Aseptic PET Bottle filling machine - SIG Asbofill 710

On behalf of our client, we are selling this SIG Asbofill ABF (Aseptic Bottle Filler), 10-Lane, PET bottle filling machine which is designed for the aseptic filling of liquid, non-carbonated, microbiologically sensitive high- and low acid products into prefabricated plastic bottles. The client bought a new and bigger aseptic filling machine for extension of his production capacities. This machine is recently dismantled and located in the warehouse of the dairy factory.

The machine was used the last 8 years to fill protein shakes and milk related drinks (cold fill) at the current factory. Before it was used for fruit juices. Sterility Assurance Level (SAL) of 6-log reduction. Shell of life of the current products: 9 months. Capacity: 12.000 bottles/h @ 1.000 ml, 10.000 bottles/h @ till 1.500 ml and 8.000 bottles/h @ till 2.000 ml. Filling accurancy: ± 2 ml (filling volume <1.000 ml) and ± 0,2% (filling volume >1.000 ml). Bottle neck nominal diameter: 38 mm. With the same nominal bottle neck diameter, different bottle shapes and sizes can be filled. Production times: for low acid products, 24 hours between 2 cleaning cycles and for high acid products, 40 hours between 2 cleaning cycles. The filled bottles are closed with an aluminium seal before being discharged from the machine. Later on a screw cap will be assembled. Power: 400 V - 3 Ph - 50 Hz - ± 125 kW. Compressed air: 20-40 m3/h @ 8 bar. Peroxide (H2O2): <5 liter/h with 1.000 ml bottles. Steam: 150 kg/h @ 6 bar / 150 °C. Water: 12 m3/h. Stainless steel control panel with Siemens S7 PLC and touch screen operation panels. Total dimensions filler: ± 900 x 240 x 600 cm. Weight:± 9.500 kg.

The Aseptic Bottle Filler is completely closed, linear machine with an extremely small aseptic zone. Effective bottle and closure sterilization with peroxide technology (H2O2). Non-contact filling system with filling valves. Positive-displacement flow to reliability maintain aseptic conditions in the aseptic zone. Integrated valve manifold module including sterile air preparation on top of the machine. Foam cleaning station for automatic machine cleaning. Low-pressure air supply unit. Aluminium sealing / closing station located inside the aseptic zone. Easy handling of different bottle shapes and materials within same neck diameter / fast change over.

Working principle: Bottles will arrrive by a bottle conveyor to the filling machine (feeding station before and conveyors are excluded). The cell bars pick up the bottles (10x bottles into each cell bar at a time) on the support ring and transport them to the stations. The transport takes place step by step in individual cycles. The transport chains are located outside the aseptic zone. The bottles are transported to the bottle sterilization station. The inside of the bottle and the outer neck (up to the support ring) are sterilized using a hydrogen peroxide aerosol followed by blown-in hot air. 2 steps for spraying the hydrogen peroxide aerosol, 2 steps stay time, 3 steps for drying with hot air and 1 step for drying and rinsing with nitrogen. In the filling station, flow meters fill the product. In the aluminium seal station, the seal will be sealed by hotsealing to the bottle. The grippers for bottle removal remove the bottles simultaneously from two cell bars (2x 10 per removal) and place them on the removal conveyor.

Additional features:

Including:

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• Sleeve machine, manufacturer Clever, model GS401, serial number: 0011/2004.
• Heating tunnel with steam, manufacturer Clever, model Steam Jet2, serial number 0050/2004.