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Filling equipment is chosen from the product and the package, and the machine follows: viscosity, acidity and carbonation pick the filling principle before BPH does.

Aluminum Can Filling Machine for Beer, Carbonated Soft Drinks and Soda Water

Key facts at a glance
Supply scopeFilling, capping, labelling and packing equipment
Sizing basisDemand in units per day, divided by productive hours and a production factor
Production factor0.65-0.85 depending on formats and changeovers
Key controlFill accuracy, closure integrity, changeover time
Key decisionOne flexible line or two dedicated lines
AcceptanceOutput, accuracy, closure and changeover, measured

What is the first question to settle before choosing equipment?

Settle the product and the package before the machine. Product viscosity, acidity, carbonation and particle size decide the filling principle; the bottle neck finish decides the capping head and the change parts. A machine chosen before those two are fixed is chosen twice.

How do you compare two quotations that look different?

Compare the lowest rated station, the changeover time, the CIP time and the consumable cost per 1,000 units. A lower price with a slower packer or a longer CIP is not a lower cost. Ask both suppliers for the same four numbers in writing.

DecisionWhat it fixesWhat it does not fix
Filling principleProduct and accuracyDownstream capacity
Valve countRated BPHChangeover and CIP time
Automation levelLabour per shiftProduct quality
Line layoutFloor space and flowThroughput of the slowest station

The Gravity Filling Machine for Still Water is the matching unit when this becomes a line project.

What belongs in the acceptance protocol?

Rated output at the specified format, fill accuracy on a defined sample, closure torque or seam measurement, and a full changeover timed with the customer watching. Anything not measured at acceptance becomes a discussion after the money is paid.

Site requirements, air and water consumption sit with the Volumetric Filling Machine for Still Water.

What is the difference between capacity and throughput?

Capacity is what the machine can do at steady state in one format. Throughput is what the plant gets across a week of changeovers, cleaning and stops. Plans built on capacity alone are the reason new lines look slow in their first month.

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How to read the numbers. Rated capacity in this note follows the product specification range, not a factory acceptance test. Changeover, cleaning and downstream stops are not inside a rated BPH, so plan with a production factor of 0.65-0.85.

Frequently asked questions

What is the difference between BPH and bottles per minute?

BPH is bottles per hour; divide by 60 for bottles per minute. A 12,000 BPH line runs at 200 bottles per minute, and every downstream machine has to carry that rate.

What is the difference between a monoblock and a full line?

A monoblock combines rinse, fill and cap on one frame. A full line adds treatment, blowing, labelling, packing and palletizing around it. The monoblock is one station in a longer chain.

What drives the price of a filling line?

Valve count, automation level, material of construction, whether blowing is included, and the packing format. Price follows the specification, so two quotes are only comparable when the specifications match.

How do I verify a supplier before ordering?

Ask for the factory acceptance test procedure, a reference line running the same format, and the spare parts list with lead times. A supplier who cannot show a running line has not commissioned many.

Key takeaways
  1. Compare quotations on the slowest station, changeover and CIP time.
  2. Anything not measured at acceptance becomes a later argument.
  3. The factory test proves the specification, not the building.
  4. Ask for the FAT procedure before the price.
About the author
Written by the Sunswell engineering team - led by Howie SUN, Founder & CEO, with 14 years in filling and blow-moulding equipment R&D and turnkey project delivery across 71+ countries.
Last reviewed: 2026-08-28 . Reviewed by Sunswell engineering team
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