CONTENT INDEX

A –       Container/Materials to be handled
B –       Combination Container/Cap/Product – Machine Capacity
C –       Main Data & Electrical / Mechanical Standard
D –      Process Machinery, Filling and Packing Machinery: Scope of Supply and Prices
E –       Services
F –       Exclusions
G –      General Sales Conditions

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COUNTERPRESSURE ELECTRO-PNEUMATIC VOLUMETRIC FILLING/ SEAMING SYNCHROBLOCK Mod. INP ISO-FM- C 24/4

Automatic rotative group composed by:

• 24 ELECTROPNEUMATIC VOLUMETRIC filling valves turret mod. “INP ISO-FM-C” suitable to fill aluminum CANS;
• 4 heads Seamer

Filling turret

Working Principle:

Cans arrive from rope conveyor to the inlet star, which provides to locate them on cans holding plate

Once the Cans is perfectly sealed with filling valve (a proper sensor verifies the bottle presence), the filling process will start. “INP ISO-FM-C” filling system is characterized by servo-controlled volumetric filling valves with pneumatic controls of following phases:

• Gas injection (gas contained inside product tank), which flowing through the air vent tube into the cans, allows the creation of balance-pressure between Cans and the same tank
• Product filling (flowing speed according to tank product level preset)
• Decompression – (mono or pluri-phase) to return the cans at atmospheric pressure

During filling process, by gravity, the product is deflected towards the Cans inner side so to avoid any turbulences and the gas/air contained inside the Cans returns to product tank upper side.

Gas pressure inside product tank grants the stability of carbonated beverage.

Filling phase are controlled by PLC, allowing to optimize the time-process of each single phase according to the container and the product to be filled (CO2 content and temperature).

The filling process is characterized by recipes on which all phases times, rotation speed and product level inside tank are set. Once the filling is completed and the desired level is achieved, the cans are transfer to Seamer .

“INP ISO-FM-C” fillers are complete of many technical improvements, in order to obtain the maximum performances as well as:

• Versatility
• Flexibility
• Change-over maintenance time reduction
• Cleaning

Construction Features:

Basement:

High thickness shot-peened steel plate, coated with epoxy paint with stainless steel perimeter frame and feet. Basement flat type.

Basement lower part completely accessible where mechanical gears, necessary for machine rotation (450-500mm, free in high on all perimeter), are located.

Basement feet are equipped with stainless steel screw and counter-nut for the machine good leveling.

Motorization:

Motor gear reducer properly oversized (installed under the basement) by shaft drive from Seamer (the motorization is included in the Seamer).

Direct coupling between motor reducer pinion and filler carrousel gear.

Kinematic:

The kinematic system is composed by self-lubricating gears only, made of high density Nylon and steel, making soft and noiseless the movement.

A teethed belt transmission is used for worm screw motorization.

Filler Carrousel:

The stainless steel rotating carrousel, is fixed on upper side of rotating part of the big diameter fifth wheel (spherical rollers bearing, without teeth, properly oversized).

On lower side of fifth wheel rotating part, the main gear (having the same filler primitive diameter) is fixed with proper spacer. The fifth wheel non-rotating part is fixed on basement, protected by proper carter, to avoid liquids infiltrations that could damage it, and it is equipped of 2-3 lubrication pipes that reach the greasing area.

Lubrication:

The greasers, installed on static parts, are centralized in a unique easy accessible area, allowing a periodic manual greasing. The reducers are lubricated by oil-bath.

Product tank:

Filler Tank, completely constructed in stainless steel AISI 304 (optional AISI 316), with mirror-finished internal surfaces and convex swelled bottom side, to grant complete liquids draining through filling valves.

Product tank on which following parts are installed:

• Product rotary manifold

The tank is equipped with safety valve and in compliance with PED rules, at 6 bar running pressure.

Product Pressure & Level into Filler tank:

Pressure is controlled by Pressure Transducer that drive counter-pressure and discharge Pneumatic valve. Level is controlled by Capacitive level probe that drive a modulating valve.

Filling Valves:

Filling valves are located on product tank and made of stainless steel AISI 304 (optional AISI 316). All filling valves components are realized through mechanical works, without any welding.

“INP ISO-FM-C” VOLUMETRIC FILLING SYSTEM is characterized by servo-controlled filling valves with pneumatic controls of following phases:

• Gas injection (gas contained inside product tank), which flowing through the air vent tube into the Cans, allows the creation of balance-pressure between Cans and the same
• Product filling (flowing speed according to tank product level preset)
• Decompression – (mono or pluri-phase) to return the Cans at atmospheric pressure

During filling process, by gravity, the product is deflected towards the cans inner side so to avoid any turbulences and the gas/air contained inside the Cans returns to product tank upper side.

Gas pressure inside product tank grants the stability of carbonated beverage.

Filling phase are controlled by PLC, allowing to optimize the time-process of each single phase according to the container and the product to be filled (CO2 content and temperature).

The versatility and flexibility of filling system is combined to a new design allowing to reach the following performances:

• Mobile centering bell for Cans neck
• Low Maintenance design (thanks to the absence of any kind of mechanical operating devices: lever, opening cam, push-buttons,

and so on…)

• Maximum sanitization, thanks to the presence of a unique deformable

Product feeding:

Product flows into the tank through a rotary manifold installed on upper side of the same tank.

Sections and geometries have been designed to reduce the turbulences and shaking, allowing a better product stability.

Sanitization:

All parts in contact with the product could be washed and sanitized with cold or hot liquid solutions or with saturated steam at low pressure (max 1 bar).

The sanitization is made using the traditional dummy bottles, manually inserted, or without dummy bottles.

It is possible use a “STEP BY STEP” sanitization system, it permits to wash individually each circuit (product pipe, then vacuum pipe, then gas injection pipe, then spray balls and again from the beginning the product pipe, then vacuum pipe, and so on…), allowing a perfect cleaning system.

The fluids come out from filling valves and are collected into a proper channel, positioned on the filler back side, from which it is possible return to CIP unit (CIP recovery pump is excluded from base supply).

External washing device:

Spraying group by electro-pneumatic operation, for external washing of filling valves, driven by the operator with proper switch on electric panel.

Safety guards:

For Operator safety, the machine is equipped with perimeter self-supporting carters with stainless steel columns and tempered glass doors th. 8 mm (only around the filler not around the Seamer).

The doors transparence allows the complete machine inspection, in every moment either during filling process, or during sanitization phase.

Each opening door is complete of safety micro-switch.

The machine is designed in compliance with the Machine Directive 89/392 and CE rules.

Control Electric System:

Stainless steel electric panel located on machine lateral side, complete of:

• Frequency converter (Inverter) to control the machine rotation speedy, according to production
• PLC for machine control and complete automation
• Multifunctional display for various phases control:
  • Production
  • CIP sanitization
  • Counting
  • Maintenance
  • Motors and valves manual driving
  • Diagnostic and alarms
  • Working speed
  • Filling recipes to optimize machine efficiency according to container and cap types to be handled
• Luminous column at 3 positions (Green=run, Red=failure, Orange=Stand-by)
• Remote control mobile push-button to facilitate the operator during bottle change-over, sanitization and maintenance
• Machine wiring

Seaming turret

The machine consists of:

• Base with thick, stabilised, stainless steel coated plate and stainless steel supporting columns
• Adjustable stainless steel feet supporting the machine
• Stainless steel can in feed dog chain conveyor with constant pitch
• Seaming head with :
  • 4 chucks and rotary cans
  • 4 shaft of levers mounted on case-hardened and rectified bushings
  • 4 couples of seaming levers each one equipped with one 1st op. seaming roll and one 2nd op. seaming roll
  • micrometric vertical and horizontal seaming rolls adjustment
• Chuck protection device on every seaming head
• Cam for knock-out pads control
• Seaming turret height-adjustment by means of stainless steel threaded columns driven by gear-boxes. Transmission between the gear boxes by means of stainless steel shafts and chrome plated angle gears to achieve a very accurate adjustment, by electric motor and by
• Automatic lid feeder with one-screw un-stacker and sensor to check the lid presence in the store
• No-can/no-lid electronic device
• Driven can lifters. Double cam for raising/lowering
• Automatic centralised, self-checking lubrication system by grease
• Oil-bath lubrication of the seaming head gears
• External stainless steel and soundproof guards with door opening safety device
• Stainless steel electric control board with touch screen and built-in can counter
• PLC by Siemens
• Drive unit with inverter
• Electric drives by Siemens
• Electric and pneumatic installation
• No-can/no-lid electronic device
• Electronic device controlling the can passage through the The machine stops shouldn’t the number of cans in not

correspond with the cans out.

• Power take-off for driving the filler 6 revolution/1 can clockwise
• One set of change parts to handle one can and lid size (no gas or steam) including
  • Chucks in M340 steel
  • Rolls in 440 C steel and CVD coating