Manufacturing
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Here you can find out all the interesting facts about the manufacture of candles.
Pressing
In this industrial process, the paraffin is first processed into granules by heating it and spraying it onto a drum cooled with water, from which it is then scraped off. This material is then compressed into a candle at high pressure and then dipped.
This process is suitable for tea lights, pillar candles and ball candles.
Pressing
Casting
In order to produce jars or moulded candles, the liquid wax is poured into jars or moulds. This is done either by hand or on large filling machines. With this method, the wax can be coloured and/or scented.
Casting
Drawing
In a drawn candle, an endless wick is passed over large drums and drawn several times (up to the desired thickness, max. 8 cm diameter) through a basin of paraffin. The candle is thus given many layers and is therefore coloured throughout. The profession of candle maker is also named after this method. Finally, the long strand is cut into small pieces.
This creates our tree, disco or dinner candles, for example.
Drawing
Dipping
A cut piece of wick is suspended from a device and repeatedly dipped into hot paraffin until a candle of the desired diameter has formed. Dipped candles typically have a tapered shape and are also coloured through.
The classic example of a dipped candle is the taper candle.