Automatic Radial Honey Extractor 56 frames LYSON CLASSIC

01 · 56 LANGSTROTH, 42 DADANT

And formats cannot be mixed

A load takes 56 Langstroth frames, 56 shallow ones or 42 Dadant brood frames. The difference is not arbitrary: the brood frame is taller and needs more space between slots.

The condition worth keeping in mind is that every frame in a load must be of the same type and height. Mixing formats unbalances the cage, and an unbalanced cage at 1,200 mm of diameter is exactly what you do not want.

02 · RADIAL WANTS FLUID HONEY

When it suits and when it does not

In a radial the honey has to travel out along the cell by itself. With fluid honey it comes out clean and in one direction of spin; with dense honey or honey starting to crystallise, the radial turns slow and leaves product inside.

So its ground is supers and ordinary season honeys, in volume. For dense honeys the catalogue's answer is another — pricking the comb first, or a reversible — and that is worth knowing before choosing by frame count.

03 · THE HE-02N AND ITS SEVEN PHASES

Eight programmes and real control of the cycle

The automatic HE-02N panel brings eight programmes: two manual, one preset automatic and five customisable. Each cycle takes up to seven phases, and in every phase you set time, speed and direction of spin.

That is what separates real automation from a timer: you can write a gentle ramp for delicate comb and a harder one for old frames, and repeat them exactly the same all season. The 5 mm methacrylate lid lets you watch without opening.

04 · 150 KG ON A PALLET

How it arrives and where it stays

It ships assembled on a pallet, and it is 150 kg: you have to plan how to get it down and where it goes, because it does not move between two people. The soft PVC bases it comes with damp the vibration of uneven loads.

The 0.75 kW geared motor sits in the base and runs on 230 V, so it asks for no three-phase supply. It carries two stainless 2 inch taps, which let you empty faster or split the outlet. The legs and hinges, eight pieces, are reinforced plastic.

05 · BEFORE YOU BUY

Large honey-house capacity, with one condition about the honey.