Filling
Our modern filling systems allow you to fill a variety of beverages and other products with precision and safety in compliance with the exact products’ fill levels and shelf life. Regardless of whether they are computer-controlled, electronic, pneumatic or mechanical or if the container is a can, bottle, jar or a barrel - with our flexibility and precision we provide safety and verified solutions for each request.
The rinsing and capping machine are parts of the filling section. The rinser can be used with water, with steam, sterile air, disinfectants, and can be electronic or mechanical. The capper may be of different types depending on the cap. There are several types of cap, which can be divided for the material cork, plastic, aluminum. After rinsing, filling and capping, the container must also label it.
The labelling machine must be very flexible in order to adapt easily the labelling operations to new market trends. For this reason, it is essential to build flexible labelling machines, with quick changeover and adaptable to most formats bottles. There are many types of labeling machine and vary according to the container (glass, PET) or label to apply. Hot melt, cold glue, paper, opp, self adhesive, we can dress all the containers.
Glass bottles
With our modern, highly technical glass bottle fillers we give your product a safe surround and at the same time meet your highest demands for quality and flexibility. Furthermore, an vacuum pump is available for some models of our glass bottle filling systems. This helps you to protect the environment by saving energy, water, and resources.
- Beer - Capacity up to 40.000 bph. Isobaric filler with vacuum pump. There are 3 versions, elettric pneumatic valves, mechanical valves, elettronic valves.
- Water and still drink - Capacity up to 40.000 bph. It’s a gravity filler in 2 versions, mechanical valves, elettronic valves. Suitable to fill still water and juice with a clean environment through dynamic pressurization rooms, ISO 7 and ISO 5 controlled contamination room.
- Water and non alcoholic beverages carbonated and still - Capacity up to 40.000 bph. Isobaric filler in 3 versions, elettric pneumatic valves, mechanical valves, elettronic valves.
- Food - Capacity up to 40.000 bph. Great versatility. The rotary piston fillers are suitable to automatically fill dense and semi-dense products such as jam containing pieces, tomato paste, ketchup, meat-based or vegetable-based sauces, baby-food, homogeneous product (tomato paste), jams and similar, into glass jars by volumetric dosage. There are as well as a telescopic filler for solid product.
- Alcoholic beverages - Capacity up to 40.000 bph A simple way to fill wine, vodka, liqueurs or spirits is to use the mechanically controlled filling system uses the principle of gravity the fill level is reached exactly by vacuum correction with product return - in this way not a drop of the valuable beverage is lost.
- Filling line for glass bottles - We offer a filling line for glass bottles specific for the filling operations of beer, soft drinks, water, wine and alcoholic products, juice and milk. Our filling line for glass bottles uses a filling method process both carbonated as well as still beverages.Operating at capacities of up to 50,000 bottles an hour this high-performance machine is exceptionally fast and efficient.
Pet bottles
With our PET filling machines, we provide you with flexible and efficient solutions that can be optimally adapted to suit your requirements thanks to their modular design. Our filling systems are designed specifically for the PET bottle.With out Pet filler we can fill soft drinks, water, juice or beer — we've got the right solution for every product.
- Beer - Capacity up to 24.000 bph. Isobaric filler. There are 3 versions, elettric pneumatic valves, mechanical valves, elettronic valves with flow meter.
- Water and still drinks - Capacity up to 24.000 bph. It’s a gravity filler in 2 versions, mechanical valves, elettronic valves. Suitable to fill still water and juice with a clean environment through dynamic pressurization rooms, ISO 7 and ISO 5 controlled contamination room.
- Non alcoholic beverage - Capacity up to 24.000 bph. Isobaric filler. There are 3 versions, elettric pneumatic valves, mechanical valves, elettronic valves with flow meter.
- Food - Capacity up to 24.000 cph. Our equipments can form a flexible filling line for dense foods and drinks. This can be a high-capacity line composed of rotary machines or Multiblocs, as well as extremely universal line made of comprising linear machines and allowing to fill ketchup, mayonnaise, edible oil, mustard, dressings and other products in cylindrical and flat plastic bottles, as well as buckets.
- Non food - Capacity up to 12.000 cph. For foamy products we use our linear volumetric and flowmetric machines, applying no-contact bottom filling with nozzles completely sunk below the product level and constantly moving up with it during filling.
- Non Food - Pharmaceutical Industry - Capacity up to 12.000 cph. Various filling systems such as peristaltic pumps, dosing cylinders and magnetic or mass flowmeters. Many configurations are available to satisfy different production requirements for homecare, personalcare, pharmaceutical.
- Alcoholic beverage - Capacity up to 24.000 bph. bph A simple way to fill wine, vodka, liqueurs or spirits is to use the mechanically controlled filling system uses the principle of gravity the fill level is reached exactly by vacuum correction with product return - in this way not a drop of the valuable beverage is lost.
- Bottling soft drinks - Bottling line for soft drinks is the ultimate step in growing the customer business. The bottling line for soft drinks are engineered to make premium-carbonated drinks. Bottling soft drinks lines can be tailored to suit the customers’ requirements with the production outputs up to 50.000 bph.
Can
Our can pressure filling systems enable you to fill both still and carbonated hot or cold beverages safely, and always provide the most precise filling accuracy. Whether they are computer-controlled or mechanical, our systems offer you maximum flexibility for perfect filling results. Our high-performance can filler is available as an individual machine or blocked with a can seamer.
- Beer - Enable you to fill both still and carbonated hot or cold beverages safely, and always provide the most precise filling accuracy . Our systems offer you maximum flexibility for perfect filling results. Our high-performance can filler is available as an individual machine or blocked with a can seamer.
- Non alcoholic beverages - Enable you to fill both still and carbonated hot or cold beverages safely, and always provide the most precise filling accuracy . Our systems offer you maximum flexibility for perfect filling results. Our high-performance can filler is available as an individual machine or blocked with a can seamer.
Jar and tin
Foods are commercially canned in glass jars with lids, metal cans, or special metal type pouches. All of these materials are suitable for food storage.
Process of hermetically sealing cooked food for future use. It is a preservation method, in which prepared food is put in glass jars or metal cans that are hermetically sealed to keep out air and then heated to a specific temperature for a specified time to destroy disease-causing microorganisms and prevent spoilage... Highly specialized machinery, knowledge of bacteriology and food chemistry, as well as more efficient processes of cooking, have combined to make the commercial canning of food an important feature of modern life.
The range of products canned has increased enormously and includes:
- Food 40.000 CPH - Capacity up to 40.000 cph glass and pet. Telescopic filler. Tomatoes (whole or in pieces) , Olives (whole or in pieces), Mushrooms (sliced or in pieces), Pet food, Mixed legumes, Peas, Chick peas, Lentils, Beans, Vegetables (whole, sliced or diced) such as: carrots, potatoes, onions, green beans, etc. Nuts, Fruit (whole, sliced or diced) such as: cherries, strawberries, prunes, elderberries, apricots, pears, peaches, etc. Pasta, grains and rice.
- Food 5000 cph - Capacity up to 5000 cph with 300 gr glass and pet jar. Highly reliable machine, suitable for filling dense and semi-dense products such as jam containing pieces, tomato paste, ketchup, meat-based or vegetable-based sauces, baby-food, homogeneous product (tomato paste), jams and similar.
Keg
Kegs are system casks that are primarily used as reusable containers. They were developed specifically for industrial filling and storage of beverages, and in today's world it is hard to imagine the catering industry without them.
Machines available in various models and fully automatic for internal washing and keg-filling: the number of heads of treatment change according to the type of internal washing of the kegs. The different treatment heads perform separately all the steps of washing and filling. The machines are equipped with a pneumatic system of translation of the kegs on the heads of treatment.
- Beer - 1 Head - Capacity up to 15 kegs/hour. Semi-automatic machines for internal washing and keg-filling, available also for pet keg. the 1 head models have a single head that carries out the washing steps and the filling ones, The machine is equipped with tanks for the preparation and containment of the solutions used for the inner washing of the kegs.
- Beer - 2+1 Heads - Capacity up to 38 kegs/hour. Semi-automatic and automatic machines for internal washing and keg-filling, available also for pet keg: the 2 heads models are equipped with two heads of treatment that carry out separately the washing phases and the filling ones. The machines are equipped with tanks for the preparation and containment of the solutions used for the inner washing of the kegs.
- Beer - 3+1 Heads - Capacity up to 50 kegs/hour Machines available in various models and fully automatic for internal washing and keg-filling: the number of heads of treatment varies according to the type of internal washing of the kegs requested by the customer. The different treatment heads perform separately all the steps of washing and filling. The machines are equipped with a pneumatic system of translation of the kegs on the heads of treatment.
- Beer - 4+1 Heads - Capacity up to 60 kegs/hour. Machines available in various models and fully automatic for internal washing and keg-filling: the number of heads of treatment varies according to the type of internal washing of the kegs requested by the customer. The different treatment heads perform separately all the steps of washing and filling. The machines are equipped with a pneumatic system of translation of the kegs on the heads of treatment.
- Beer - 5+2 Heads - Capacity up to 120 kegs/hour. Machines available in various models and fully automatic for internal washing and keg-filling: the number of heads of treatment varies according to the type of internal washing of the kegs requested by the customer. The different treatment heads perform separately all the steps of washing and filling. The machines are equipped with a pneumatic system of translation of the kegs on the heads of treatment.
- Beer - Automatic systems over 200 KEGS/HOUR. Automatic systems for the processing and packaging of beverages in kegs of any size. Our machines range allows to cover all the production requirements within a capacity that goes from 200 kegs/hour to over 1000 kegs/hour.
- Keg filling line - We provides to the customer a strong and versatile keg filling line. Cleaning and filling, the range of our machines ensures the highest level of quality and can satisfy all your specific needs. Our keg filling line is extremely cost-effective, flexible and efficient, not only for disposable and reusable keg (stainless steel) solutions, but also in the pet keg (one-way).
Pet keg
The Pet Keg offers a significant breakthrough in the sales and marketing of volume beer, wine and other beverages. It opens up new channels and markets and provides a step change in environmental performance - as well as reducing costs and improving cash flow.
Although it is highly engineered, the concept of the Pet Keg - like all great ideas - is simple.
It is a lightweight beverage container manufactured in recyclable PET and designed for one-way use.
A range of sizes is available and there are versions adapted for use on existing filling lines.
- Pet keg for beer - Capacity up to 60 kegs/hour. Semi-automatic and automatic machines for pet keg-filling, utilize filling and co2 heads (to pressurize the keg).
The pressurizing/filling heads provided with magnetic sensor for the control of a correct opening of the fitting and dummy keg to install during the CIP phase. The parts in contact with the product are stainless steel with EPDM gaskets. Series of AISI 316L N.C. pneumatic valves for the control of flows related to the washing/filling cycle. The valves are supplied with external position indicator.
Big bottles
Having drinking water stored in a 5-gallon water jug is convenient. Unlike tap water which you have to first have a pipe running through the water to deliver the water, a large water jug can be stored and accessed anywhere you like. At present, the water jug at this size is usually made of plastic.
We can offer several solution, from 5 lt up to 5 gallon container. For pet or polycarbonate container.
Automatic or semiautomatic, we can handle your big bottles business.
- Water 5 gallon returnable - Capacity up to 4.000 bph. Automatic monobloc for washing, sterilizing, filling and capping 3 to 6 gallon PET or PVC bottles, in patterns from 2 to 8 row designs, featuring. volumetric filling with flow meters and special valves that guarantee a laminar flow without turbulence and hence short filling times (approx. 7 sec. per 5 jets); brushing of the exteriors of the gallon bottles. In the standard version, the washing cycle comprises of six different spraying areas in order to guarantee impeccable cleaning and sterilization of the container. The capper is ideal for plastic pressure caps (screw caps on request).
- Water non returnable - It is made up of a first filling section with three filling valves equipped with magnetic flow meters, the pressure closure capping section and the screw closure capping section. The format change is quick and designed to adjust the machine to different bottles’ formats (from 5 up to 20 Lt) with production up to 900 BPH of 5 Lt and 500 BPH of 5 gallons.
Special containers in pp, hdpe
Our lines offer a multitude of options for products from the fields of chemicals, pharmaceuticals and cosmetics: an enormous range of different cleaning agents, liquid medicines, plus care products and lotions, can be filled in the containers designed to suit them. Our corporate capabilities extend far beyond filling systems – as an entire-system vendor, Krones is able to produce complete filling and packaging lines precisely tailored to your requirements. And even after your line has been commissioned, we still offer you comprehensive consultancy and support through our globally fine-meshed service network.
- Food - Capacity up to 24.000 bph. Our equipments can form a flexible filling line for dense foods and drinks. This can be a high-capacity line composed of rotary machines or Multiblocs, as well as extremely universal line made of comprising linear machines and allowing to fill ketchup, mayonnaise, mustard, dressings and other products in glass bottles and jars, cylindrical and flat plastic bottles, as well as buckets.
- Non Food 6.000 bph - Capacity up to 6.000 bph. Compact cosmetic line with filler, capper and labeller.
- Non Food - Capacity 6.000 bph. Volumetric filler for acid product, chemical product. machine concept for all applications from small to large, light to heavy, thin to thick, fast and with high quality. Using our flow metering system we are able to provide for your products the optimum throughput and control in all production modes - filling and cleaning. Detergent, home and personal care.
Inspection of the container
In-line inspection and control systems for packaging lines. The product range starts from empty container inspection, and goes through the fill level check, correct closure check and correct “clothing“ check, up to checking the weight of the carton or bundle. All the inspection systems are stand-alone systems and can operate either push ejection devices or progressive diverters for gentle movement of the container.
Industries: Beer, Water, Non Alcoholic Beverages, Alcoholic Beverages, Food, Non Food.
- Empty Container Control - Modular inspection system, installed before the filler, to control the surfaces of empty containers either glass or PET. It checks that containers are in good condition and clean, free of foreign matter and liquid residues.
- Caps Presence Control - This control the presence of any type of cork. It can operate in two ways: as autonomous check or as an extension of the level check, by carrying out a check simultaneously with the level check or by carrying out a check at a different point of the line, but still controlled by the electronics of the level check.
- Monitors the proper closing of the cap - This camera system checks correct closure of both plastic and glass containers. It inspects actual container closure and the correct position of both the cap and guarantee ring with great precision. It can also be used to inspect the fill level, seals, labels.
- Level Control System for the verification of correct filling of product inside the containers, through a high frequency capacitance system - It is compact, simple, quick and easy to be installed. It can be expanded to make other checks even at different points of the bottling line using the same control unit.
- Label Presence Control - This checks for the presence of paper and plastic, glued and self-adhesive labels, neck labels and stamps, through optical sensors placed on the labelling machine. When the labels are wraparound labels or the bottles are shaped and the labels face outwards, the check can be made on the conveyor through in-line sensors. with the addition of some sensors we can also control the positioning of the label.
- Keg, carton, packs, cases control system - Check if the package corresponds to the weight established during production. In the case of weight different from that set on the machine, the package is ejected.
- Level control system - The food and beverages industry have a strict rules in term of high quality standards and controls. The inspection technology is necessary to meet these standards. We provide a versatile level control system that can be integrated at the key points of our filling systems.
Filling equipment
Our filling equipment ensure high output for brands that are in high demand in the market. Our filling equipment are used to serve beer, water, carbonated soft drink, juice, wine, spirits markets but also we serve food and the cosmetics market where manufacturers use our filling equipment to accurately fill containers.
We also provide filling equipment for makers of household and industrial chemicals, whose work environment requires a filler that handles the agents with the utmost care. We have filling equipments using a electronic flow meter (massic or magnetic), or a electropneumatic filling system. Isobaric filling equipment or gravity one, volumetric or mechanical all of them guarantee e clean system and high precision filling level.
- Beer bottling line - Beer bottling line is the ultimate step in growing the customer business. The beer bottling line technologies are engineered to make premium beer possible and profitable. We can provide beer bottling line for glass and pet bottles. Beer bottling line can be tailored to suit the customers’ requirements with the production outputs up to 50.000 bph. We can also provide the smallest beer bottling line with the output of 500 bottles per hour. Our beer bottling line include also some part of the process, like flash pasteurizer, filtration, carbonator, co2 analyzer etc. Independently of the production output, with our beer bottling line we ensured the same quality and performance.
- Bottling line - Bottling line is the ultimate step in growing the customer business. The bottling line technologies are engineered to make premium beverage possible and profitable. We can provide bottling line for beer, water, carbonated soft drink juice, milk, wine and alcoholic products. Bottling line can be tailored to suit the customers’ requirements with the production outputs up to 50.000 bph.
- Filling Valve - In our product range of fillers, we have different types of filling valve. According to the type of product to be filled, we can provide the following filling valves:
isobaric filling valve for carbonated products,
gravity filling valve for flat product, low vacuum filling valve, volumetric filling valve.
- Triblock - The triblock is the union of three machines: a rinser, a filler and capper, all merged in one big filling block. The advantages of this kind of unit (triblock), compared to the single isolated machines are: one support base, generally in stainless steel, item aboard the turret of rinsing, the filling turret and the turret capping.
- Capping machine - Capping machines are used for the application of plastic and metal threaded caps as well as plastic snap caps, some fitments and some types of corks and plugs. There are many types of automatic capping machines, each one with its own strengths and weaknesses depending on the application.
- Bottle washer - Usually if your company works with a returnable glass bottle is necessary to install into the glass line a bottle washer. Our bottle washer is designed for cleaning a variety of bottles and can be adjusted to satisfy a wide range of client’s needs and specifications.
- Rinsing machine - Our range of rinsing machine is quite wide. We have linear or rotary rinsing machine accordingly to the speed required. Our output range is from 1.000 bph up to 60.000 bph. Our rising machine can handle pet and glass bottle. Milk, wine, water, csd, beer edible oil, spirits all this product required a clean or sterilized container and with our rinsing machine can guarantee this result.
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