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Assembly

1. Completely unpack the Mini Melter and identify:

1 melting grid,

1 uncapping cross bar,

1 small perforated screen,

1 large perforated screen,

1 adjustable honey outlet assembly,

1 1700W immersion heater and

1 elbow/nut assembly

2. A third screen should be located in the honey baffle/

honey outlet of the tank.

3. Assemble the adjustable honey outlet tube as shown in

the diagram and attach to the tank.

4. If uncapping with a hand knife, attach the uncapping

cross bar to the exposed edges of the tank and tank baf-

fle respectively. (Bar is not needed if power uncapping.)

Operation

The cappings resulting from frames of honey being

uncapped consist of honey, beeswax, and foreign mate-

rial. Dadant's Mini Melter was designed to separate these

cappings into pure honey, quality (undamaged) beeswax

and foreign material (slum). When properly operated,

best honey experts are unable to determine which honey

is or is not melter honey, and wax tests show the highest

quality wax. The cappings melter is a great labor saving

piece of equipment as cappings are continually processed

while uncapping is being done. At the day's end, all the

day's cappings have been processed. The pure honey is in

storage, the extra fine beeswax is in cakes, and the slum

is barreled. No extra steps are required.

The cappings drop into the hopper area and flow

under the melting grid. When the cappings begin to flow

through the melter, separation of honey and wax occurs.

The honey, being the heaviest, settles to the bottom

of the tank and the wax particles and foreign material

float on the honey. On those waterjacketed units, the

heat from the warm water in the waterjacket, speeds

this separation process. As the wax particles float on the

honey, they come in contact with the melting grid and

are melted. A pool or layer of melted wax entirely covers

the melting grid. As the cappings float to the surface a

great bulk of the wax particles are now melted by com-

ing into contact with this layer of melted wax. As the

quantity of melted wax increases, it flows out of a wax

outlet. Meanwhile, the honey that has been separating

from the wax flows along the bottom of the tank, under

the honey baffle, and flows out of the melter through an

adjustable honey outlet. This honey outlet maintains the

honey level in the tank, thereby holding the unmelted

wax particles up against the melting grid as they float

on the honey. As the unmelted wax particles continue

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5. Place grid in tank on grid rests (See photo on cover.)

6. Install small perforated screen over wax outlet. (This

screen prevents foreign material from flowing through

wax outlet.)

7. The large perforated screen is for slum removal.

8. In the tank water drain outlet, a 1'' plug has already

been installed.

9. Using a good pipe thread compound, install the immer-

sion heater in the 1'' female tank port.

10. The elbow/nut assembly with gasket is the water fill

pipe. Attach it to the 1 ½'' pipe thread nipple extending

from the tank and tighten in a vertical position.

to rise, the foreign material (slum) is carried upward and

collects on top of the unmelted cappings just below or in

the melted wax. The slum is periodically removed (usually

once an hour) with the larger perforated screen that was

supplied with the Mini Melter. Refer to the diagram and

please note the liquid levels and visualize how the setting

of the adjustable honey tube is the key to maintaining

proper operation.

For most operating conditions, the honey outlet tube

is adjusted to a level that allows honey to flow out of the

tube when honey level in the tank is 1'' below the bot-

tom of the melting grid. This 1'' allows for the layer of

unmelted cappings to be maintained which in turn holds

the foreign material (slum) up thus preventing the slum

stain from filtering through and discoloring the honey.

During operation, it is important to maintain this "floor"

of unmelted cappings. This floor depth may be "felt"

by pushing a thin board between the melting grid bars

down through the liquid levels and "feeling" the depth

of unmelted cappings by noting the resistance to pushing

the board. The electric grids make heat control extremely

easy as the electric grid has a very sensitive thermostat

control that is easily adjusted. The heat supply should be

regulated so as to keep a "floor" of unmelted cappings

under the hot liquid wax yet keep the bottom of the tank

from plugging with cappings. A continuous steady flow of

cappings into the melter helps any melter work more eas-

ily. Jumpy operations are not as good, but the electric grid

makes control of the heat precise and easy.

(Prolonged application of heat with no cappings flow

can result in losing the "floor" of unmelted cappings

allowing the slum to pass down through the honey and

darken it. Excessive heat can also darken beeswax and

eventually honey.)