Filler Introduction For Liquid Food and Beverage

In the production of food and beverage, the filling machine is one of the most important and key pieces of equipment. Choosing a suitable filling machine can not only make the packaged products have a good shelf life, but also increase the product’s sales share market due to the package’s beautiful appearance. Today we will introduce the classification of filling machines commonly used in food and beverage production and various filling machines are suitable for filling what materials.

The aseptic big bag filling machine is suitable for filling concentrated juice or puree/paste, plant-based milk, NFC juice or single strength puree in bulk, as semi-finished products, these materials are widely used as raw materials for making RTD juice, jam, sauce, smoothie, bread and milk. According to the capacity of the aseptic bag, it can be divided into bag in box filling machine, which is suitable for filling 1-5kg packages; bag in drum filling machine, which is suitable for 10kg-220kg packages; Intermediate Bulk Container filler, which is suitable for 1000kg packages. The aseptic bag filler will be connected with an aseptic UHT sterilizer to make the aseptic products.

Bottle filling machine is the most popular food and beverage filling machine. Which is suitable for filling drinking water, fruit juice, carbonated drinks, wine, liquor, beer, fruit jam sauce, tea drinks, milk, yogurt, etc. Bottled beverages are RTS drinks and the volume of most bottles is between 250ml-2L. According to the material of the bottle, there are plastic bottle, glass bottle and aluminum bottle filling machine; According to the customer’s quality and process requirements for the final product, there are normal temperature aseptic bottle filling ( for NFC juice, milk), low-temperature cold bottle filling ( for juice, milk, carbonated drinks, functional drinks) and high-temperature hot filling (for juice, tea); According to the viscosity of the filling material, it can be divided into gravity filling machine for low-viscosity materials (water, juice, milk) and piston filling machine for high-viscosity materials (sauce, jam and dressings); According to the state of the filling material, it can be divided into regular pressure filling (drinking water), negative pressure filling (juice) and isobaric filling (carbonated drinks).

The can filling machine is also used for packing juice, tea drinks, fruit sauce and paste, beer, carbonated drinks, sports drinks, energy drinks, etc. because of its high sealing performance. The filler is suitable for tin cans, aluminum cans, plastic cans and glass jars filling. To extend the shelf life of the products, when for filling, liquid nitrogen filling technology and vacuum sealing technology are often used. The metal can also has two types, one is piston filler for sauce and jam and other high viscosity products, the other is gravity filler for free flow liquid such as juice and beverage filling. The can volume is from 70g-5kg for sauce packing, 250ml-1000ml for beverage filling.

Stand-up pouch is made of composite film and the pouch filling machine is suitable for filling low viscosity juice and high viscosity sauce. The whole machine is composed of pouch making, date printing, filling and spray washing and capping. The most popular package volume is from 200ml- 2000ml and the filling capacity is from 500PCS/H-12000PCS/H.

The carton filler is most used for filling milk, NFC juice, plant based beverage. According to the packing shape, it has the tetra pak brick carton filler and gable top carton filler. The carton filler usually connects with UHT sterilizer to produce aseptic milk or juice. The filling volume is from 200ml slim type to 2000ml standard mid type and the filling capacity is from 2000-20000CPH.

The sachet filler is mainly used for packing fruit and vegetable sauce like tomato sauce, onion sauce, chili pepper sauce, mayonnaise, etc. The sachet volume is from 10g-100g available and the filling speed is from 30 sachets/min- 150 sachets/min. The whole machine is composed of sachets forming, date coding, filling and sealing.