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We use this Cook and Beals melter

http://www.cooknbeals.com/wax-melter/

It works well melting the cappings from their "spin float" separator but given the fact that the residual capping honey only contains about 1% of your total crop it's not going to yield you anything but honey that has been heated and darkened considerably. If the cappings are still warm it will melt around 400 lbs. of beeswax a day. The accompanying settling tank assures the wax is very clean.
 
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Adam and Jim purchase a float spin separator is not on my expectations for now. The price seems very high to me for process 800 to 1,000 lbs of capings per season. My idea is to integrate a melter for capings that proceed from one uncapping tub like this: http://www.icko-apiculture.com/fr/bac-inox-2-metres.html?d_=2407&orig=51a3365646475&pdt=JD069.

Right now I let the capings 3-4 days trickle in uncapping tub and then I make a pressing the cap. My idea is to replace the pressing caps for a device like this melter.

what do you think?
 
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Dadant sells several sizes of wax melters.
It's the kind of equipment I'm thinking of acquiring. The manufacturers/sellers (Dadant, Icko, Swenty, among others) of this type of solution indicate that the equipment separate conveniently the wax from the honey and the honey is hardly overheated. Is it really so?
 
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