Overview 

The bottling line was manufactured by the German company Krones in 1997 and extended in 2002, 2004, 2007 and 2009. It was in operation at a large German brewery until the end. This line can be used to fill beer, mixed beer drinks or soft drinks. 

Technical data 

• Capacity
  • 38,000 bph (0.5l, 5x4 crates) 
  • 34.000 bph (0,33l, 6x4 crates) 
• Control system: Siemens S7 

Single machines 

Unloader | Kettner | Robot 3A | 2002 

• Column lift with swivel arm 
• Clamp gripper head 
• Discharge table 
• Servo motors
• 8-fold empty bottle feeder 

Bottle lifter | Matec | - | 2007 

• Semi-automatic 
• By means of hose gripper head 

Crate transport | Krones | - | - 

Crate inspection | Recop | - | - 

• Foreign crate detection 
• 2-lane 

Uncorker | Rink | RK 940 | 2004 

Unpacker | Krones | Linapac II | 2009 

• T-version 
• Column lift 
• 8 gripper heads 

Crate washer | Krones | KKW-40 | - 

Bottle washer | Krones | KES-2-3-312/34-80 | - 

• Bottle cell: 80mm 
• 34 rows 
• Rotary tube spraying 
• Insulation in the caustic area 

Bottle transport | Krones | - | -

Empty bottle inspection | Heuft | Spectrum-reflexx | - 

• Controls 
  • Mouth
  • 2x side wall
  • Bottom 
  • Residual liquid 
• Outlet with 2x pusher (1x into container, 1x back to bottle washer) 

Filler | Krones | Sensometic VP-VI | - 

Cap feeder | Gassner/ NSM | - | - 

• Magnetic conveyor from octabin tank 

Fill level control | Heuft | Spectrum | - 

Labeling machine | Krones | Solomatic | - 

Dating | Videojet | 3320 | - 

Label inspector | Krones | Checkmat | 2004 

Case packer | Krones | Linapac | - 

Full crate inspection | Krones | Checkmat | - 

Loader | Krones | - | 

• Column lift 
• Hook gripper head with overlap centering 
• Servo motors 
• 4-fold full case discharge 

Pallet transport | Krones | - | - 

• 2x pallet magazine 
• Pallet cleaning and pressure testing station with pressure rollers 

Pallet securing system