Corking machine in action – production line
The capacity of this corking machine is 3,000 bottles per hour. The Fovel distillery, founded in 1864 by Joseph Fovel, is the…
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Production line – corks are mixed
The corks are mixed before being put into the bottles. The Fovel distillery, founded in 1864 by Joseph Fovel, is the only…
Production line – sound of filling
2,400 bottles per hour (70 cl) The Fovel distillery, founded in 1864 by Joseph Fovel, is the only one still in operation…
Filling machine – production line
Machine made by Seitz, used for filling the bottles. The Fovel distillery, founded in 1864 by Joseph Fovel, is the only one…
Manual corking machine
A Seitz machine, for putting cork stoppers in manually. This machine is no longer used, and is dangerous (bottles can break). Screw…
Pump
The pump is used to decant all types of liquid, be it alcohol or water, from one cask to another. The pump…
Bottle-washer
The bottles are placed on brushes and rinsed in hot water. 150 bottles can be rinsed in an hour, but it requires…
Soaking wheel
The bottles are soaked in hot water before being washed, in order to get rid of any alcohol. Forty bottles can be…
Wood chisel (lutherie)
Wood chisel to cut the ends of the bottom of the dam. Sebastian has been working as a luthier for the past…
Luthier plane
Finishing with the luthier plane of joint bars. The sound will change accordingly. Sebastian has been working as a luthier for the…
Thickness planer
Thickness planer of a combination woodworking machine Van Looy (made in Belgium - Jumet)
Chisel on the dam (lutherie)
The joint bars are sided with the chisel, which allow to remove a lot of material quickly. The Luthier lightens the bars…
Sound of the wood (lutherie)
At this stage, the luthier tests the instrument by producing some sounds. These sounds are linked to many factors such as the…
Collage (lutherie)
The boards are glued together to form the soundboard. The method used here is Spanish: the boards are strung together with a…
Finishing of the join with sandpaper (lutherie)
A block and sandpaper are used for the seam glue that allows the two boards to form the soundboard. Sebastian has been…
Joining (lutherie)
Finishing with the plane of the join between the two boards, which will form the soundboard. Sebastian has been working as a…