Bottle filler for still and carbonated drinks
Maximize efficiency in your bottling process by seamlessly filling both still and carbonated beverages, ensuring precise dosing and optimal hygiene standards even with challenging, foaming liquids.
Fills and Packages Still and Carbonated Drinks
The Fillstar LXi from GEA is a specialized bottle filler engineered for beverage producers seeking high-speed, hygienic filling of both still and carbonated drinks. This equipment stands out with its capability to operate at ambient temperatures, eliminating the need for chilling and consequently reducing energy consumption. Utilizing an overpressure system with inert gas, it ensures precise product dosing via magnetic flow meters, making it suitable for liquids from flavored waters to energy drinks. The NeckFlex system facilitates quick changeovers for consistent neck designs, enhancing workflow efficiency. Constructed from Aisi 304 stainless steel and featuring an optional HEPA filtration system, the Fillstar LXi offers superior hygiene. Additionally, its design includes an automatic foaming system and ensures easy maintenance with accessible components and minimal product residue build-up. For seamless integration, it operates continuously and automatically, meeting the demands of high-speed, large-scale beverage production lines.
Benefits
- Enhances production efficiency by allowing ambient temperature filling, minimizing chilling requirements and saving energy costs.
- Maintains high hygiene standards with Aisi 304 stainless steel construction and optional HEPA filtration, reducing contamination risks.
- Increases productivity with quick bottle changeovers using the NeckFlex system, minimizing downtime.
- Provides precise dosing accuracy through magnetic flow meters, ensuring product consistency and reducing waste.
- Simplifies maintenance with an open design and automatic cleaning features, lowering operational costs.
- Applications
- Beverages,Still drinks,Carbonated drinks
- End products
- Flavored still water,Sports drinks,Sodas,Sparkling water,Energy drinks,Soft drinks,Fruit juices
- Steps before
- Purification,Carbonation,Inert Gas Pressurization
- Steps after
- Packing,Sterilization,Quality Control
- Input ingredients
- still drinks,carbonated drinks,inert gas
- Output ingredients
- filled bottles,still products,carbonated products
- Market info
- GEA is known for its expertise in engineering innovative and sustainable equipment and solutions, focusing on sectors such as food, beverages, pharmaceuticals, and energy, with a reputation for quality, efficiency, and advanced technological applications in industrial processing.
- Filling method
- Contact-based with inert gas pressure
- Filling compatibility
- Still and carbonated drinks
- Hygiene standards
- High,with HEPA filter option
- Material
- Aisi 304 stainless steel
- Dosing control
- Magnetic flow meter
- Temperature
- Ambient filling temperature
- Automation
- Dummy bottle insertion/extraction for CIP
- Bottle handling
- NeckFlex system
- Hygiene feature
- Automatic foaming system
- Filling capability
- Still and carbonated drinks
- Temperature compatibility
- Ambient temperature
- Dosing accuracy
- Controlled by magnetic flow meter
- Handling system
- NeckFlex system
- Hygiene and safety
- High hygiene standards with optional HEPA filter
- Changeover time
- Quick changeover for containers
- Cleaning process
- Automatic CIP with dummy bottle insertion
- Corrosive resistance (e.g. acids)
- Aisi 304 stainless steel
- Container handling
- NeckFlex system
- Liquid type
- Still and carbonated drinks
- Tank shape and size
- Toroidal tank
- Feed/discharge method
- Overpressure of inert gas
- Material of construction
- Aisi 304 stainless steel
- Bottle handling system
- NeckFlex system
- Hygienic design
- Automatic foaming system and HEPA filter overpressure
- Open design
- No basement for easy access
- Accessibility
- Separate glass guards
- Material construction
- Aisi 304 stainless steel
- No basement design
- Open design for easy access