March 24

Tech post #3

Honey comb candles are first made with beeswax that has had all the impurities taken out of it, and bleached. A worker then puts the beeswax into a gas kettle un til melted then 1/10 of an once  of powdered dye tints the beeswax the dye is then stirred into the beeswax so it is distributed evenly. A worker then opens a valve and the wax flows into a large through beneath a large drum. This drum is cooled by a system of chillers and the wax solidifies. A narrow aperture then squeeze’s the solid wax thinner  the layers are rolled onto a shaft. The layers are then put in na bath of warm water and soap. The could of beeswax are then loosened by hand. The wAx layers separate and warm water is immersed on the layers which softens the edges as a fitting machine makes the wax even thinner. The softened wax is firmed up agin by ice. Liquid soap is constantly added during this a calipers ids then used to gage the thickness of the wax, to make sure it’s 0.16 of a centimeter  the roll is then removed form the thinning machine spindle. The wax is then put n another spindle for a machine that pulls the wax through ice water tax is the put thorough embossing rollers to make the design then a bide sides the beeswax into sheets, To make the candles another worker cuts the sheets to the correct length and width the sheets are then rolled by hand with a cotton wick. Then the candles are made.

 


Posted March 24, 2021 by sgoodman26 in category Uncategorized

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