A Honey-cum-wax separator was designed, developed and field evaluated to extract honey from the uncapping waste at different locations on melliferous honey. The machine can extract 35.4% honey per batch from uncapping waste. The capacity of the machine was evaluated as 100 kg/hr of uncapping waste (30 kg/hr of honey) with a working volume of 0.03 cubic meter (5 kg of uncapped wax/batch). The initial investment on this separator is Rs. 15,000. The pay back period is 2.2 years.
Design, Honey, Separator, Wax
