A monoblock filling system is a packaging system that combines multiple pieces of packaging equipment on the same frame or chassis.  The packaging equipment will almost always include a filling machine and capping or sealing equipment, though this is not a requirement.  The monoblock filling system offers several advantages over automated, inline packaging systems...Read more

After being rinsed, filled, capped and labeled, your product is ready, or nearly ready, to be delivered to the consumer.  There are several packaging machines that may be utilized at the end of a packaging system to assist in hand packing products or automate the packing process...Read more

While running containers through rinsing machines may be necessary for many applications and liquid fillers and cappers are used to bottle and secure the product, labeling and coding equipment serves a somewhat different purpose.  Labelers and coders give you the opportunity to present your product to your customer as you would like them to see it.  A label can set a product apart from the competition and provide brand recognition.  Coding equipment allows a packager to include information such as expiration dates, batch numbers and other information.  As your product continues down the conveyor system of your packaging line, labelers and coders offer a unique marketing opportunity...Read more

Once a product has been through the filling phase of a packaging system, the next step is to secure the product in the container.  Capping machines and sealing equipment serve this function, protecting against spilling, contamination and spoilage.  Certain caps and seals go one step further, providing evidence of tampering with a product prior to the product reaching the end user.  Regardless of the type of cap or seal desired or required, there are likely a number of different packaging machines that will get the job done...Read more

Once bottles are loaded onto the conveyor system and cleaned where necessary or desired, the containers will normally move to the liquid filling machines.  Liquid fillers use a number of different filling principles in order to handle the multitude of products that require packaging.  In general, the type of filling machine used on any given packaging system will be determined in large part by the product viscosity, the containers being used and the production rate required, though many other factors may also play a part...Read more

Once bottles have been loaded on to the packaging system and the conveyor system is set up, the bottles are ready to move from packaging machine to packaging machine.  Before reaching the filling equipment, capping machines and labelers, many packaging lines will first run bottles through container cleaning equipment.  In some instances, this is not optional machinery, as certain industries and products require sanitary packaging processes.  For example, food products and pharmaceuticals cannot risk contamination by dust and debris that may exist in the container from the manufacture of the bottles, from transfer of bottles or from simple storage.  One way to fight such contamination is the use of the various container cleaning equipment...Read more

Once bottles and containers are loading on to an automatic packaging system - via an unscrambler, indexing conveyor, turntable or other method - they must be transferred along the line to accomplish the various packaging tasks.  Both power and non-power conveyor systems can be used to accomplish this feat consistently and efficiently...Read more

A automated packaging system can be broken down into a number of different phases, each of which plays a crucial part in taking product from the supply tank to the consumer or end user.  Over the next several weeks we will take a closer look at each of these phases individually to better understand the considerations in designing or planning a packaging system.  Before using a filler, capping machine, labeler or any other packaging machine, bottles or containers must be loaded on to the packaging line.  The first phase of a packaging system, loading containers, can be achieved in a number of different manners...Read more