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Abstract

Automatically operating fermentation equipment: for winemaking of the type comprising: a main vat designed to contain the two-phase liquid/solid winemaking substrate, an upper vessel located above the main vat provided with valve means for discharging liquid from the upper vessel into the main vat, a riser pipe which feeds the liquid undergoing fermentation from the bottom portion of the main vat to the upper vessel or selectively to the main vat, provided with two separate devices for controlled oxygenation of the fermenting liquid, heat exchange means for controlling the temperature of the substrate, actuator means designed to effect and control the circulation of liquid within the fermentation equipment and designed to activate the said heat exchange means, sensor means to detect chemical and physical parameters of the substrate correlated with the stages in the fermentation process, and a control and monitoring unit associated with the said sensor and actuator means designed to control the winemaking cycle. The said control and monitoring unit comprises a display screen, control means which can be operated by an operator and processing means designed to display at least one graphic representation of the equipment, together with the location of the sensor and/or actuator means associated with the equipment, and the value of a number of parameters for the winemaking process detected by the said sensors or derived from parameters detected by the said sensors and the activation/deactivation status of the actuator means on the said screen.

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