With the uncapping machine, the opercula are not crumbled but cut, as with the use of a hand knife. The knives are heated using a hot water heating and recycling unit (included with the machine), and the temperature of the knives can be adjusted using a special thermostat. The knives also work inside the wooden frame of the honeycombs and thus can uncapping even unfilled frames. Adjustment of the knives is quick and easy via a lever on the side of the uncapping machine that allows the passage between the knives to be tightened or widened. Manually introduced combs are guided and inserted, automatically between the blades in order to achieve regular and systematic uncapping on both sides. The press is constructed entirely of AISI 304 stainless steel and works cold through a perforated mesh containing an auger that presses the operculum. The press receives the operculum as soon as it is removed and divides it between wax and honey, going on to recover 90 percent of the product in a short time and thus avoiding the displacement of the operculum. The press is equipped with a simple and functional control panel where the speed controllers of the operculum-pressing auger with variable pitch are located.