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Apimondia 2011 Argentina technical tour Wax plant

We also went to Panales Arroyo wax plant where they make foundation

Below is the heater for first grade of wax to come in to the plant, its all melted down here to two different grades

Below are the second grade baths, this is of a higher grade wax.

From above it heads to the foundation making section below, where the foudnation is stamped out and cut in to the correct sizes.

This below is the cutting wheels for the wax foundations

in the lab there where the wax is tested below

Checking the wax PH

Growing culture’s in the lab to check the wax

 

 

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