Liquid Filling Machinery
Filling machinery and filling machines come in many different shapes and sizes. They are somewhat like snowflakes (which we’ve hopefully seen the last of this year!) in that virtually no two liquid fillers are exactly alike. So, which filling machine is likely to help you to create the most efficient and productive packaging system for your product? Below are a few simple questions to get you started on your path to the perfect filling machine!
1. What is the viscosity of my product?
Viscosity is defined as the property of a fluid that causes the fluid to resist flowing. In other words, low viscosity products (water) flow more freely than high viscosity products (honey). Answering the above question will assist in selecting the correct type of filling machine for your product. For free-flowing low viscosity liquids, an overflow filling machine may be an excellent option. For thick high viscosity products, one should consider a pump filler or piston filling machine. The link below will show a number of the filling machines offered by Liquid Packaging Solutions, Inc.:
http://www.liquidpackagingsolution.com/category/filling-machinery
2. What are the special characteristics of my product?
Answering this question will help to decide what materials will be used to manufacture the filling machine for each specific packaging machine project. Dairy and food products, like jams or jellies, will require sanitary construction of a filling machine. Certain chemicals and cleaners may require hazardous location construction and/or special materials for the manufacture of the filling machine. Liquid Packaging Solutions, Inc. offers hazardous location construction on almost every machine. In addition, filling machines and other packaging machinery can be manufactured in aluminum, stainless steel or poly materials to match the needs of your packaging project.
3. What are my daily, weekly, monthly or annual production goals/needs?
Computing your production needs and analyzing the same will help you to understand the level of automation necessary in your filling machine and your packaging system as a whole! If you only plan to run a couple hundred containers a month, a tabletop filling machine may be ideal. If you are looking to run tens of thousands of bottles a week, some level of automation on your filling machine and other packaging machinery will obviously be necessary. From overflow fillers to gravity fillers to pump fillers, Liquid Packaging Solutions offers machines from manual single-head tabletop filling machines to fully automatic inline fillers.
Of course, there are numerous other questions to ask in order to perfect a filling machine for any giving packaging project. However, the three listed above will greatly narrow the number of fillers in your search for the perfect filler! If you have questions about the type of filler that would be best for you, or even if you’re wondering if your current filler is the best fit, feel free to contact Liquid Packaging Solutions, Inc. toll free at 1-888-393-3693!
Posted: April 10, 2009
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