Honey Filling machine DANA® 1000 with turntable Ø70cm

01 · WHICH JARS THE TABLE TAKES

Ø30 to Ø120 mm, and standing firm

The range runs from Ø30 to Ø120 mm across and 30 to 290 mm high, and the filler adjusts vertically and horizontally to suit the format. Ordinary round jars go on without discussion.

With non-round containers — square, hexagonal — what governs is the diagonal: if it fits within the 120 mm and the jar stands firm as the table turns, it works. What a rotary table will not forgive is a tall, narrow jar that topples, so with unusual formats test before committing to a run.

02 · IT DOSES VOLUME, YOU SELL WEIGHT

Calibrate on every batch

The system is volumetric and honey is sold by weight. Since density changes with moisture and temperature, the same setting will not give the same grams with two different honeys, nor with the same honey at a different temperature.

The routine is fixed: weigh the first jars of every batch and readjust, then check again if you change honey or the room temperature shifts. The machine's margin is ±2 g per dose, but that figure is the repeatability of the doser, not a guarantee that you have hit the nominal weight.

03 · THE HONEY HAS TO FLOW

And without passing 40 °C

The pump moves about 270 kg of honey an hour, around 200 litres, and the table turns at 1 to 7 rpm: the real pace is set by the table speed and the jar size. That rate only holds with fluid honey: one starting to granulate clogs the doser and throws the dose off.

Warm it, yes, but with the ceiling in place: above 40 °C honey pays in HMF. A room at 25-30 °C and honey properly settled is what makes the line deliver what it promises.

04 · THE LINE AND THE SPACE

Inch and a half and just under a metre of table

The connections are inch and a half — the standard honey-house size, the same as an extractor tap — so it joins the usual hoses and gaskets with no adapters.

It occupies 90 × 74.5 cm: it wants a fixed spot and a solid floor, not a makeshift table. It arrives in three boxes and takes about half an hour to assemble with the manual. It comes with pedal, hose, counterflow valve and dosing syringe, and draws 230 W at 90 to 264 V.

05 · BEFORE YOU BUY

Measure your jars and check they stand firm on the table. And plan for a scale beside it: the dose is calibrated on every batch.