Thomas Alpha Mini 28-Frame Professional Honey Extraction Line

The Thomas Alpha Mini is a compact professional honey extraction line designed for beekeeping operations with 50–200 hives. Combining uncapping, extraction, pre-filtration and honey transfer, it offers a space-saving setup with a footprint of 2.60 m.

Available in National or Langstroth format. Thomas quotes a one-person throughput of 100–130 supers, equivalent to 900–1,170 frames, over eight hours.

Included equipment

• Alpha Mini uncapping machine (E1000): manually operated uncapping machine with vibrating, unheated knives. A stainless-steel apron beneath the conveyor directs dripping honey into the cappings hopper. Cappings and honey can be collected in a tray or small drum positioned beneath the machine chassis.
• Heated settling and pre-filtration tank (ME1081): thermostatically controlled electric heating, 220 V, supplied with an automatic pump trigger.
• Stainless-steel vane pump: self-priming pump transfers extracted honey to a drum or settling tank, automatically controlled by the heated tank's level detector. 220 V.
• Alpha Plus horizontal-axis extractor with infeed and outfeed conveyors (ME1080): capacity of 28 straight-sided Dadant super frames or 20 Hoffmann frames, with two matching 28/20-frame conveyors. A Langstroth version is also available.

Extraction performance

The extractor provides approximately 4–5 extraction cycles per hour, depending on honey temperature and viscosity. Cycle duration, acceleration ramp and speed stages are programmable. Extractor supply: 220 V.

Frame format and final configuration should be confirmed before ordering. Pricing is available on quotation.