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Production Process for Wine Corks 软木塞到制作过程
Posted on 2011 年 09 月 23 日 by 柳森Production Process for Wine Corks 软木塞到制作过程:
“收割”好的树皮被压平，煮一个小时左右的时间让所有细胞充分分膨胀，木板的体积会膨大20%并且更加平滑。
三周后将木板沿树木生长的方向据称木条，木条的宽度决定了木塞到长度。下次开酒的时候留意下，穆塞从侧面看有很多“小孔”，本来是树皮中输送营养和水分的导管，制作过程中让他们横穿木塞，如果顺着木塞的密封性会受到影响。听起来好像挺麻烦，举个简单的例子，有经验的人都知道切牛肉是由技巧的，如果是“横茬切”（切断肉的纤维）容易炒熟，而且容易嚼烂。木塞容易断离和这个道理有点类似。
木塞就是用这些木条冲出来的，所用刀具决定木塞的粗细。
没用到的部分可以做成绝缘或建筑材料，软木皮没有任何浪费。再经过分选，消毒，印上酒厂的LOGO.当然不管怎么小心，使用软木塞还是有一定的坏瓶率（2%-5%）。
The production process starts when seasoned cork planks are stacked flat and boiled for at least one hour. Boiling allows individual cork cells to fully expand into a tight “honeycomb” cell structure. This makes the cork plank flatter, smoother, more pliable and causes the plank volume to expand by about 20%.
After the three-week resting period, the trimmed planks are sliced into strips along the length of the plank. Each strip is approximately as tall as the finished cork and a little deeper than the eventual cork width. The cork grain runs across the cork – not along its length.Corks are punched from the cork strips with a sharp, cylindrical knife. The knife determines the corks width. The height of the strip determines cork length.
Unused cork, scrap and dust are collected for processing into other cork products such as insulation and construction materials. Nothing from the cork tree is wasted.Cork stoppers are graded and sorted by a number of criteria. Selected corks are washed and disinfected in a variety of methods. The most common method is washing the cork stoppers in a watery solution of hydrogen peroxide. New methods use microwaves or ozone to disinfect the corks.
After the final selection, the cork stoppers may be printed according to clients’ specifications via roller marking, ink marking or traditional branding.