Insulated centrifugal wax melter LYSON for professional honey houses processing cappings and old combs. Melts with controlled steam and separates wax by centrifugal force in about 20 min per load. Stainless drum Ø 505 mm, digital temperature control, 250 W motor, 3000 W heater, low-water protection. Recovers residual honey at the same time.
When you handle large volumes of cappings and old brood combs, you know how much wax gets left behind. Cappings still drip honey, dark combs trap wax between cocoons and brood residue, and every kilo counts: every kilo of wax you return to your hives as embossed foundation saves your bees 15–20 kg of honey they would otherwise spend building comb. This insulated centrifugal wax melter LYSON takes that process to another level: it melts, spins and separates more cleanly, faster and with lower energy use than a conventional melter.
Drum, basket and lid in acid-resistant stainless steel, with full thermal insulation around the body. The heating element works submerged in water and produces controlled steam; insulation keeps temperature stable through the whole cycle, avoids losses and brings melting time down to about 20 minutes per load. The difference shows in cold or unheated rooms and in your power bill at the end of the season.
First, steam softens and melts the wax loaded into the perforated basket Ø 3 mm. Then the 250 W motor spins the basket and centrifugal force throws the molten wax against the drum walls; it runs to the bottom and out through the 6/4" butterfly valve. No hydraulic press, no slumgum reprocessing: what goes into the basket comes out as clean wax and dry residue cake.
Digital controller with PT100 probe holds the bath in the useful range 75–85 °C without overshooting. This matters: above 100 °C for hours the wax degrades structurally and falls outside the European Pharmacopoeia ester/acid ratio. Low-water protection cuts the heater if the bath runs dry, preventing damage and burnt smell.
If you melt honey-coated cappings without draining first, let it settle after the cycle: honey separates by density at the bottom and is reusable. On dark old combs (13–15 brood generations) you will recover much less wax than from light comb — up to 46 % of frame weight is already organic residue —, but you will still extract what a solar melter would leave trapped in the slumgum.
Professional honey houses, cooperatives and semi-professionals that renew combs every year and process cappings in volume. From around 100 hives the investment starts to pay off compared with a solar melter (free but seasonal) or a water-bath with basket (slower and more labour-intensive). Below 50 hives with normal comb renewal, a solar melter or a small steam unit will likely cover 100 % of the cases.
Add 4–5 L of soft water before each use: hard water forms emulsions that turn wax milky. In limestone areas, 2–3 g of oxalic acid per kg of wax binds calcium and clears the block. Clean basket and drum hot at end of day to avoid propolis incrustations, and place the unit on a grating with a drain: wax dripping is unavoidable.
Use it to recover residual honey from wet cappings, melt old dark combs, salvage loose comb chunks after cleanouts, and as a second pass to extract wax from solar-melter slumgum before composting. Especially profitable in cooperatives that centralise processing for several beekeepers and then bill by recovered kg.
| Material | Drum, basket and lid in acid-resistant stainless steel (food-contact safe). Legs, ring and control box in steel with black epoxy coating |
| Insulation | Full thermal insulation of the body |
| Dimensions | Total height 1110 mm · Drum Ø 505 × 480 mm height · Valve outlet to floor 370 mm |
| Perforated basket | Ø 3 mm perforation in stainless steel |
| Cycle time | ~20 minutes per load |
| Power supply | 230 V / 50 Hz |
| Heater power | 3000 W |
| Motor power | 250 W |
| Control | Digital controller with PT100 probe + low-water protection |
| Outlet valve | 6/4" butterfly valve |
| Weight | 40 kg |
| Recommended add-ons | Settling tank for residual honey, wax decanter, foundation press to close the cycle, wax boilers for feeding |