The Supplied Monobloc from Sacmi can process up to 24,000 cans per hour with flexibility, low maintenance, and product integrity, according to the company.
Belonging to the family of isobaric electronic fillers, the Sacmi ECF offers a flexible filling solution for both carbonated and still canned drinks.
It is being used successfully in Morocco, a growing North African market.
Sacmi North Africa was established as part of a joint venture with the leading local bottler, and its success has stemmed from a solution designed to handle, due to the special architecture of the filling valve, both still products such as juices and fruit-based CSDs that also contain pulp and fibre.
The Supplied Monobloc, which includes the seamer that seals the can after filling, has a centre-to-centre of 167mm and operates with 27 filling valves, downstream from which there are four seaming stations.
The solution can handle 'regular' or 'slim' cans in the most popular 250 and 330ml formats. A container handling system – which operates by supporting containers from underneath – and electronic-volumetric filling technology means the system provides maximum precision and high speed.
Depending on the drink to be bottled, the system operates at high temperature (hot filling, 85-90°) when filing with fruit juice or at ambient temperature for CSDs. The filling unit is lowered onto the can, thus ensuring a perfect valve-can system seal and production waste of less than 0.01 per cent.
