SWM — Super Waxer Machine
The World's First Non-Contact Candle Wick Waxing Machine (Patent Pending)
Every conventional candle wick waxing machine in the world — including the original machines patented in 1999 — pulls the wick over and under drums and rollers through a hot wax bath. That contact physically damages the cotton braid: rollers compress and crush the microscopic capillary tubes inside the fibers, drums bend and kink the cotton, and prolonged heat exposure weakens the fiber structure. The result is a wick with collapsed capillary channels and uneven wax coating — which is why conventionally waxed candles produce variable flame heights, inconsistent fragrance throw, excess soot, and unpredictable burn times.
The Candle-Tech Super Waxer Machine (SWM) is the world's first wick waxing machine engineered to never touch the wick during the waxing process. The wick travels in a perfectly straight line through a non-contact wax immersion zone — no drums, no rollers, no compression, no bending stress. Cotton fiber capillary tubes exit the SWM in exactly the same state they entered: open, undamaged, and perfectly braided. The result is a wick engineered for consistent combustion, every single burn.
CTM-Verified Performance — What SWM-Waxed Wicks Deliver
SWM-waxed wicks have been independently verified on CTM burn-testing machines and produce measurably superior combustion across all five CTM parameters: Rate of Consumption, Flame Height, Burn Pool Diameter, Visible Sooting, and After-Glow Sooting. In production candles, this translates to consistent flame height every burn, superior and more consistent fragrance throw, predictable maximum burn time, and 20 to 40 grams less wax required per candle to achieve the same performance — because a smaller wick diameter with preserved capillary structure outperforms a larger conventionally waxed wick. SWM-waxed wicks also support clean, complete combustion, which is what makes a candle eligible for the CT Green Certification seal and the CT Quality & Safety seal.
