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BREITNER – Your packaging task in the industry focus
Each industry and each of its products has its own special features – find out more here.
FOOD
Vinegar, salad dressings, oil, liqueur, juices, jam, honey, nougat cream, jam, mustard.
Did you know that Scotch whisky is made from such pure water that inductive flow measurement cannot be used? Because it requires a minimum conductivity of the product of 50 µS/cm. Here BREITNER uses mass flow rate measurement.
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Some products, such as glass cleaners, are sometimes manufactured in large quantities, sometimes with special requirements, such as the shape of the bottle. A particular advantage of BREITNER machines is their high performance when filling highly foaming products.
When capping pump closures with dip tubes, our machines achieve particularly high cycle rates.
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CHEMISTRY
Engine oil, brake fluid, car care, petroleum, radiator antifreeze, windscreen cleaner, car wax, paints, glue, superglue, liquid fertiliser, disinfectant.
CHEMISTRY
Engine oil, brake fluid, car care, petroleum, radiator antifreeze, windscreen cleaner, car wax, paints, glue, superglue, liquid fertiliser, disinfectant.
Some products, such as glass cleaners, are sometimes manufactured in large quantities, sometimes with special requirements, such as the shape of the bottle. A particular advantage of BREITNER machines is their high performance when filling highly foaming products.
When capping pump closures with dip tubes, our machines achieve particularly high cycle rates.
See our range of machines for yourself.
COSMETICS
Shampoo, shower gel, hand soap, conditioner, roll-on deodorant, massage oil, nail polish remover, facial tonic, baby oil, hair tonic, sunscreen.
When it comes to cleaning these filling machines, however, CIP – Cleaning in Place – is often not enough. Instead, SIP – Sterilisation in Place – is used. Together with your process engineers, we will find the optimal solution for your very specific task.
See our range of machines for yourself.
In particular, we supply all the necessary documentation for pharmaceutical validation.
By the way: With our closing machines for tablet cans, we complement the filling machines for tablets from other manufacturers to form a complete filling line.
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PHARMACY
Disinfectants, food supplements, remedies such as cough syrup or nasal spray.
PHARMACY
Disinfectants, food supplements, remedies such as cough syrup or nasal spray.
In particular, we supply all the necessary documentation for pharmaceutical validation.
By the way: With our closing machines for tablet cans, we complement the filling machines for tablets from other manufacturers to form a complete filling line.
See our range of machines for yourself.
CONTAINERS AND CLOSURES
Sometimes bottles have three closures that have to be applied one after the other, or a curved dip tube has to be inserted into a PET bottle at high speed.
Right from the initial enquiry, we can give you very precise information on how we will design the machine to meet your requirements. As soon as we have your packaging materials, we will give you a binding statement on the design of the machine optimised for your needs, the output rate and the costs.
Containers and closures
Sometimes bottles have three closures that have to be applied one after the other, or a curved dip tube has to be inserted into a PET bottle at high speed.
Right from the initial enquiry, we can give you very precise information on how we will design the machine to meet your requirements. As soon as we have your packaging materials, we will give you a binding statement on the design of the machine optimised for your needs, the output rate and the costs.
Single machines and lines
BOTTLE UNSCRAMBLER
Single machines and lines
BOTTLE UNSCRAMBLER
FILLING MACHINES
- For homogeneous liquids, flow metering is the best choice; for chunky (jam) or very pasty products (creams), a piston filler is the better choice.
- For very high cycle rates, a rotary filler is the best choice; below the order of magnitude of approx. 130 packs per minute, a linear filler is more cost-effective and also more flexible to convert.
In addition, there is a whole range of other variants and options with which we can tailor the machine to your requirements:
- The TWIN machine model has two parallel belts on which to fill. This doubles the production rate and delivers an almost continuous output due to the alternating cycle between the two belts.
- Peristaltic pumps are suitable for special applications. When filling superglue, the piece of tubing with the solidified adhesive can simply be disposed of after (unforeseen) machine downtime. Cleaning the machine parts would be problematic or impossible.
- For different products, we offer containers and the product guide in many variants and additional equipment. Plastic/titanium for acids, heating or an agitator for hot filling or inhomogeneous products. More about this below.
- Different containers require different handling. We offer solutions for particularly small bottles, for particularly large ones or even soft canisters that deform during filling.
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- Is the closure screwed on or pressed on? What shape is the closure – is it easy to grip mechanically?
- Our machines have particular advantages when it comes to pump closures with dip tubes, which have to be threaded quickly and precisely into the narrow bottle mouth.
- Is there only one cap, or are there also droppers to be pressed in or dust caps or measuring cups involved? Our machines can apply up to three caps in total.
- Are canisters being screwed on that would tend to spill over if stopped abruptly at a screwing station? It is best to run them through the machine without any jerks and to close them during this process.
Analogous to filling machines, rotary closing machines are best suited for very high cycle rates. We can currently accommodate up to 12 closing stations in one machine. The throughput here is correspondingly high.
CLOSING MACHINES
CLOSING MACHINES
- Is the closure screwed on or pressed on? What shape is the closure – is it easy to grip mechanically?
- Our machines have particular advantages when it comes to pump closures with dip tubes, which have to be threaded quickly and precisely into the narrow bottle mouth.
- Is there only one cap, or are there also droppers to be pressed in or dust caps or measuring cups involved? Our machines can apply up to three caps in total.
- Are canisters being screwed on that would tend to spill over if stopped abruptly at a screwing station? It is best to run them through the machine without any jerks and to close them during this process.
Analogous to filling machines, rotary closing machines are best suited for very high cycle rates. We can currently accommodate up to 12 closing stations in one machine. The throughput here is correspondingly high.
Packaging lines
Interfaces to subsequent machines
Here we have many years of experience and know what is important.
Filling and closing in production – our experience for your application
We are equipped for all these special requirements with our machine technology. Our technicians can advise you based on our decades of experience – and they are guaranteed to find a customised solution for you.
The filling nozzle and the filling level
The BREITNER machine control allows settings that make the filling process particularly clean and fast:
- Overspill filling
the opening of the filling nozzle is always at the same distance above the liquid level. This is also the case with waisted bottles (moulded bottles), where the rise of the liquid level varies during the filling process. - Filling below the level
Here the opening of the filling nozzle is always just below the level of the liquid. This makes it easy to fill even highly foaming products.
Intermittent or continuous operation during filling?
- Linear filling and closing machines – they operate intermittently.
- Rotary filling and closing machines – they operate continuously.
Here is a closer look at these two operating principles.
In the filling machines, several containers are stopped under the filling nozzles, the filling nozzle lowers into the bottle or canister mouth and the filling process begins. When the container is full, the bottles are transported further.
In the case of the closing machines, each bottle is gripped, stopped and screwed down individually by means of a so-called transport starwheel.
Intermittent operation
Intermittent operation
In the filling machines, several containers are stopped under the filling nozzles, the filling nozzle lowers into the bottle or canister mouth and the filling process begins. When the container is full, the bottles are transported further.
In the case of the closing machines, each bottle is gripped, stopped and screwed down individually by means of a so-called transport starwheel.
Continuous operation
The bottles run continuously through the machine: from the left into the infeed starwheel, in the middle through the central starwheel and on the right via the outfeed starwheel back onto the conveyor belt. The capping spindles work synchronously with the central starwheel; the caps (yellow) are fed in from the right.
With our rotary filling and closing machines, the bottles run continuously through the machine without stopping – and thus jerk-free. The machine throughput per hour is higher, this process is suitable for large production volumes.
The decision: Intermittent or continuous?
We advise you on which process makes the most technical sense for your production, but is also the most economical. In our extensive range of machines, you will find the right machine for your requirements in the optimum design and combination with other machines.
Cleanliness during filling
Cleaning: In most cases, the filling machine has to be cleaned at regular intervals, e.g. at the end of a production shift.
What exactly does this cleaning process look like? How consistently should the process be automated? What happens to the cleaning medium – is it recycled and disposed of?
We offer you the full variety of technical possibilities.
All these questions depend on the product, environmental requirements for your production plant and the desired degree of automation.
CIP – Cleaning in Place
CIP – Cleaning in Place
What exactly does this cleaning process look like? How consistently should the process be automated? What happens to the cleaning medium – is it recycled and disposed of?
We offer you the full variety of technical possibilities.
All these questions depend on the product, environmental requirements for your production plant and the desired degree of automation.
SIP – Sterilization in Place
We provide the necessary technology for sterilising the product guide with superheated steam and for sterilising the compressed air used via activated carbon or sterile filters.
The staff of your laboratory and our machine technicians work closely together. This ensures success for sterile operation in your production.
Germs do not float freely in the air on their own, but are attached to dust and other tiny air particles; as these particles are retained by the Laminar Airflow filters, the germ load is also reduced.
Filtered air around the filling nozzle – Laminar Airflow
Gefilterte Luft rund um das Füllrohr – Laminar Airflow
Keime schweben nicht alleine frei in der Luft, sondern hängen an Staub und anderen kleinsten Luftpartikeln; weil diese Partikel durch die Filter des Laminar Airflow zurückgehalten werden, sinkt auch die Keimbelastung.
Explosion-proof operation during filling
The project planning includes, among other things, the definition of the zoning, but also all official verifications and, of course, the tailoring to the explosion protection situation in your production, right up to the ventilation of the hall.
In the quotation phase, we coordinate the machine design with your conditions in detail.
Specific porduct properties
But even here there are particularities to be considered.
Jam or certain sauces are filled hot (typically above 80°C) to reduce germ contamination and thus improve shelf life.
Because viscosity is highly temperature-dependent, it is crucial for the precise filling process that the product in the product container is kept at a very even and constant temperature and protected from cooling.
Our double-walled and heated product vessel, possibly with an agitator to distribute the supplied heat, ensures a constant temperature throughout the vessel.
Hot filling
Hot filling
Jam or certain sauces are filled hot (typically above 80°C) to reduce germ contamination and thus improve shelf life.
Because viscosity is highly temperature-dependent, it is crucial for the precise filling process that the product in the product container is kept at a very even and constant temperature and protected from cooling.
Our double-walled and heated product vessel, possibly with an agitator to distribute the supplied heat, ensures a constant temperature throughout the vessel.
Lumpy and sedimentary products
An agitator, mounted at the top or bottom of the product vessel, ensures uniform mixing.
Which speed and which shape of agitator blade is appropriate? Your specialists and ours jointly determine this technical design. Here, too, we have decades of experience and can therefore advise you perfectly.
A piston filling machine is suitable for lumpy mixtures.
Transport mould – the puck
At a low output in the filling process, the bottles can be set up manually together with the puck. For higher outputs, we recommend our bottle unscrambler with integrated mould inserter (type BFP).
At a low output in the filling process, the bottles can be set up manually together with the puck. For higher outputs, we recommend our bottle unscrambler with integrated mould inserter (type BFP).
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Our team will gladly answer your questions.
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