Bottling line, automatic

A four- or five-person crew, using semiautomatic equipment, manually handling the bottles, can produce about 125-200 cartons of twelve bottles each per day. Production can be increased by adding a second disgorger. A fully automatic disgorging-corking line in California produces over 1500 cases per day with about four people. The capacity of this line is to be increased in the near future. 

Hiac ABS-2 automatic bottle sampler is a pressure sampling device used for batch analysis of volatile or viscous fluids. The ABS-2 delivers liquid to the sensor at flow rates of 10 to 200 ml min T A check valve in the sample introduction line eliminates backflow and minimizes sample cross contamination, and an automatic drain mechanism allows unattended sample analysis of multiple runs. The sampler has a built-in pressure/vacuum chamber that subjects samples to pressures up to 60 psi, accommodating viscosities up to 80 centistokes. In addition, vacuum levels of 23 psi are used to degas samples which contain entrained air. 

Bottles emerging from the washer onto the conveyors are monitored for carry-over of caustic. They are also inspected for solids present by automatic scanning of the bottles from beneath as the bottles are caused to spin. In order that interruptions in the working of individual items of plant may be compensated without stopping all operations up-stream, it is common at strategic positions for conveyor lines to lead to accummulation tables in which a supply of bottles may build up ready for resumption of normal operation. 

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