Multifunction Wax Melter and Uncapping Table LYSON (1000 mm)

01 · FOUR JOBS IN ONE TANK

An interior of 1,000 × 505 mm and a perforated basket

The perforated inner basket does the star job: you load the cappings, the honey drains and ends up separated below. With the adjustable inner bar, the same tank serves as an uncapping bench for the usual frame formats.

The bottom slopes towards the centre — 425 mm of inner height at the sides and 475 in the middle — and ends in a 6/4 inch gate valve, about 40 mm, to empty without leaving residue. It rides on heavy-duty wheels, which with 40 kilos of steel are not a luxury.

02 · AT 40 °C IT TAKES LONGER, COSTS LESS

In separation the clock counts as much as the thermostat

The separation cycle works between 40 and 50 °C for four or five hours. It is worth understanding that this range is not neutral: thermal load is temperature times time, and five hours at 50 °C are not the same as five hours at 42.

Above 40 °C the honey's HMF starts to rise and the diastase to fall, and both are parameters in the analysis. In practice: for honey heading to a jar, the low end of the range and patience; leave it working overnight and by morning it has drained.

03 · PAST 65 °C THE PRODUCT CHANGES

Melting mode: you gain wax and lose grade

Going above 65 °C, the tank melts the cappings with the honey inside and the two are then separated by settling. It is the useful mode for renewing material, processing slumgum or getting old combs out of the way.

But it deserves saying plainly: that honey is no longer packing honey. It comes out with a high HMF and its destination is industry or baking, not the counter jar. That is a decision taken before switching on, not after seeing the colour.

04 · HEAT ABOVE AND BELOW, NOT THE SIDES

Two different controls for two different jobs

The 2,000 W heated lid, with its 30 W fan, gives the fast enveloping heat; the 170 W bottom gives the gentle sustained heat, which is the one for separation and for decrystallising buckets and jars. The walls carry no heating, and that is deliberate: it stops the honey scorching against the side.

Each has its own control: a mechanical regulator with a capillary in the lid and an MHC-01 digital thermostat in the bottom. Adding the three loads gives 2.2 kW at 230 V single-phase, about 10 amps: it fits an ordinary workshop, but it wants a circuit of its own.

05 · BEFORE YOU BUY

Genuinely versatile, with one clear limit on format.