Make Bottle Filling Easy with Automation from Liquid Packaging Solutions

Putting your liquid product into bottles by hand can be a tedious chore, and a difficult one when specific volumes, weights, or levels must be reached. Automating the bottling process can not only free up time for other business activities but can help to ensure the proper amount of liquid gets into each bottle. Automated liquid filling machines from Liquid Packaging Solutions can help businesses both large and small meet their production demand in an efficient and consistent manner.

For small business owners with lower production demands or shorter bottling runs, semi-automatic filling machines offer cost-effective solutions for preparing product by volume or level, with custom machinery available for other filling principles. These machines remove the possibility of overfilling or underfilling, ensuring consistent results from bottle to bottle. Though they do require interaction with an operator for every cycle, they still typically increase the speed with which the task of filling bottles can be completed. Semi-automatic machinery relies on an operator who will place a bottle under each fill head, with most semi-automatic machines able to accommodate up to six heads. Once bottles are in place, the operator will then activate the fill cycle, using either a finger switch, foot switch or simple push button. At the end of the fill, the operator will remove the bottles from under the fill heads and repeat the process until production is complete.

For larger businesses with higher demands to meet, semi-automatic machines simply may not add enough speed to the production process to get all the bottles filled. Automatic liquid filling machines add significant speed to bottle filling processes while removing the need for human interaction with each cycle. Instead of placing bottles under fill heads, automatic filling machines allow bottles to be loaded onto a turntable, dumped into an unscrambling machine or otherwise introduced to the filling machine or packaging line in a quick manner. Empty bottles can travel down a conveyor system into the automatic filler, put in place under the fill heads through the use of sensors and indexing systems. Most automatic machines can accommodate a higher maximum number of heads as well, typically up to sixteen on each machine. A PLC and touchscreen interface are used to pre-program all settings for a specific bottle and product, allowing an operator to simply press a few buttons to begin filling bottles.

Getting bottled liquids - from foods and beverages to chemicals, cosmetics and so many other products - to the shelf in a cost-efficient, safe, and consistent manner can be a time consuming project without the right help. At Liquid Packaging Solutions, we build our bottle fillers specifically for each project, ensuring that the packaging equipment works at a high standard for precise liquids being prepared for customers. To learn more about how LPS filling machines, capping machine and other equipment can save you time and money, call for a free consultation with one of our Packaging Machinery Specialists today.