Automatic uncapping machine with feeder and heated knives PREMIUM (400V)

01 · THE CHAIN IS ALREADY IN

And that is the sum to do

Feeding is by motorised chains with panel-adjustable speed: frames go in one at a time and position themselves under the knives. That comes as standard.

The honest comparison is with the professional Désopro, which in our range is €6,032.23 and needs its frame loader separately, another €2,395.87: €8,428.10 to reach the same place. This machine is €7,293.39 with the chain fitted.

02 · THE SPACE BELOW COMES EMPTY

And that is the second third of the bill

Under the uncapping zone the frame leaves an open space prepared for a cappings press or a continuous melter. Prepared, not equipped: nothing comes there.

The natural companion is the 50 kg/h cappings press from the OPTIMA line, €2,061.98 in our range — the maker itself lists it as an option for this machine, and a 100 kg/h one also exists. So the real set is €9,355.37, not 7,293.

03 · LIQUID KNIVES, NOT ELECTRIC

Two different systems, and the maker codes them apart

The maker builds this machine with two knife-heating systems: electric or liquid in a closed circuit, and it tells them apart in the reference itself. Ours is the closed-circuit one.

That is not a catalogue nicety: a closed circuit has to be filled, heated and maintained, and it is not solved by plugging the knife in. In exchange the heat arrives spread along the whole blade, which is what shows with hard thyme or heather wax.

04 · 400 V OR 230 V: TWO MACHINES

Confirm it before ordering, not after

The maker builds this uncapper in two voltages, and they are two different references: one 400 V and one 230 V. It is not a setting or a menu option; it is the machine they send you.

Tell us what your board carries and we confirm the reference with the factory before placing the order. It is the cheapest check in the whole process and the most expensive one to skip.

05 · NOT FOR LAYENS

And in Spain that has to be said first

It is built in two frame versions: Langstroth and Dadant US (super and brood chamber) or Dadant Blatt. There is no third version.

The Layens frame fits neither. If you work Layens, the machine for you is another one: our range has a LYSON CLASSIC uncapper specific to Layens and the vertical ZAFRA. Said before the bank transfer, not after.

06 · BEFORE YOU BUY

Voltage confirmed, press separate and a Langstroth, Dadant US or Dadant Blatt frame.