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Honey Processing Plant

Star Engineering Corporation is the Largest Manufacturer of Honey Processing Plants in India.

 Honey Production  Plant

The processing of honey is done mainly to prevent fermentation and retard granulation. The  plant has been developed and modified recently by us to process honey efficiently. The plant consists of

1.       Storage Tank (For Raw honey).It is made of stainless steel (SS 304) sheets with SS Screen for straining raw honey. Total capacity to  hold 500 kg Raw honey.

2.       Honey pump with 1HP Motor made of Stainless steel , positive displacement type metering pump and adjustable over the entire range.

3.    Heating Unit: - Heating unit thermostatically controlled SS tank    Stainless Steel Tubing of SS- 304 with coil

4.    Honey Processing Unit: - The Temperature of honey in processing coil  is maintained  at 65 ⁰c maximum .All the yeast cells           

       present in honey will be killed at this temperature. Then it will pass in cooling tank. Thus processed and filtered, cooled 

       honey will be collected in settling tank. The air bubbles and scum will be separated by vertical diaphragm in settling tank

       . This is then bottled. Honey pump is adjusted for the required honey flow.

5.        Moisture Reduction Unit:- Honey is then heated to required temperature for a specific period and passed into Falling Film  Evaporator (Condenser). Vacuum is simultaneously applied to boil the water in honey at lower temperature, so that moisture is separated which can be collected separately. This procedure also helps in destroying yeasts.

The processing of honey:-

Preheating: The raw honey is  to  be heated first at 40-45°C (Approx)  for 30 min with constant stirring to make homogeneous honey , stirring at rate of 50 rpm.

Filtration: -Preheated honey at 40-45°C (Approx)  is filtered through 80-100 mesh (40-50 micron) so as to separate solid wax particles, honey processing plant, pollen grains and other foreign materials. Pressure should not exceed 1.5 kg/cm2 during filtration other wise there is chance of mixing air with honey .That is churning like.

Processing of Honey:-Temperature of honey should be maintained between 60 -65 °C (Approx)   for 20 or 15 min respectively. Then honey is taken into cooling tank or settling tank to maintain at 25 – 30 °C (Approx)  

Settling of honey:-Processed and cooled honey is allowed to settle at 25 – 30 °C (Approx)   to separate the foam / scum at the top and clear liquid at the bottom. The foam/ scum can be removed by scooping manually.

Existing settling tank of 500 kg honey may be allowed to keep for more than 4-5 days undisturbed without adding further honey at room temperature 25-30°C (Approx)  .

With this process the Original flavor, aroma and glucose of the honey is preserved in its original form.

 Specification:-

1. Service of Unit  To Process Raw honey.

2. Type Continuous.

3. Capacity 500 kg per Eight  hour.

 4. Moisture Reduction 8-10% Maximum.

5. Removal of Suspended Material :- 100% of 100 micron Size and 95% of 40 micron Size.

6 .Major Equipments

A) Helical Coil heat exchanger.

B) Falling Film vacuum evaporator.

c) Falling Film Heat Exchanger.

d) Jacketed process vessel.

e) Jacketed Vessel.

f) Hot water storage tank.

g) Jacketed vessel.

h) Storage vessel for pure honey.

i) Special condenser vacuum pump.

j) Centrifugal Hot water circulation pump.

k) SS Gear pump.

l) Special pump

m)Filter.

n) Temperature indicator cum controller

The plant is designed in such a way that nowhere the honey is heated more than 63⁰c to 65⁰c for 10 min to 12 min. Due to very short time heating the HMF (Hydro Mithyal Perfural) does not change more than 0.5% to 1.0%

Honey Processing Plants are of Two Types:-

1.Plant Without Moisture Reduction Arrangement

2.Plant With Moisture Reduction Arrangement.

1. Honey Processing Plant Without Moisture Reduction Arrangement

Normally apiary honey needs simple heating, filtering and cooling arrangements; as such the machinery is simple. Following equipment are supplied.

1. Pre heating tank with Stainless Steel. 304 tank.
2. Filter press with Stainless Steel. gear pump.
3. Vessel with Stainless Steel. Coil and heaters with thermostats for heating.
4. Vessel with Stainless Steel. Coil for cooling.
5. Stainless Steel. Storage Tank with level indicator
All parts coming in contact with honey are of Stainless Steel. 304 food grade material.

2. Honey PP  With Moisture Reduction Arrangement

For forest / coast line honey in which extraneous matter is high and also moisture content is to the tune of 24% to 26% the moisture contents needs to be brought down. Forest Honey Processing Plant are more complicated and sophisticated equipment are required

Our Manufactured honey processing plant  can be seen at:-

Markfed Canneries, G.T. Road, Jallandhar 144001

Where we have installed a honey processing plant at Turn key basis and it has been working since 1992.Its capacity is  500 kg in 8 hours.

Our honey processing plant produces honey which is in accordance with the AGMARK standard as laid down by the Govt. of India.

For complete Details please contact us.

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