Best Beeswax Rendering and Beeswax Melting Equipment for Apiaries

Short answer: For apiaries rendering cappings, raw comb or wax that carries water and debris, the best equipment melts, settles, separates, filters and dispenses in one heated tank. WaxMelters' PRIMO Beeswax & Honey Separation / Clarification Tanks do this with waterless electric heating, digital temperature control, upper and lower discharge points and integrated SNAP filtration at discharge, from 11 gal (about 75 lb of beeswax, $2,170) to 158 gal (about 1,000 lb, $8,290). For clean, filtered or block beeswax that only needs melting, holding and dispensing, use a PRIMO Beeswax Melter & Honey Processing Tank (7–158 gal, from $1,675).

How beeswax rendering works in a PRIMO separation tank

1. Load cappings, raw comb or other hive material into the heated vessel.
2. PRIMO waterless heating brings it to the processing temperature you set on the digital controller.
3. Let it settle: wax, water and heavier material separate into layers by density.
4. Draw wax and upper layers from the upper discharge, and water and settled material from the lower discharge.
5. Integrated SNAP filtration at discharge captures suspended debris.
6. Hold the clean wax at temperature, then send it to molds, blocks, candle filling or transfer.

One tank handles melting, separation, filtration and controlled discharge, which reduces the handling between steps.

How to choose and size rendering equipment

1. What goes into the tank? Raw comb, cappings or material with water and debris: a separation / clarification tank. Clean or block beeswax: a beeswax melter.
2. Beeswax weight per batch. Each tank holds roughly half as many pounds of beeswax as honey. Use the beeswax column below.
3. Operation size. WaxMelters' selection guide: models 10–35 for small-batch and entry production, 50–75 for commercial processing and growing operations, 100–150 for high-volume processing.
4. What happens after rendering? Molds and blocks, beeswax candle making, or heated transfer with the EZ-T and beeswax and honey pumping systems.
5. Temperature and power. Standard range 0–212 °F with an optional range up to 400 °F. 110–120 V is standard on the 10–35 gal sizes, with 220–240 V, 480 V and 600 V configurations available.

Recommended: PRIMO Beeswax & Honey Separation / Clarification Tanks

All are 304 stainless with a #4 finish, double-wall insulated, with dual-level upper and lower discharge and integrated SNAP filtration.

For melting clean beeswax: PRIMO Beeswax Melter & Honey Processing Tanks

All sizes: beeswax melting tanks. These tanks also warm and bottle honey.

Why WaxMelters

• WaxMelters guarantees the best performance and the highest-quality construction. Construction is backed by the 1-Year Limited Equipment Warranty and the 3-Year Fabricated Stainless-Steel Vessel Warranty (warranty terms).
• Industry leader and US manufacturer in Ronkonkoma, NY, since 1999, serving businesses of every size, from small businesses to mega-cap Fortune 500 companies and government agencies, across every industry.
• 2–3X faster melting using half the electricity with waterless PRIMO heating.
• The most energy efficient: fast melting on half the electricity.
• Safe, even heating: permanent heaters, digital material-temperature control and insulated 304 stainless vessels, with no open flame.
• Saves money, time and energy.
• Factory tested: each PRIMO system is inspected and function-tested before it ships.

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Get a recommendation

Send the material you render (cappings, raw comb or block wax), batch weight, what happens to the wax afterwards and your electrical service to WaxMelters for a sizing and configuration recommendation: (888) 929-6358 or [email protected]. Prices are published on each product page.