Beeswax Melting Tank 70L

Every beekeeper accumulates wax. Cappings from extraction, old brood combs retired from the hive body, frames damaged by wax moth, leftover foundation sheets, wax recovered from solar melters that needs a second run… Kilos of valuable raw material that, as it stands, is useless. It comes loaded with cocoons, embedded pollen, propolis, brood residue and that dark crust that ruins the quality of your final wax blocks. And if you melt it the makeshift way — pots, improvised water baths, guesswork — you already know the outcome: endless process, mess everywhere and zero control over what you're doing.

This water-jacketed beeswax melting tank (70 L) turns that chaos into a clean, repeatable and safe process. You fill the jacket with water, load your chopped wax into the removable perforated stainless steel basket, and the MHC temperature controller lets you set the heat precisely between 30 °C and 95 °C. Because the heating medium is water, it is physically impossible to exceed 100 °C — the exact threshold above which beeswax begins to lose volatile compounds and the subtle aromas that make bees accept your foundation sheets more readily. Direct flame or poorly oriented solar melters can scorch your wax; this system simply cannot.

Unlike direct-wall heated melters — where wax touching the heating element suffers hot spots that burn aromas and degrade quality — here the tubular immersion heater only heats the water in the jacket between the two tank walls. That water surrounds the inner tank uniformly on all sides, so the wax never contacts the heating element. The result is even melting with no localised overheating, preserving your wax exactly the way your bees need it. And compared to a conventional uninsulated water bath, the mineral wool insulation keeps the heat inside instead of radiating it into your honey house: less time to reach temperature, lower energy consumption and more stable performance batch after batch.

The workflow is straightforward. Chopped wax goes into the perforated stainless steel basket that acts as a first-stage filter: as it melts, the liquid wax passes through the perforations while coarse debris — cocoons, propolis, brood residue — stays trapped above. The clean wax, being lighter than water, rises to the surface while fine impurities settle to the bottom. When a batch is done, you lift out the basket, discard the residue and load the next batch using the water that is already at temperature.

The design uses two completely independent circuits: clean wax is drained through the upper 1" ball valve into your container with a sieve, and the dirty water is evacuated through the lower 1" ball valve. No cross-contamination, no blockages, batch after batch. At 2.8 kW on a 230 V single-phase supply, you plug into any standard outlet with no special wiring required. The entire unit is built from AISI 304 stainless steel, the same food-industry standard: hygienic, corrosion-resistant and built to last season after season.

The wax you obtain can be used to produce your own foundation sheets, trade with professional sheet manufacturers (which is what most beekeepers do), make artisan candles, prepare natural cosmetics and balms, or simply store it as clean wax blocks for sale. For the best quality blocks, collect the liquid wax over hot water at a minimum of 75–80 °C and let it rest long enough for the last fine impurities to settle into the water. That resting time will vary depending on how clean the source wax was, the depth of the liquid wax layer and the bath temperature — run a few tests with your setup until you find the sweet spot. If the resulting block has a dark layer on the bottom, scrape it off before storing. And don't discard the solid residue from the basket: it makes an excellent fertiliser, rich in protein and organic matter. In beekeeping, nothing goes to waste.