Development of a Fabric Waxing Machine to Improve Beeswax Wraps Production

Camosun学院将通过这第一个应用研究合作伙伴关系协助自然蜜蜂控股有限公司（自然蜜蜂）重新设计原型织物打蜡机。大自然蜜蜂，一个维多利亚，不列颠哥伦比亚省的公司，生产蜂蜡包装，开始作为凯蒂甘布尔的最后一个项目，对她的商业学士学位在维多利亚大学。可重复使用的食品包装的配方是使用可持续的成分，包括加拿大来源的蜂蜡。生产和销售开始在一个小规模，凯蒂的父母的地下室，并已大大增加了前2年的运作。因此，Nature Bee开始自动化织物打蜡过程，这是生产的关键部分，非常耗时，混乱和劳动密集型。随着持续增长和走上技术采用之路，Nature Bee现在正在寻求进一步提高产量和效率。Camosun College在制造自动化、设计和原型设计方面拥有内部专业知识，这将有助于Nature Bee努力减少浪费并提高产量。

Camosun College will be assisting Nature Bee Holdings Ltd. (Nature Bee) through this first applied research partnership in the redesign of a prototype fabric waxing machine. Nature Bee, a Victoria, BC company that manufactures beeswax wraps, started as Katie Gamble's final project towards her Bachelor of Commerce degree at the University of Victoria. A recipe for reusable food wraps was created using sustainable ingredients and including Canadian sourced beeswax. Production and sales started at a small scale, out of Katie's parents' basement and has increased significantly over the first 2 years of operation. As a result, Nature Bee started automating the fabric waxing process, a key part of production which was very time consuming, messy, and labour intensive. With continued growth and having embarked on a technology adoption path, Nature Bee is now looking to further boost production and improve efficiencies. Camosun College has in-house expertise in manufacturing automation, design and prototyping that will assist Nature Bee in its effort to minimize waste and increase throughput.