Producers of artisanal honey know this well: bottling by hand demandspatience, attention, and great consistency. But when volumes begin to rise, even a simple operation like filling can become a bottleneck.
Dispensing honey correctly, avoiding waste, filling uniformly, andcapping hygienically — all this must happen smoothly, even in small labs.
When Does It Make Sense to Automate HoneyBottling?
Many beekeepers and small artisanal labs start with the basics: afunnel, a scale, a few manual cappers. But it doesn’t take long beforeobvious limits emerge:
- Bottling time stretches out, especially with denser or crystallized hone
- Every lost drop is a cost
- Jars are not always uniformProduction rate is too slow to scale
- Production rate is too slow scale
Automating honey bottling is not about industrializing. It’s about optimizing reducing physical effort and improving performance, without sacrificing quality.
Common Issues in Manual Filling
Those who fill honey by hand often run into problems like:
- Imprecise dosing, inconsistent from jar to jar
- Drips and waste, work surfaces always messy
- Difficulty handling different states of honey (liquid, dense, crystallized)
- Irregular capping
- Hygiene and sanitation between batch
Manual vs Semi‑automatic: What Really Changes
| Aspect |
Manual Filling |
Semi Automatic Filler |
| Time for ~100 jars |
1 hour (high variation) |
30 minutes (much more consistent) |
| Aspect |
Manual Filling |
Semi Automatic Filler |
| Time for ~100 jars |
1 hour (high variation) |
30 minutes (much more consistent) |
4 Key Questions BeforeAutomating
- How many jars do you fill per lot on average?
- Do you work only with liquid honey, or also with dense/crystallized honey?
- Do you have the means to warm the honey before filling?
- Do you frequently change jar formats, or always use the same?
Answering these will help you pick a honey filling machine that trulysuits your workflow.
TELM’s Proposals: Honey Volumetric Fillers andCapping Devices
TELM designs volumetric piston fillers and semi-automatic capping machines tailored to artisanal producers who work with honey, dense or viscous substances, in small to medium batches.
Their solutions are notable for:
- Compactness and modularity — suitable even in small spaces
- Ease of use — intuitive controls, even for non specialists
- Assured hygiene — contact parts made in AISI 316 stainless steel, completely sanitizable
- Precision — works well even with dense or partially crystallized honey; drop cutting “antigoccia” valves help avoid dripping
- Versatility — machines compatible with other products like jams, marmalades, fruit compotes,
- Capping integrated options — twist off or press caps, even table top cappers
TELM offers both semi automatic bench top fillers/cappers and more automatic or linear/rotary lines, depending on the production scale.
Concrete Benefits of Automating Honey Bottle
- reduce waste and production costs significantly
- improve uniformity and hygiene in your jars
- ease the physical load on your team
- gain a replicable process — less variation, better quality control
Summary
Automating honey filling isn’t a compromise; it’s a step forward. Withthe right semi‑automatic filler or a complete honey filling and capping line, you can scale without losing authenticity.
Want to see if now is the right time to automate for your lab?
Contact TELM — we can help you assess the best honey filling machine for yoursetup.
