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Case Study – Beer Bottling Line Increased Fill Speed Scan to find out more about the products. Case Study – Beer Bottling Line Increased Fill Speed Location : Europe Beer Bottle Line Total Annualised Benefit Target : Filling speed improvement € 1,512,000 Situation : The brewer was filling 330ml bottles at Solution : Cavitus fitted a BLE Lite unit to the bottle 34,000 bottles per hour on a KHS mechanical fill- line, rated up to 40,000 bottles per hour. As this line er with approx. 60% of product filled (Pilsner), 30% had high foam levels and a speed of 40,000 bphr the Weissbeer and 10% dark beer. Operational perfor- smaller powered unit was recommended. The Cav- mance of the line showed 15% reduction in filling itus unit was fitted 20cm prior to the high pressure speed due to over foaming prior to capping. The line jetter. The installation of the transducer/sonotrode speed was reduced to reduce spillage. on the star wheel was completed in 30 minutes (min- imal 30minute down time of the line and impact on production) and the cabinet control panel was fitted outside of the filler and completed in 1.5 hours due to good project pre-planning involving the custom- er’s engineer. Result : By applying the Cavitus foam control sys- tem prior to jetting on the star wheel section of the filler, the benefits delivered to the customer were; 1. Increased filling speed from 34,000 to 40,000 bph 2. Reducing the foam loss around the jetter and capper section of the line, 3. Maintaining the same TPO level, Payback period for the client was less than 1 month. Business Case returns based on an average 40,000 bph facility, operating for 7000 hours per annum at 60% OEE,(i.e. 4,200 hours per annum productive) 330ml bottle. Improvement Est Volume per annum Value Filling speed increase 34,000 bphr 15% production increase (25,200,000 bottles per € 1,512,000 to 40,000 bphr year) @ 0.06c per unit Cavitus Europe AG, Distributors in: Blegistrasse 9 Baar, 6340 Switzerland Sound Technology- A Sound Investment USA, South America, Central America, Africa, Russia, Mid- T: +41-413623000 Sounds like you should be talking to dle East, China, India, Austra- Cavitus lia and Japan www.cavitus.com [email protected].
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