Integrated stretch-blow moulding, filling, and capping system for still liquids
Streamline your bottling process with an all-in-one system that integrates stretch-blow moulding, filling, and capping functions, minimizing contamination risks while maximizing line efficiency and hygiene. Perfect for high-volume production of diverse liquid products in compact spaces.
Integrates Moulding, Filling, and Capping Processes
The ECOBLOC® HEVF Series from SMI Group integrates stretch-blow moulding, filling, and capping into a single system, making it an exceptional choice for beverage and detergent production. This equipment minimizes contamination risks by eliminating the need for separate rinsers and conveyors, enhancing hygiene levels. Suitable for still and carbonated beverages, juices, dairy products, wines, vinegars, syrups, sauces, detergents, and sanitizers, it offers versatile applications. Featuring a modular, compact design, the system supports high-speed, continuous, and automated operations, with customizable configurations to fit diverse production needs. The process begins with preform feeding and heating, where precision infrared lamps ensure optimal heat distribution. The rotary stretch-blow moulding phase uses high-pressure air to shape containers, which are then filled using electronically controlled magnetic flow meters for maximum precision. Capping is performed with options for plastic screw or pressure caps, and filled bottles are seamlessly transferred via neck-handling star wheels to the outfeed conveyor. Additionally, the ECOBLOC® HEVF offers significant energy savings with motorized stretch rods controlled electronically, reducing blowing times by 15% and ensuring precise filling and capping operations.
Benefits
- Minimizes contamination risks and boosts hygiene by integrating moulding, filling, and capping without intermediaries.
- Increases production efficiency with continuous, high-speed operation.
- Achieves precise filling with electronically controlled flow meters, minimizing product waste.
- Saves energy through motorized stretch rods with optimized control, reducing operational costs.
- Offers versatile applications across multiple product types using customizable configurations.
- Applications
- Sauces,Still and carbonated beverages,Detergents,Syrups,Iced tea,Sanitizers,Wine and vinegar,Dairy,Juices
- End products
- Chocolate syrup bottles,Hand sanitizer bottles,Maple syrup bottles,Sparkling water bottles,Pineapple juice bottles,Balsamic vinegar bottles,Lemon iced tea bottles,Laundry detergent bottles,Pear juice bottles,Soy sauce bottles,Fresh milk bottles,Still water bottles,Ketchup bottles,Apple cider vinegar bottles,White wine bottles,Red wine bottles
- Steps before
- Preforms manufacturing,Preforms feeding,Preforms heating
- Steps after
- Packing,Palletizing
- Input ingredients
- PET preforms,rPET preforms,PP containers,still liquids,carbonated liquids,iced tea,clear juice,fresh milk,wine,balsamic vinegar,apple vinegar,thick juice,syrups,soy sauce,detergents,sanitizers
- Output ingredients
- filled PET bottles,filled rPET bottles,filled PP containers,capped bottles,filled and capped still liquid bottles,filled and capped carbonated liquid bottles,filled and capped iced tea bottles,filled and capped clear juice bottles,filled and capped fresh milk bottles,filled and capped wine bottles,filled and capped balsamic vinegar bottles,filled and capped apple vinegar bottles,filled and capped thick juice bottles,filled and capped syrup bottles,filled and capped soy sauce bottles,filled and capped detergent bottles,filled and capped sanitizer bottles
- Market info
- SMI Group is known for designing and manufacturing innovative packaging machinery and bottling plants. They provide cutting-edge solutions for ETO equipment, emphasizing flexibility, reliability, and efficiency in serving industries like food, beverage, and consumer goods.
- Automation
- Fully electronic control
- Blow molding valve performance
- High-performance valves
- Cooling system
- Liquid-fed and air-fed cooling systems
- Energy efficiency
- 15% reduction in useful blowing time
- Filling method
- Electronic volumetric filling with flow meters
- Filling precision
- High precision
- Machine integration
- Blowing,filling and capping integrated in one machine
- Preform heating
- Infrared lamps with symmetrical heat distribution
- Product range
- Still and carbonated water,iced tea,juice,milk,wine,vinegar,syrups,soy sauce,detergents,sanitizers
- Speed
- Higher speeds due to reduced blowing time
- Transfer method
- Neck-handling direct transfer by adjoining star wheels
- Valves
- Optimized circuits for low dead volume
- Bottle size range
- Various sizes and shapes
- Capping method
- Screw and pressure caps
- Customization
- Large possibility of customization
- Working Mechanism
- Integrated stretch-blow moulding,filling,and capping
- Integrated Steps
- Stretch-blow moulding,filling,capping
- Batch vs Continuous Operation
- Inline Continuous
- Contamination Control
- Minimized due to integration
- Automation Level
- Fully electronic control
- Temperature Control
- Preform heating with cooling systems
- Energy Efficiency
- Significant energy saving features
- Changeover Time
- Easy and quick format changeover
- Filling Precision
- Electronic volumetric filling
- Compact Frame
- Reduces space and costs
- Density/particle size
- 0.5–2.5 g/cm³ / 50–1000 µm
- Container size and shape
- Variable (PET,rPET,PP containers)
- Foaming potential
- Depends on liquid
- Viscosity
- Thin liquids to thick juice
- Heat sensitivity
- Applicable for heat-sensitive products
- Product type
- Still liquids,oil,carbonated liquids
- Machine Footprint
- Compact solution
- Frame
- Modular,compact frame
- Customization Options
- Large possibility of customization
- Feed/Discharge Method
- Direct bottle transfer by neck-handling style with pitch circle diameter
- Environment Separation
- Perfect separation between “dry” and “wet” environments
- Transfer Mechanism
- Adjoining star wheels
- Control panel type
- Fully electronic control
- Frame
- Modular,compact frame
- Separation
- Perfect separation between "dry" and "wet" environments
- Customization capability
- Large possibility of customization
- Integration type
- Integration of blowing,filling,and capping into a single machine