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Positive displacement liquid filler are designed to use either a piston or pump to displace the proper volume of product into a container or bottle. Positive displacement fillers can also be used to fill pastes, up to a certain viscosity, into a container.
Positive displacement fillers that use pumps rely on the known quantity of product displaced by one revolution (or fraction thereof) of the pump to dispense the proper amount of product into a container. To reach a certain fill volume, the pump is rotated the proper number of times to reach that volume.
Positive displacement fillers that use pistons to fill the proper volume of product into a container rely on knowing the volume of the piston. A piston filler is designed so that the piston draws back within the cylinder (increasing the volume of the cylinder); product is drawn into the cylinder to fill the empty space (volume). A rotary drum valve is then rotated to change the connection of the cylinder from the product tank to the fill nozzle. The piston is then pushed into the cylinder reducing the volume in the cylinder and pushing product out through the fill nozzle. The rotary drum valve then rotates again to connect the cylinder to the product tank preparing for the next fill. The volume of the fill can be adjusted by changing the amount of draw on the piston, which changes the amount of volume in the cylinder once the piston is drawn back.
Laub Model RPF300-30P Posifiller, 30 head, rotary, pressure assit, piston filler rated from 30 to 300 containers per minute – depending on materials and application. Fill range: ounces to gallons of semi viscous to viscous liquids, accuracies depending on product and container. Maximum container size: up to 7-1/2" in Diameter; up to 12" in Height, capable of handling glass, plastic and metal containers with proper change parts. Equipped with container conveyor, worm screw to star wheel in feed and discharge (change part per application), 100" OD turret with top driven pressurized pre-measuring device to the (30) filling stations with 4" OD x 16" Long piston and 7/8" OD nozzles set on 10" centers with metering tank and diaphram pump. Control panel, has A/B PLC. Mounted on (4) leg base frame.
OAD: 156" L x 120" W x 111" H
Pacific Packaging, 12 head, stainless steel, rotary, volumetric filler with number of containers per minute – depending on materials, application and machine configuration. Equipped with 4½" wide container conveyor with worm screw to star wheel in feed and discharge, 19" long x 10" wide x 18" deep product hopper, Waukesha Model 30 PD pump and has (12) ¼" ID positive cut off fill nozzles capable of doing both light and semi-viscous product. Control panel with A/B PLC controller and touch screen HMI controls. Mounted on heavy duty stainless steel frame with safety door guarding.
OAD: 100"L x 64"W x 82"H
Filamatic, Model V-300, (8) head, automatic inline stainless steel, piston filler. Rated up to 200 containers per minute – depending on materials, application and machine configuration. Equipped with 190" long x 3" wide container conveyor has star wheel indexing with adjustable guide rails, (8) filling heads with (8) XL-560 cc FKS pistons and (8) ¼" OD diving nozzles for bottom up fill mounted on 29" long slide bar with a fill range from 26ml to 560ml. Accuracies of + / – 0.5% and is capable of handling free flowing to viscous products in a variety of container sizes and shapes, all with the proper change parts. 45 gallon stainless steel product tank with a 24" diameter x 24" deep vessel dimension. Control system has conveyor and machine speed dials, push button start, stop, reset and e-stop controls. Mounted on stainless steel frame with safety door guarding and leveling legs.
OAD: 192" L x 66" W x 72" H
Semi-automatic, (2) head piston filler with number of containers per minute – depending on materials application,machine configuration and operator dexterity. Has all 316 stainless steel contact parts. Equipped with (2) 60ml pistons and is foot pedal operated and capable of fill ranges from 10ml to 120ml with appropriate change parts. Mounted on base frame.
OAD: 33" L x 20" W x 43" H
Automatic 10 head tray filler for syringes, cartridges and vials with a fill range of a .5cc to 30cc. Machine can be adapted to fill containers which have been trayed in a regular pattern, operator puts trays into holder & nozzles lower and automatically will fill one row at a time.
OAD: 4’L x 2’W x 3’H
MRM Elgin, Model RPF-4, Automatic, continous motion, stainless steel, left to right, (4) head rotary piston filler rated from 10 to 60 containers per minute – depending on materials and application. Equipped with 80" long x 4½" wide plastic Delran container conveyor, with worm screw to star wheel in feed and discharge. 24" OD turret, with (4) 7½" x 5½" container pedestals, (4) filling heads stainless steel nozzles set on 15" centers, bottom up fill, with no container / no fill and has 48" x 48" stainless steel platform with drip trough. Control panel has A/B CPU with A/B panel view and power on / off switch with start, stop and e-stop push buttons. Mounted on stainless steel base frame with interlock safety guarding and leveling legs.
OAD: 108" L x 60" W x 80" H
Pacific, Model V-18-T-46.500, 8.1158" C.P, 18-Station, stainless steel, rotary, volumetric filler with number of containers per minute – depending on materials and application. All 304 stainless steel construction including the lower inner drive base supports and brackets. Equipped with 4½" wide container conveyor with worm screw to star wheel in feed and discharge, 20" OD x 38" Deep product hopper, Waukesha Model 60 PD pump and has (18) (7/8") diameter positive cut off fill nozzles capable of doing both light and semi-viscous product. Control panel with A/B PLV controller has swing arm touch screen HMI controls. Mounted on heavy duty stainless steel frame with safety door guarding.
OAD: 119" L x 90" W x 130" H
E-Pak, 4 head, inline, stainless steel gear pump filler. Equipped with 12 long by 4.5" wide Delrin conveyor, Bimba indexing system, four 5/8" OD diving positive cut-off nozzles, four gear pumps and product reservoir with float recovery system. A/B PLC with Panel View (NEMA 12 electrics and Ethernet port) and interlocked guarding. Speed dependent on materials, application and machine configuration. 316 Stainless steel contact parts. 304 Stainless steel non-contact parts. Leveling legs adjustable from 32" to 38" in feed and discharge height.
OAD: 149" L x 75" W x 75" H Filler 36" L x 18" W x 75" H Control Panel
Filamatic, Model SNY-32-4, 10 head, inline, piston filler with amount of product per minute / hour – depending on materials and application. Stainless steel contact parts. Fill range of up to 1100ml (37oz) with proper change parts. Equipped with 183" long x 4½" wide Delrin container conveyor, has pneumatic indexing, adjustable guide rails, with 10 pistons and diving nozzles has accuries of + / – 1% on 24" long slide bar. Control panel has push button start, stop and e-stop controls. Mounted on heavy duty frame with leveling legs. Change parts required to accommodate different fill ranges.
OAD: 33" L x 45" W x 70" H Filler 207" L x 29" W x 55" H Conveyor
Biner Ellison, Model BE12HD, Automatic, 12 head rotary, positive displacement filler with number of containers per minute – depending on materials, application, size container and fill. Capable of handling rigid plastic, metal and glass containers as well as free flowing to semi-viscous products (with proper change parts} Equipped with 80" long x 3½" wide container conveyor and (12) 5" x 6½" with bottom up fill container platforms and (12) filling heads set on 6" centers with ¾" OD nozzles and top mounted power transmission for the main turret, in-feed and out-feed star wheels, as well as the timing screw for easy maintenance and is hand crank adjustable. Control panel has A/B controller with A/B panelview and variable speed controls. Mounted on (4) leg stainless steel frame with safety door guarding.
OAD: 84" L x 60" W x 90" H
Federal, Model 3612, Automatic, stainless steel, 36 head rotary, pressure gravity filler and 16 head rotary capper, rated from 36 to 200 containers per minute – depending on materials and application. Equipped with 96" long x 3-1/2" wide container conveyor with star wheel in feed and discharge, 44" turrett with (36) J3 double diapragm 1" OD fill to level nozzles, set on 4" centers with 44" OD x 12" Deep product holding tank and CIP ring with 12 head rotary capper (needs cap heads) set on 4" centers. Control panel has A/B PLC with raise / lower, on / off, start, stop controls with Amp digital read out. Mounted on heavy duty stainless steel frame. Capable of running bottled water, juice, tea and both cold or hot fills.
OAD: 96" L x 64" W x 75" H
MRM Elgin, Model RPF-8, Automatic, 8-hd left to right, rotary piston filler rated from 30 to 150 containers per minute – depending on materials and application. Fill range: up to 35oz with accuracies + / – 1/4 of 1% depending on product and machine configuration. Maximum container size: up to 6" in Diameter; up to 12" in Height. Equipped with 3¼" wide conveyor, worm screw to star wheel in feed, 13½" diameter x 22" deep (14 gallon) stainless steel reservoir with level detector, 7" x 6" container pedestals, 5/8" OD nozzles set on 8" centers, drip trough, no container / no fill, E-stop and safety guarding. Mounted on stainless steel frame.
OAD: 128"L x 54"W x 80"H
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