Harvesting cork - GIF

[Altair]

Harvesting cork.




Previously:

Punching cork stoppers from bark - GIF
Cork wire cage machine - GIF
Extracting bark from cork trees - GIF
Cork life jacket - photo

[Frank S]

Harvesting the soft cork bark from the cork oak trees goes against most things you might think of. Most trees if you strip their bark from them will die. The cork oak tree is an exception to that rule. Once every 10 years or so the bark can be completely removed, and the tree will flourish.