Reinforced stainless steel uncapping bench 1500mm MINIMA

01 · THE BENCH IS ALREADY A SETTLING TANK

The mesh is the first filter, not the last

The stainless mesh filter holds cappings and lumps of wax on top and lets the honey fall through. That saves work later, but what comes out of the valve is still unsettled honey: it carries air and foam from extraction and needs its rest in the maturator.

The frame rest, also stainless, holds the frame in position while you work with a knife or a comb, instead of propping it awkwardly on the rim of the tub.

02 · THE CONICAL BOTTOM

The kilos that stay in the corners

A flat-bottomed tub keeps a film of honey in every corner that you never get back. Over a season that is kilos. The conical bottom sends everything to the valve and lets you drain it completely.

That is what makes changing batch practical: if you bottle different honeys, the bench is drained and rinsed between runs with nothing left blended in the corners.

03 · DO NOT LET IT GO COLD

Cappings and honey compact together

Cappings give up honey while they are warm. If the bench spends the night in a cold room, the mix compacts, the honey stops draining and the valve clogs. Drain it warm, at the end of the day, not the next morning.

And a word on placement: empty it weighs 35 kg and is a metre and a half long; loaded with frames, wax and honey it does not move. Set it next to the extractor from the start, with the valve over the bucket.

04 · BEFORE YOU BUY

This is a fixed station: 1.5 m long and 35 kg empty need space, and once loaded it does not get repositioned.