Hot-Air Wax Melter

Homemade electric wax melter for bee wax.

Homemade electric wax melter for bee wax.
With this custom system, wax from old honeycombs gets extracted easily using heated air and formed into ingots.

Specification

  • Power usage: 3700 W
  • Capacity: 14 combs per run
  • Speed: approx 35 min per run
  • Energy usage: approx 1.7 kWh per run [Energy] = [Time] * ( [[Heating element] * [Duty cycle] + [Fan] )
    W = 35 / 60 h * ( 3.7 kW * 0.75 + 0.1 kW )

Components

  • Heating element 3700 W
  • Adjustable temperature switch
  • Axial fan
  • Radial fan

This time the empty honeycombs were already messed up by wax moths and other insects a lot: Combs

Videos

YouTube video


Boiling wax (cleaning)

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