Honey Creaming and Homogenizing Machine 600 L / 850 kg

01 · 55 °C IS THE CEILING, NOT THE SETTING

And this is the scale worth carrying in your head

For honey to flow and mix well, 25-30 °C is enough: at that level the enzymes are not degraded and the HMF does not rise. For directed crystallisation — creamed honey — you work lower still, at 20-22 °C. And from 40 °C upwards begins the territory where honey suffers if it is held there.

The 55 °C are a short step with a reason: a stuck tank that has to be made pourable again. The insulated heated jacket is there for that and, above all, to hold a low temperature steadily for days, which is what creamed honey really asks for.

02 · 850 KG WORK OUT AT €8.95 A KILO

Capacity is the cheap part of this machine

The maker's arithmetic checks out: 600 litres at the density of honey are 852 kg, which is why the sheet says 850. Worth checking, because it does not always add up.

And against its own range the ladder is clear: the 100 kg creamer works out at €13.34 per kilo of capacity, the 300 kg homogeniser at €11.95, and this 850 kg one at €8.95. Buying capacity is cheap; filling it is not. A creamer half full whips in air and spoils the presentation.

03 · THE LID CUT-OUT IS AN OPTION

And it is the first thing to ask for by name

The lid with automatic stop on opening appears on the list as an option, not as equipment. On a 600-litre tank with a helical stirrer and a bottom scraper, that detail is not a comfort extra.

Say so on the order, because afterwards it cannot be added without going back to the factory. And check the rest of the installation: a three-phase 380 V motor with inverter and thermal protection, and a sanitary bottom drain valve.

04 · SEED AT 2-3 %, THEN 14 °C

The Dyce method on this machine

The classic reference for seed honey is 5 to 10 %. With mixing of this quality it comes down to 2-3 % — for 850 kg, between 17 and 26 kg — which avoids carrying the seed honey's colour and flavour into the whole batch.

The cycle is 15 minutes of stirring and an hour of rest, repeated over several days until the colour is even throughout the mass. And the end does not happen in the machine: the filled jars are left at 14-15 °C for two weeks, which is where the crystal finishes forming fine.

05 · BEFORE YOU BUY

Three-phase 380 V, and the lid stop is ordered separately.