To pump out honey, you need a special device - honey extractor.
The price of such a device is not low, so not everyone can buy it.
This article will discuss how to make honey extractor with your own hands.
- How it works?
- Production options
- Electrically operated
- Without electric drive
- How to make a honey extractor with your own hands
- Materials and tools
- Detailed process description
How it works?
Honey is pumped by the action of centrifugal force.
This happens as follows:
- honeycombs are printed using a special knife;
- then they are inserted into cassettes that hold the frame during the process;
- the rotor rotates and honey is thrown on the inner surface of the honey extractor;
- it then flows to the bottom and into the hole to be drained.
Production options
Homemade honey extractor can be made with or without electric drive.
Electrically operated
This version of the device operates from the electrical network. Do-it-yourself electric drive is quite difficult, but quite realistic. This requires pulleys, fasteners and generators G-21 and G-108.A hole is made in the drive, considering all sizes.
Without electric drive
Mechanical pumping of honey requires a lot of effort and time compared to electric. But if the amount of the product is small, then manual honey extractor will not be difficult to pump it out.
How to make a honey extractor with your own hands
Very often they make a honey extractor with their own hands from an old washing machine. The washing tank in such models is made of stainless steel.This material does not rot, does not oxidize and washes well, and honey is obtained without foreign taste.
Materials and tools
For the manufacture of such a device will need:
- trumpet;
- bearing;
- belt;
- washing machine tank;
- stand under the honey extractor;
- pulleys;
- self-tapping screws.
Detailed process description
In one tank from the washing machine cut the bottom, in the other do not change anything. The tank with the cut out bottom is inserted into the other. Next, three metal rods welded to the bearing.
This tool will help to quickly and efficiently pump out the honey, while it does not require too much effort.