A list of the contents of this article:
- 1 、Product types of beverage production equipment
- 2 、What are the Krones products we are using now?
- 3 、What kind of equipment does it take to build a juice factory?
- 4 、What are the facilities for our aseptic production line in China?
Product types of beverage production equipment
Different beverage production processes require different beverage production equipment. Here are several common and commonly used beverage production equipment. Water is the largest raw material used in beverage production, and the quality of water has a great influence on the quality of beverage. Therefore, the water must be treated to meet the process requirements. Water treatment equipment is usually divided into three categories according to its function: water filtration equipment, water softening equipment and water disinfection and sterilization equipment.
(1) Water filtration equipment
(1) Sand and gravel filtration equipment (multi-media filter) sand and gravel filter (multi-media filter) is a mechanical filtration equipment based on layered anthracite, sand, fine broken garnet or other materials. its principle is to filter different particle sizes in water according to depth, the larger particles are removed at the top layer, and the smaller particles are removed in the deeper part of the filter medium, so that the water quality can meet the standard of coarse filtration. Reduce the SDI (sludge density index) value of water to meet the water quality requirements of deep purification.
(2) activated carbon filter has the function of adsorption and turbidity removal to a certain extent. The main structure and arrangement of activated carbon filter are similar to those of sand filter. Therefore, activated carbon adsorption is also called activated carbon filtration. Activated carbon filtration is mainly used for organic impurities and molecular colloidal tiny particle impurities in water, and can also be used for dechlorination.
(3) sand mandrel filter sand mandrel filter, also known as sand filter rod filter, has been stereotyped in water treatment equipment. It is mainly suitable for water treatment with less water and only organic matter, bacteria and other impurities in the water.
(4) Microporous filter is a new type of membrane separation technology. It can filter out filtrate, gas particles above 0.01 μ m and bacteria. The utility model is characterized by high capture ability, large filtration area, long service life, high filtration precision, low resistance, high mechanical strength, no peeling phenomenon, strong acid and alkali resistance and easy to use. This filter can remove most of the particles, so it is widely used in fine filtration and sterilization process.
(2) Water softening equipment
(1) Ion exchanger is a commonly used device in eye water treatment, which can soften or desalinate water by selecting a certain process. It mainly uses some ion exchangers to temporarily fix the unwanted ions in the raw water, so that the content of these ions in the water can be reduced to the required level. The ions fixed by the exchanger are released in the regeneration solution, and the exchanger can be reused. In other words, its essence is the physical and chemical reaction between the insoluble electrolyte (resin) and another electrolyte in the solution, that is, the exchange reaction between the exchangeable ions on the resin and other same-sex ions in the solution.
(2) as a new technology of separation, concentration, purification and recovery, electrodialyzer is widely used in chemical, pharmaceutical, food and other industries. The application in the food industry is mainly focused on the purification of soda water and beer water, and is used to soften (desalinate) the water in soft drink factories. Electrodialysis technology is through the ion exchange membrane with selective permeability and good conductivity, under the action of external DC electric field, according to the principle of opposite sex attraction and same sex repulsion, it is a technology to purify anions and cations in raw water through anion exchange membrane and cation exchange membrane respectively.
(3) reverse osmosis equipment is the membrane technology with the largest application scale and the most mature technology, and its application accounts for about half of the whole membrane separation field, which is the biggest breakthrough in the development of membrane technology. Reverse osmosis is the separation of solvents from the solution by reverse osmosis membrane. The application of reverse osmosis has developed from seawater desalination and hard water softening to the concentration of vitamins, antibiotics and hormones, the separation of bacteria and viruses, and the concentration of fruit juice, milk and coffee. The reverse osmosis equipment has the advantages of continuous operation and stable product water quality; it does not need to be regenerated by acid and alkali; it will not be stopped because of regeneration; it saves water for backwashing and cleaning; it produces ultra-pure water with a high yield (the yield can be as high as 95%); reclaimed sewage does not require water treatment facilities; low operation and maintenance costs; simple installation and low cost.
There are two keys to the production of pure water in reverse osmosis facilities: one is a selective membrane, which we call semi-permeable membrane, and the other is a certain pressure. To put it simply, there are many pores in the reverse osmosis semi-permeable membrane, which are about the same size as water molecules, because bacteria, viruses, most organic pollutants and hydrated ions are much larger than water molecules. therefore, it can not be separated from the water phase of the reverse osmosis membrane through the reverse osmosis semi-permeable membrane. Among the many impurities in water, soluble salts are the most difficult to remove. Therefore, the water purification effect of reverse osmosis is often determined according to the desalination rate, and the desalination rate of reverse osmosis is mainly determined by the selectivity of reverse osmosis semi-permeable membrane. The desalination rate of reverse osmosis membrane elements with high selectivity can be as high as 99.7%.
In order to carry out reverse osmosis separation, a preferential adsorption layer must be formed at the membrane-solution interface. The degree of preferential adsorption depends on the chemical properties of the solution and the surface of the membrane. As long as the suitable membrane material is selected, and the micropore structure and operating conditions of the membrane surface are simply changed, the reverse osmosis technology can be applied to the solute separation of any degree of separation.
(4) Ultrafilter
Although ultrafiltration technology started late in our country, it is developing very rapidly. with the continuous promotion of this technology and the continuous improvement of people’s understanding of it, the beverage production industry will get more benefits from it.
There are several different forms of ultrafiltration membrane equipment in industrial application, such as plate, tube, spiral plate, hollow fiber and so on. Most of the domestic applications are plate and tubular, especially hollow fiber membrane (hollow fiber membrane) has also been widely used in water treatment.
Hollow fiber ultrafiltration membrane is the most mature and advanced form of ultrafiltration technology. This kind of membrane is developed on the basis of flat membrane, which has three-dimensional geometric shape, so that the membrane equipment per unit volume does not rely on the extremely thin semi-permeable membrane and has a great ability of membrane infiltration. The hollow fiber tube wall is full of micropores, and the pore diameter is expressed as the relative molecular mass of the material, which can reach thousands to hundreds of thousands. Due to the use of hollow cylinder configuration, the production capacity of membrane infiltration equipment per unit volume is greatly improved. The raw water flows under pressure on the outside of the hollow fiber or in the inner cavity, forming the external pressure type and the internal pressure type respectively. Ultrafiltration is a dynamic filtration process, and the intercepted material can be eliminated with the concentration, so that the membrane surface will not be blocked and can be operated continuously for a long time. It can be proved that in the application of ultrafiltration, using a cylindrical bundle of small diameter hollow fiber membrane with reasonable size, the amount of liquid penetration will be equivalent to that obtained on the ultra-thin flat membrane of more than ten square meters.
The hollow fiber is a slender membrane tube, the inner wall is a membrane layer, the membrane layer is bonded to the spongy outer wall, the outer wall has coarse holes, and the inner layer plays the role of ultrafiltration separation. The size of the intimal hole determines the size of the blocked material in the tube. The hollow fiber has a diameter of about 200 μ m and is made of inert Nonionic polymers with a unique anisotropic (epidermis) structure and a significantly high flow rate. Its characteristics are as follows: the membrane area per unit volume in the ① device is very large; the ② membrane wall is thin and the liquid permeation speed is fast; ③ has high strength because the geometric configuration of the hollow fiber has a certain pressure resistance.
(3) Water sterilization and disinfection equipment
(1) Ozone sterilizer the so-called ozone sterilizer is to make use of the strong oxidation of ozone to achieve the purpose of sterilization. Ozone is a strong oxygen, and its bactericidal effect is 15 ∽ and 30 times higher than that of chlorine. When exposed to 5 ∽ 10min at a certain concentration, ozone can sterilize all kinds of fungi. It has been widely used in water disinfection in foreign countries for deodorization, color removal and so on, and it is also widely used in sterilization in the production of mineral water and pure water in China.
(2) Ultraviolet sterilizer when microorganisms are irradiated by ultraviolet light, the proteins and nucleic acids of microorganisms absorb ultraviolet spectral energy, resulting in protein denaturation and microbial death. Ultraviolet radiation has a certain penetration ability to clean and transparent water, so it can disinfect the water. Ultraviolet sterilization can not change the physical and chemical properties of water, and has the advantages of fast sterilization, high efficiency and no peculiar smell, so it has been widely used. Sterilization is an important part of beverage processing. Beverage sterilization is different from medical and biological sterilization. Beverage sterilization has two meanings: first, it is required to kill the pathogenic bacteria and rotten bacteria contaminated in the beverage, and destroy the enzymes in the food so that the beverage has a certain shelf life in a specific environment, such as in airtight bottles, cans or other packaging containers; second, it is required to protect the nutrients and flavor of the beverage as much as possible in the process of sterilization. Therefore, the pasteurized beverage is commercially aseptic.
There are two kinds of beverage sterilization methods: physical sterilization and chemical sterilization. Chemical sterilization is the use of hydrogen peroxide, ethylene oxide, sodium hypochlorite and other fungicides. Due to the influence of chemical residues in chemical sterilization, contemporary food sterilization tends to physical sterilization. Physical sterilization can be divided into thermal sterilization and cold sterilization. Thermal sterilization is divided into thermal sterilization, dry heat sterilization, microwave sterilization and far infrared heating sterilization. Cold sterilization can be divided into ultraviolet radiation sterilization, ionizing radiation sterilization and freeze sterilization. Among the methods of wet-heat sterilization, there are pasteurization, high-temperature short-time sterilization and ultra-high temperature instantaneous sterilization. The so-called pasteurization (pasteurization) is a low-temperature long-time sterilization method, the sterilization temperature is less than 100℃, the heat preservation time is 30min. High temperature short-time sterilization (HTST), the sterilization temperature is generally below 100℃, such as milk HTST sterilization temperature is 85 ℃, keep for more than 15s. Ultra-high temperature instantaneous sterilization (UHT), the sterilization temperature is above 120℃, only for a few seconds. HTST and UHT sterilization methods not only have high efficiency, but also have better structure, appearance, nutrition and flavor preservation than other sterilization methods. According to the above sterilization methods, there are many kinds of beverage sterilization equipment, and there are three kinds of beverage sterilization equipment according to the morphological classification of the treated materials.
(1) Sterilization equipment for fluid drinks fluid drinks refer to unpackaged dairy products, fruit juices and other materials. The sterilization equipment for handling this kind of materials can be divided into direct type and indirect type. The direct type is that steam is directly injected into the material for sterilization. The indirect type uses the plate and tube heat exchanger to sterilize the beverage.
(2) Sterilization equipment for canned beverages, canned beverages and bottled beverages with packaged containers, according to the sterilization temperature, the sterilization equipment can be divided into atmospheric pressure sterilization equipment and pressure sterilization equipment. The sterilization temperature of atmospheric pressure sterilization equipment is below 100℃, which is used for sterilization of beverage products with pH value less than 4.5. The canned sterilization equipment designed with pasteurization principle belongs to this category. The pressurized sterilization equipment is generally carried out in an airtight equipment with a pressure greater than 0.1MPa and a temperature of about 120 ℃. Atmospheric pressure and pressure sterilization equipment can also be divided into intermittent type and continuous type in operation. According to the different heat sources used in sterilization equipment, it can be divided into direct steam heating sterilization equipment, water heating sterilization equipment, flame continuous sterilization machine and so on.
(3) the use of electromagnetic wave physical sterilization equipment this kind of sterilization equipment uses microwave, far infrared, ultraviolet and other physical radiation for heating and sterilization, which is a promising sterilization equipment. CP- 12 bottle punching machine is a kind of rotary bottle punching machine with domestic advanced level, which is innovatively designed on the basis of introducing, digesting and absorbing advanced technology at home and abroad. This machine is suitable for the filling production of bottled beverages, mineral water, cola and other liquid materials, cleaning plastic bottles, can be provided to large and medium-sized production plants, can also be used on a single machine. The main features of the machine are as follows:
(1) this machine is a special equipment for cleaning plastic bottles of various specifications.
(2) the equipment has the advantages of compact structure, perfect control system and simple operation and maintenance.
(3) the cleaning process is reasonable, the spray principle is adopted to rinse the inside and outside of the bottle, and the residual water in the bottle is filtered automatically, and the empty bottle meets the hygiene requirements after cleaning.
(4) changing the shape of the bottle can be realized by changing the star wheel and guide plate, and the operation is simple and convenient.
CP- 32 bottle punching machine is a semi-automatic external washing machine, which is suitable for flushing new and old bottles of all kinds of bottle shapes and materials. The main features of the machine are: spray the outer wall of the bottle and wash the inner wall twice to ensure the flushing effect; the main parts are made of stainless steel or wear-resistant copper alloy to prevent corrosion; the use of tap water atmospheric pressure work, strong adaptability. The machine has the advantages of reasonable structure, simple operation and convenient maintenance, and is widely used in wine, beverage, soy sauce, vinegar, medicine liquid and other manufacturers. The automatic bottle washing machine can be divided into different types according to different conditions: double-ended and single-ended bottle entry and exit; continuous and intermittent transmission from the bottle cover; spray, brushing and immersion from the machine. The following is mainly introduced by the way of washing bottles.
(1) Jet bottle washing machine includes internal and external flushing of bottles. The center of the sprinkler must be aimed at the center of the bottle. This type is especially suitable for the washing of the crown cap, because the bottleneck is small, generally only about 5mm, it is difficult to clean the dirt in the bottle with other types of bottle washing machine. The sprinkler of detergent should be of high pressure. However, this way of washing bottles is very easy to form foam, and it is difficult to remove the trademark. In addition, due to the action of carbon dioxide in the lotion and air, the concentration will be reduced quickly, and the energy consumption will be larger.
(2) the immersion bottle washing machine first carries out one or more hot water spray flushing, and then continuously submerges the bottle (filling and emptying) in the washing tank at different temperatures for washing or disinfection. After the last inundation, rinse with hot and cold water spray several times to flush out the lotion. Soaking bottle washing machines that meet the requirements are rarely used.
(3) soaking and brushing bottle washing machine it cleans the bottle by soaking in the combination of brushing. This is an effective cleaning method for brushing the bottle wall. Brushes have been used for many years, because they are easy to lose hair and have a short life. At the same time, the quality of brushing is affected by the dirt in the brushes. Synthetic materials are used as brushes in some countries, and the effect is better. The structure of the washing part of this kind of bottle washing machine is more complicated, because the brush and the mouth of the bottle must be aligned to enter the bottle, so this type is not often used.
(4) soaking and jet bottle washing machine which combines the advantages of soaking and spraying, has one or more soaking tanks and more spray parts, and most of the nozzles are high-pressure type. Some people think that when the injection part is more than a certain degree, it can replace two injection slots, and the cleaning effect of high-pressure spray can be equivalent to brushing with a brush. From the point of view of the packaging of materials, it can be divided into liquid filling machine, paste filling machine, powder filling machine, particle filling machine, etc.; from the degree of automation of production, it can be divided into semi-automatic filling machine and full-automatic filling production line; according to whether the filling material contains air or not, it can be divided into isobaric filling machine, atmospheric pressure filling machine and negative pressure filling machine. (1) the isobaric filling machine generally maintains a certain filling pressure in the storage tank. When the filling container enters the filling machine, the container is first inflated. The gas can be compressed air or carbon dioxide gas, and carbon dioxide gas is better. When the pressure in the container is the same as the pressure in the storage box, it is filled with the self-weight of the liquid through the open filling valve. In the filling process, the gas in the container should be successfully exported and returned to the storage box or gas chamber. In the filling of soda, small champagne and beer, isobaric filling is mostly used, and the process is as follows:
(1) the bottle in the initial position has not yet touched the filling valve and all gas and liquid passages are closed.
(2) when the inflatable pressure bottle rises to the predetermined position with the filling valve cover, the rotary fork opens the inflatable valve, and the pressure gas enters the bottle from the annular storage tank through the inflatable passage.
(3) when the pressure in the bottle reaches the pressure of the storage cylinder, the liquid valve opens automatically, and the material liquid must flow down the bottle wall by the shunt umbrella. At the same time, the pressure gas replaced in the bottle returns to the injection cylinder through the return pipe. When the liquid level in the bottle reaches the lower port of the return pipe, the liquid injection ends.
(4) the valve closes the rotary fork to close the pressure gas valve and liquid valve.
(5) the carbon dioxide valve at the top of the inflation is opened and carbon dioxide or other inert gas is filled into the bottle from the annular groove to drive away the air at the neck of the bottle.
(6) the pressure release valve opens, and the pressure in the bottle passes through the needle valve in the pressure release channel and escapes to the annular groove.
(2) normal pressure filling machine
Many drinks, such as juice, milk drinks, and syrup in secondary filling of soda, do not contain carbon dioxide and usually use atmospheric filling machines.
The atmospheric filling machine is mainly composed of filling system, in and out bottle mechanism, lifting bottle and can mechanism, worktable, transmission system and so on, which is used for filling non-gaseous liquid. This kind of filling machine is generally rotary.
Under the action of the transmission system, the rotating shaft drives the turntable and the quantitative cup to rotate together, and the liquid material flows into the quantitative cup from the storage cylinder through the pipe by self-weight. The bottle holder drives the bottle up under the action of the cam. When the bottle mouth rises against the cap plate, the spring compresses, and the slide valve slides upward in the inner hole of the movable measuring cup. With the rotation of the shaft, the good measuring cup has been turned away from the bottom of the feed pipe and into the filling position. When the slide valve rises so that the inlet hole opens, the liquid material flows into the bottle, and the gas in the bottle is discharged from four small grooves on the lower surface of the cap plate to complete the filling task of a bottle. With the rotation of the turntable, the quantitative cup enters directly below to complete the quantitative work one by one, and when it leaves the quantitative position and enters the filling position, it begins to fill the bottle again and again, so it works repeatedly and continuously.
(3) negative pressure filling machine
It is often called vacuum filling machine. This filling method is to make the storage box at normal pressure, and only draw air from the bottle to form a vacuum during filling. At a certain degree of vacuum, the liquid flows into the bottle by the pressure difference between the injection tank and the container to complete the filling. It is mainly used for filling non-gaseous liquids, if juices. Because the bottle is filled in vacuum, the filling can be stopped when the bottle is leaking, which can reduce the loss. But in a vacuum, some fragrance will be lost for some aromatic liquids.
The negative pressure filling method has strict requirements for the bottle specification, because its quantity is determined by the depth of the filling mouth deep into the bottle, and the volume of the bottle directly affects the quantitative accuracy. However, it is still widely used because it is easy to adjust. CIP stands for cleanin place (washing positioning) or in-place cleaning (positioning washing). It is defined as the method of washing the contact surface with food without disassembling or moving the device with a high temperature and high concentration of detergent and exerting a strong effect on the device.
Therefore, CIP means that it can be scrubbed, cleaned and sterilized without dismantling mechanisms and pipes at all. In the cleaning process, it can reasonably deal with the relationship between washing, cleaning, sterilization and economy, and energy saving, so it is a kind of optimized cleaning management technology. The CIP device is suitable for multi-pipe sterilization mechanical devices where fluid materials are in direct contact, such as juice beverages, dairy products, concentrated fruit juices, soybean milk, etc. The use of on-the-spot cleaning (that is, CIP cleaning) is a commonly used method in beverage factories and is the guarantee of product quality. The purpose of cleaning is to remove the residue on the equipment and pipe wall to ensure that the hygiene target is reached. Under normal circumstances, continuous use of 6 ∽ for 8 hours must be cleaned once. Under special circumstances, when a significant reduction in production capacity is found, cleaning should be carried out immediately.
The purpose of cleaning is to remove the dirt attached to the machinery to prevent the growth of microorganisms. In order to remove the dirt, the cleaning system must be able to provide the cleaning capacity needed to overcome the pollutants. There are three sources of cleaning capacity, namely, the movement energy generated from the flow of the cleaning solution, the chemical energy produced from the detergent, and the heat energy in the cleaning solution. These three abilities complement each other. At the same time, the factor of ability is related to the factor of time. In the same state, the longer the washing time, the better the washing effect.
CIP has the following advantages:
(1) it can maintain a certain cleaning effect in order to improve the safety of the product.
(2) Saving operation time and improving efficiency, saving labor and ensuring operation safety, saving cleaning water and steam
(3) the sanitary level is stable and the amount of cleaning agent is saved.
(4) large-scale production equipment and high level of automation
(5) increase the durability of production equipment.
What are the Krones products we are using now?
At present, there are empty bottle testing machine, full bottle testing machine, sterilization machine, wine filling machine, labeling machine, bottle blowing machine, conveyor belt, stacker and so on. There seems to be equipment for both the beverage line and the beer line. Our company has just bought empty bottle testing and full bottle testing.
What kind of equipment does it take to build a juice factory?
Fruit juice beverage production line is to make orange juice from fresh fruit into drinks, which are packaged with plastic bottles, glass bottles or cans and sold to the beverage market. Making fruit juice beverage is not as simple as making pure water, mineral water, etc., first of all, we need to know what type of fruit it is, what kind of technological process to extract juice, crushing juice, or cooking and beating. Different types of fruits, such as apple, mango, kiwifruit, yellow peach, Hawthorn and so on, have different pre-treatment processes. From a general point of view, the whole fruit juice filling assembly line is similar, including pure water purification system, fresh fruit juice extraction system, ingredient, filtration, homogenization, degassing, sterilization system, beverage filling and capping system, inverted bottle sterilization system, secondary spray sterilization cooling system, bottle surface drying system, label system, spray code system, packaging system, pipe cleaning system after daily production and so on. The same fruit is also divided into turbid juice and clear juice, and the beverage treatment process is also very different. Making clear juice requires enzymatic hydrolysis and clarification, and the process is very complicated. It is believed that before making fruit juice drinks, we need to determine the type of fruit, the way to extract juice, and then determine the production process of the whole juice production line. Of course, a large part of the original fruit juice drinks are made by local rich fruit resources, and many beverage manufacturers buy juice pulp directly and then mix it and pack it, which is much easier than starting with fresh fruit. Below, I would like to explain in detail the filling production line of fruit juice drinks in glass bottles. A complete automatic glass bottle juice beverage production line is composed of water treatment equipment, sugar pot, ingredient can, double filter, homogenizer, vacuum degasser, sterilizer, heat preservation can, CIP cleaning system, empty bottle transportation, three-in-one hot filling equipment, automatic capping machine, on-line bottle cap disinfection equipment, finished product delivery, bottle filling machine, spray sterilization cooling equipment, strong blow dryer, inkjet printer, Labeling machine, carton packing machine. Fruit juice beverage production line, according to different users, different actual conditions, our company can provide a complete set of fruit juice beverage production lines, according to the production speed to distinguish, such as the following grades for beverage manufacturers to choose, divided into small 2000 bottles / hour, 4000 bottles / hour, 6000 bottles / hour, 10000 bottles / hour, 15000 bottles / hour, 20000 bottles / hour, 25000 bottles / hour-36000 bottles / hour.
When it comes to the taste of the fruit juice drinks produced, it is very important to use pure water as ingredients, and the taste is a little better. The source water for making pure water can be taken from tap water, groundwater or lake water. Through a series of water treatment processes, pure water is produced, and the water molecules come out completely. A complete set of pure water production system is configured as follows: pre-treatment section: raw water tank, booster pump, quartz sand filter, activated carbon filter, ion softener, precision filter, core treatment equipment: RO reverse osmosis, sterilization equipment: ultraviolet sterilization machine.
The fruit juice beverage was prepared with the raw pulp of fruit juice, and the sugar pot was used to melt the white granulated sugar to adjust the sweetness of the beverage. The main ingredients are completed in the blending pot, need to be equipped with two batching pots, one pot ingredients, the other pot feed. In the process of ingredients, flavors and other accessories are added to adjust the taste, acidity, sweetness, color and so on. The duplex filter uses a filter screen to remove some impurities in the batching process and make the beverage taste a little more delicate. The homogenizer generally uses 25mpa pressure to cut the juice beverage under high pressure to prevent the material from precipitating. Then the juice material is put into the vacuum deaerator to reduce the oxygen content of the fruit juice as much as possible. under the action of differential pressure, the foam produced in the fruit juice disappears automatically and increases the shelf life. Then enter the sterilizer for sterilization, control the temperature and time of sterilization, the general discharge temperature is about 90 degrees, use insulation cans to store fruit juice drinks for hot filling operations. It should be noted that sugar pots, batching pots and insulation pots use three-layer sandwich pots, which are all heated by steam, and the electric heating method is also possible, but the cost will be very high, so it is recommended to configure a small boiler for steam heating.
Fruit juice beverage production line, glass bottle fruit juice filling machine and plastic bottle fruit juice filling machine have the same appearance and function, including flushing, hot filling and sealing. It’s just that the delivery mode is different, the glass bottle is dragged to the bottom of the bottle, and the plastic bottle is passed by the mouth of the bottle. The flushing of the glass bottle needs to be washed with hot water to avoid bottle explosion during hot filling. Mainly depends on the local climate temperature, especially in winter, when the temperature is very low, we must pre-rinse with warm water, and the flushing water used is the pure water of the finished product. The hot filling structure of the glass bottle is also with a little negative pressure. the mouth of the bottle is in close contact with the sealing gasket under the filling valve, and when the filling valve is opened, the fruit juice drink of about 85 degrees will flow into the bottle with its own gravity. At the same time, the vacuum reflux pipe on the filling valve is also pumping, making the exhaust in the bottle faster, which will also speed up the filling. In the so-called hot filling, the juice filling machine itself does not have heating function, but a temperature control detector is installed in the material cylinder, such as setting a temperature value of 85 degrees, as long as the material temperature in the tank has been kept at 85 degrees Celsius, it will operate normally. Once the material temperature is detected to be lower than 85 degrees, the juice three-in-one filling machine will stop working immediately, and all fruit juice materials in the tank will pass through the vacuum reflux tank. It is pumped into the reflux filling, and then sent to the sterilizer to sterilize again, and then filled, so as to ensure that the juice beverage is filled at 85 degrees to avoid breeding bacteria and affect the shelf life of the beverage. The lids of glass bottles of fruit juice drinks are now widely used, such as three-screw lid, four-screw lid, etc., there will be some problems if the lid is not in place.
Fruit juice drinks have high requirements for the production environment, and the lid before the lid also needs to be sterilized. The automatic capping machine transmits the lid to the on-line sterilization tunnel, then sterilizes, flushes, blow-dries, then enters the lid slide, and then enters the capping operation of the capping machine. The sealed fruit juice beverage is output along with the conveying line, and immediately enters the bottle sterilization device and puts the bottle upside down at 90 degrees. It is beneficial to sterilize the inside of the lid with the temperature of the fruit juice beverage for 15-30s to prevent the bacteria inside the bottle cap from entering the beverage and breeding bacteria.
Fruit juice beverage production line, according to different types of beverage, before cooling the beverage, also need to carry out secondary sterilization treatment, this is spray sterilization cooling equipment, mainly the finished fruit juice beverage material for secondary pasteurization, the temperature is about 80 degrees, the sterilization time is about 30 minutes, to achieve the secondary sterilization effect, and then immediately enter the cooling process. It should be noted that the juice material is in a state of high temperature for a long time, which will affect the taste and color of the beverage. Because it is a glass bottle, it should be cooled by stages and cannot be washed directly with cold water, otherwise the bottle will burst. First use 60 degrees warm water, then 40 degrees warm water, and then 20 degrees warm water, the purpose is to reduce the temperature of the beverage to normal temperature.
After spraying, the glass bottle drinks also need to carry out a series of packaging processes, the bottle body needs to be blown dry, spray coding, labeling, packing and packaging operations. Inkjet printer is now more advanced for laser inkjet code, relative to ink inkjet code, its consumption is low, there is no need to add ink, the coding effect is clearer, the phenomenon of nozzle blockage will not occur, and the service life is a little longer, but the equipment cost is slightly higher. The fiber laser is used to output laser, the fiber laser marking machine has high electro-optic conversion efficiency, air-cooled cooling, small volume, good output beam quality, high reliability, long operation life and energy saving.
In the fruit juice beverage production line, self-adhesive labeling is widely used in high-grade glass bottled drinks, but the labeling methods are different, such as single-sided labeling, multi-sided labeling, positioning labeling and so on. The working principle of the labeling machine: the sensor detects the passing of the product and sends back the signal to the labeling control system. After the signal is processed by PLC, the label is sent out and affixed to the set position of the product at an appropriate time. The product flows through the labeling device, the label is firmly covered, and the attaching action of a label is completed.
Carton packaging machine is a commonly used shape packaging of high-end fruit juice drinks, which is a higher level than PE film packaging, but the cost of equipment and packaging materials is a little higher. We generally use one-piece carton packing machine, that is, the kind of glue to seal the box. There are also packaging equipment that use unpacking, packing and tape sealing, the cost of the equipment is lower, the area is larger, and the visual effect of packaging is also slightly lower. If the output is small, you can choose manual packing, using tape sealing machine packaging.
What are the facilities for our aseptic production line in China?
Newamstar aseptic filling production line from the leading industry technology, high-quality equipment quality, perfect after-sales service and sophisticated scientific research team, which created the Newamstar Filling Machine “pilot Technology, Innovation China”
The configuration is as follows
Bactericidal solution dispensing system
Hundred-grade clean room
Empty bottle sterilization unit
Aseptic zone COP/SOP
Bottle cap sterilization unit
Waste gas treatment system
Sterile material UHT sterilizer
Liquid sealing system
Aseptic material storage and constant pressure system
Pure steam generator
Sterile water UHT sterilizer
Liquid nitrogen addition system
Aseptic compressed air / nitrogen preparation
Aseptic filling five-in-one machine
CIP/SIP system
Automatic control system of the whole line
Aseptic isolation system
Monitoring and recording system of technical parameters
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