Swienty Fillingstation DANA 1000 Tabletop

01 · THIS ONE OR THE BIG TABLE

The table sets the pace, not the motor

Both carry the same 280 l/h pump and the same accuracy. The difference is the table: this one is Ø45 cm and holds 10-12 half-kilo jars, the big one is Ø70 and holds a good many more.

That decides how long you can cap and label before you have to reload empties. Working alone and wanting to chain tasks, the big table gives more room; if space is tight or the volume is moderate, this does the same job in less room and for considerably less money.

02 · CREAMED HONEY YES, CHUNKS NO

A volumetric doser and solids

Creamed honey goes through: it is a matter of programme and working temperature. What a volumetric doser does not handle is solids in suspension — fruit pieces, spices, chilli — which clog it and, above all, throw the dose off, because every jar takes a different amount of solid.

If you work honeys with pieces in them, tell us before buying and we will test it with your product. It is not a flat no, but it is not what the machine does as standard.

03 · THE AROMA STAYS IN THE GASKETS

Not in the steel

If you bottle flavoured honeys and worry about taste carrying into the next batch, the critical point is not the stainless — that cleans — but the silicone gaskets and hoses, which do hold strong odours.

The practical workshop answer is a dedicated set of hoses and gaskets for those batches, keeping the original for neutral honey. It costs little and solves the problem at the root.

04 · EVERY HONEY, ITS OWN CALIBRATION

The machine measures volume, you sell weight

It works with any type and batch of honey — it has adjustable programmes — with one condition: when you change honey, you recalibrate. Density varies with moisture and temperature, so the same setting will not give the same grams.

The routine is to weigh the first jars of each batch and correct. The machine's margin, ±3 g at 750 ml, is its repeatability — on its own it does not guarantee you have hit the nominal weight.

05 · TRANSFERRING IS NOT CREAMING

The pump moves honey, it does not crystallise it

It can work as a transfer pump, hosed to tanks, settling tanks or clarifiers, or with a funnel for small amounts. That is a real and convenient use.

But do not confuse the two: pumping from one vessel to another does not make creamed honey. Creamed honey comes from seeding with already crystallised honey and controlling temperature over days. Moving honey back and forth mostly works air into it, which is exactly what you do not want in the jar.

06 · BEFORE YOU BUY

Think about the table, not the pump: 10-12 half-kilo jars waiting is what this one gives you. And plan for a scale beside it.