| What is included | Filling, capping and closing equipment |
| Filling principles | Gravity, volumetric, isobaric, piston, load cell |
| Output range | 2,000-48,000 BPH by configuration |
| Accuracy basis | Volume, weight or fill level |
| Contact material | SUS 304 product contact, CIP-ready |
| Key control | Fill accuracy, closure integrity, CIP time |
The product fixes the filling principle; output only fixes the size. Still liquid at a steady density runs gravity or volumetric; carbonated product needs isobaric; thick product with solids needs a piston; product sold by weight runs a load cell. A machine picked ahead of the product usually gets picked again.
Four variables sit behind a fill number: the dosing principle, the product temperature, the bottle geometry, and the condition of the valve or piston seal. A machine that holds its tolerance on the factory test can drift in the plant when the product arrives warmer or the bottle wall gets thinner.
| Principle | Doses by | Fails when |
|---|---|---|
| Gravity | Fill level in the bottle | Bottle geometry varies |
| Volumetric | Chamber volume | Valve seal wears |
| Isobaric | Volume under counter-pressure | Pressure or temperature drifts |
| Piston | Displacement | Product carries solids |
| Load cell | Net weight | Product temperature moves |
Rated output, change parts and services are listed on the Gravity Filling Machine for Still Water page.
A CIP cycle is measured in tens of minutes to over an hour depending on the circuit and the soil. It is not production time, and a plan that counts it as production will miss its daily output every day. The number belongs in the capacity calculation, not in the shift handover.
For the same duty in another bottle format, the Volumetric Filling Machine for Still Water is specified separately.
The parts cost is small; the time is not. A format change touches star wheels, guide rails, grippers, the cap chute and the recipe. On a line with two formats and two changes a day, the annual hours lost exceed the price of a second small machine in many plants.
The same question is worked through from another angle in How Gravity Fillers Handle Delicate Beverages.
It saves capital and floor space, and it costs labour per shift. Manual loading, manual packing and manual palletizing are the usual trades. For a small plant with a single format and a flexible crew, that is a sensible trade; for a plant running three shifts it is not.
Gravity fills to a level set by a tube, so accuracy depends on the bottle. Because volumetric filling doses by chamber volume, accuracy holds across bottle sizes. Gravity is simpler and cheaper; volumetric is more repeatable when the bottle changes.
Yes, with change parts: star wheels, guide rails, grippers and a recipe. The parts are cheap compared with the changeover time, which is why most plants specify one dominant format.
A single frame carrying the rinser, the filler and the capper, driven and controlled together. It removes two transfers and the floor space between three separate machines.
From tens of minutes to over an hour, set by the circuit volume and the soil. It is a fixed cost per production day and should be planned as downtime, not squeezed into the shift.
Valve seals, piston seals, capping head inserts, guide rail blocks and one set of change parts for the second format. These are the items that stop a line for days when they fail.
Country:Kazakhstan
Product: PET Bottled Sparkling Water, Canned Soft Drink, Canned Tea
Capacity: 25000CPH (250ml)
Solution:Three Lines,7000BPH(1.5L), 15000CPH(330ml),15000CPH(450ml)
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