Yes. All our machinery is made with T304 Stainless Steel, food grade plastic, Silicone and Vinyl Tubing. Hot caustic is commonly used by our customers.

The system has 3 modes of operation – (Hand Mode / Ready Mode / Auto Mode). When in Hand Mode the operator has complete control of all actuators. So for cleaning the operator simply lowers the fill head into 4 cans and opens the filling valves. A typical cleaning cycle will include a caustic solution followed by a sanitizer and lastly a water rinse. Our filling valves are the simplest in design and easily cleaned completely. We have no hidden threads or uncleanable seals.

The WORKHORSE 24 is versatile in fitting into tight spaces. Both the in-feed and out-feed of the system can be orientated either inline with the conveyor or at 90 degrees to the conveyor. All change parts or either orientation are included. Furthermore, the system is easily disassembled into components and with castors or a pallet jack, can be tucked out of the way until needed again.

Our filling cycle starts with a dedicated four station CO2 pre-purge. While the fill heads are lowered CO2 flows into the purge cans for a solid layer of CO2 to fill under. After purging the cans continue to the filling heads. For filling we use dual 6 mm ID filling tubes that fill under the layer of CO2 from purging. Each filling head is individually controlled via a conductivity sensor for consistent fill levels despite fluctuations in supply pressure. When all filling valves have completed filling the fill valves lift out of the cans. From there the cans are released and immediately enter a CO2 tunnel where a mushroom head is allowed to form prior to a lid with under lid gassing being placed on the can. Typical DO levels are in the range of 10 to 15 ppb.

Our seamer is one of the beefiest seamers on the market today. We believe beefier is better as once dialed in it holds seam tolerances indefinitely. We utilize a dual cam mechanism that drives in both the forming and sealing rolls against the center chuck. Roll height and seam tolerances are easily set and locked into position for exact repeatability on every seaming cycle. Cans are indexed through the seamer via a pneumatic guided cylinder. The chuck starts spinning as the can lifts into it and one revolution of the cam assembly drives in both the form and sealing rolls. The can stops rotating and then is lowered. If no lid is on the can it will not lift into the chuck, but will cycle through the seamer and will be rejected prior to entering the rinse tunnel.

The Gravity In-Feed sits at a height of 82”/2083 mm when being loaded. A pallet of cans sits behind the infeed and is raised to allow a full layer of cans to be transferred onto the infeed. The layer of cans are then pivoted up manually with a hoop type mechanism to an angle that matches a whale tail single filer which feeds the twist rinser and then places the cans on the infeed of the conveyor. It’s a simple device but works good and with some experience most of our customers operate it with one person. For the pinch point in the single filer we use a pneumatic vibrator.

Yes, all accessory components are easily integrated into the system as needed. View optional accessories.

Typically the system runs best at 2.7 / 2.8 and less. Some of our customers have filled Seltzer at 3.0 with a few system line prep modifications.

After the system has been dialed in and all components have been adjusted properly, most of our customers operate the system with a single operator keeping an eye on the filler while packing cans into cases.

Typically we do some sort of payment plan. We find our customer base have put their heart and soul into their business and don’t appreciate the leasing companies and banks raking them over the coals. A good deal is a deal that works for both parties. Contact us and we can sort something out.