Pollen Cleaner LYSON OPTIMA

01 · HOW IT SEPARATES

By size on the sieve, by weight in the air

The pollen goes in through the hopper and falls onto two moving stainless-mesh sieves: the 3 × 3 mm one holds back lumps, wax and plant debris, and the 1 × 1 lets the dust through. As it falls, the centrifugal fan crosses the stream and carries the light fraction, wings, legs and husks, to the reject chute; clean pollen leaves by the other chute. Whatever weighs and measures like a pollen pellet, a small stone or a chalkbrood mummy, gets through the machine: the visual check before packing is still needed.

02 · THE TWO CONTROLS

Sieves and air separately

The panel has two independent controls, one for sieve speed and another for fan revolutions, and the sieve tilt adjusts too. It is not decoration: a rockrose pellet does not weigh what a heather one does, and the air that leaves one batch spotless blows away the next. Set the passage over the mesh first and then the air, until the reject comes out dirty and the pollen comes out whole.

03 · THE POLLEN MUST GO IN DRY

It cleans and grades; it does not dry or sterilise

It is a condition of use: pollen is cleaned after the dryer, not before. Damp, the pellets clump, blind the mesh and stop behaving as loose particles, and neither sieve nor air separates. The machine cleans and grades; drying comes before, in the dryer (491, 490, 2562), and freezing or packing after.

04 · THE MACHINE

Stainless where it touches the pollen, 22 kg

Powder-coated steel sheet body and, in contact with the product, stainless steel hopper, sieves and chutes: that is why it stays at 22 kg and one person puts it on and off the bench. It is washed with hot water and food-industry products, protecting the electrics, and stored dry. It is the middle step of the LYSON range: above the Minima (2401) and the air-column cleaner for own use (2368), below the Classic (2564), the 45 L hopper one (2551) and the 130 kg/h Maxi (2563). 24-month LYSON warranty.

05 · BEFORE YOU BUY

The cleaner is supplied with its panel and cable; the pollen dryer and collecting trays come separately.

⚠ PRECAUTIONS

Dry pollen only: with moisture the mesh blinds and the separation fails. Indoor use, with the electrics protected when washing and the machine dry before storing. Disconnect from the mains before opening the body. The sieve does not tell a small stone or a chalkbrood mummy from a pollen pellet: visual check before packing.