Filpack, Mondini 6-head jar-filling line

COMPLETE CUP FILLING, STERILISATION & PACKAGING LINE
For BABY FOOD
Pots: 100 g / 200 g
Speed 140 JARS/MIN
Years: 2003–2016 (main part of the line: 2012–2013)
Manufacturers: Filpack, Mondini, Guelt, Steriflow, Ariès, Jyga Process, Fanuc
– Thermoformed PP cups, Ø 89.5 mm
– Vacuum or nitrogen flushing during lidding
– Pasteurization/sterilization in rotary retorts with counter-pressure
– Automatic loading and unloading of retorts (using robots and a shuttle system)
– Automatic sample collection
– Camera-based barcode verification and weight-based carton inspection

Includes:

1. Denester of pots – Mondini – 2012
2. 6-head brushless dosing unit – Filpack – No. 120111 – 10/2012 Products with or without chunks
3. Vacuum/nitrogen-flushed sealing machine – Mondini – No. A/12/A-00464 – October 2012. – Vacuum or nitrogen purging, 2 sealing tools (1 in use, 1 spare), Lid: 65 mm print area
4. Robot for loading trays and assembling autoclave loads – Guelt – 2013
5. Transfer shuttle for trains to autoclaves – Steriflow – 2012
6. 3 rotary autoclaves, each with 5 baskets – Steriflow – 2012, 4,320 jars per autoclave. 1 load = 5 baskets; 1 basket = 1 base tray, 11 trays and 1 lid. 1 tray = 144 jars; 1 stack = 6 trays Tray stock: 24 base trays, 21 lids, 228 trays, i.e. 4 complete sets plus enough to start a 5th set
7. Robot for unloading trains and placing cups onto a conveyor belt – Guelt – 2013
8. Automatic sample collector – Guelt – 2013 1 cup sampled for every 432 jars
9. Autoclave-exit lid applicator – Mondini – No. A/12/A-00464 – 2013
10. Fitting cardboard sleeves onto the jars – Mondini
11. Clustering (grouping of cups) – Ariès – No. 415 038A – 2012 Clustering into 4 formats: 1 × 1 jar, 1 × 2 jars, 1 × 3 jars, 2 layers × 2 jars, Camera monitoring via barcode scanning
12. Wrap-around cartoning machine – Jyga Process – No. D4303 – 2016 Wrap-around cartoning with carton weighing and ejection of non-compliant cartons (example format: 6 × (4 × 100 g))
13. M-410iB/160 palletising robot (type A05B-1041-B201) – Fanuc – No. R03Z46888 – December 2003 Palletising according to pre-recorded palletising plans

COMPATIBLE CUPS (MANUFACTURER’S DRAWINGS: RPC BEBO PLASTIK)
100 g jar – Item 1-89-40-M
– External diameter: 89.5 mm
– Internal diameter: 81.5 mm
– Height: 40 mm
– Capacity to the brim: 145 ml
200 g jar – Item 1-89-60-M
– External diameter: 89.5 mm
– Internal diameter: 81.5 mm
– Height: 60 mm
– Capacity to the brim: 230 ml

DOCUMENTATION AVAILABLE
– Line layout diagram
– Technical drawings of the 100 g and 200 g jars
– Cutting-out templates: lid, 4 × 100 g pack, 6 × (4 × 100 g) wrap