermenting and fortifying tanks and railroad tank cars, using airhose and soda ash.