Mobile Pail Filler – Dual Lance
This unique mobile pail filler, with two filling lances and an air-operated lid press, was custom made for batch filling operations at multiple filling locations. With four swivel casters and two handrails it can be moved around by hand or by a fork truck. The clear safety shields allow the operator complete protection from splash-back of chemicals. While positioned at a filling station, it can fill 8 to 10 five gallon pails per minute, depending on viscosity.
Model: MPF-520
Rate: 8 to 10 pails per minute depending on product viscosity
Container: 1 to 7 gallon pails, jugs, or jerrycans
Material: Carbon or stainless steel construction, all wetted parts use 316 stainless steel
Overview
This dual-head, mobile pail filler was created for production or batch filling operations at multiple filling locations. It is a top and sub-surface pail filling machine for 1 to 7 gallon pails, or containers up to 19″ tall, built to move around a level plant floor on casters. In most cases, 3/4″ diameter lances are used for small bung openings, but we make lances up to a 1.9″ diameter. The photo shows the two clear safety shields and an optional air-operated lid press.
Once the machine has been moved into place the operator will hook-up the compressed air line, the infeed product line and plug-in the power cord. This mobile pail filler is the most ruggedly built in the industry, made with structural steel, all-welded frames and includes heavy duty swivel casters with safety foot locks.
Description of Operation
- This is a model MPF-520, dual-lance mobile pail filler built for 1 to 7 gallon containers
- An operator moves the filling machine into a prepared position on a plant floor
- A wall plug is provided for connection to a power source
- The operator places a pail under each of the two lances
- By pressing start, the lances automatically travel into the container
- The controller will automatically zero tare each of the weights before the fill cycles begin
- The system has three speeds for each lance, slow/fast/slow, if needed
- The lances retract automatically ending the filling cycle
- Containers are manually moved on and off the filling station on gravity conveyors
- A quick connect air-line to compressed air and a product infeed line are needed
Technical Specifications
This is a model MPF-520, dual-lance mobile pail filler, built for 1 to 7 gallon pails
- Lances and all other wetted parts are 316 stainless steel
- Multi-size, quick change lances are available, if needed
- Two infeed full-port ball valves at each lance control product hammering
- Each fill station has a platform type scale, 200 lb. capacity
- Controller is an Allen Bradley PLC with 250 product menus
- Touch screen is an Allen Bradley color Panel View
- Communications port for interface with Drum Filler in the Cloud
- NTEP approved scales and weight meters
- NEMA 4 standard enclosure, others optional
- Pneumatically operated drip pan
- Operator troubleshooting interface with prompts
- Fillers won’t start without a container present
- Lance will abort at 10 lbs. obstruction
- Rugged, all-welded structural steel, painted frame
- Heavy duty swivel casters and wheel locks
- Special see-through operator shields provided
- Machine requires 35 lbs. of force to move on a level floor
Note: It is recommended to have a preset, level floor position at each filling location.
Note: Fillers and conveyors are made with structural steel welded together, making a solid superstructure, the most rugged standard in the industry
Additional information
| Portability | Mobile – Caster mounted |
|---|---|
| Fume Booth | No |
| Conveyor System For Empty And Full Containers | Standard |
| Foaming Product | Yes |
| Automation Type | Semi-Automatic – Operator positions lance to container or container to lance |
| Product Temperature | <250 |
| Container Type (Standard) | Pails |
| Container Type (Optional) | Drum-Plastic, Drum-Steel, Quarts |
| Fill Heads (Standard) | 1 Fill Head |
| Fill Heads (Optional) | 2 Fill Head, 3 Fill Head, 4 Fill Head |
| Classification for Explosive / Flammable Environments (Standard) | Unclassified |
| Classification for Explosive / Flammable Environments (Optional) | Class I – Div I, Class I – Div II |
| Site Conditions (Standard) | Industrial Standard |
| Site Conditions (Optional) | Corrosive Environment, Food Grade, Outdoor, Requires Washdown |
| Frame Construction / Coating (Standard) | Carbon Steel Enamel |
| Frame Construction / Coating (Optional) | Carbon Steel Epoxy, Stainless 304, Stainless 316 |
| Product - Wetted Parts (Standard) | Standard 316 |
| Product - Wetted Parts (Optional) | Corrosive / Caustic, Food Grade |
| Product Viscosity Handling (Standard) | 0-2,500 CPS (Water to Maple Syrup), 10,000 CPS (Honey), 100,000 CPS (Toothpaste), 50,000 CPS (Ketchup) |
| Product Viscosity Handling (Optional) | 250,000 CPS (Peanut Butter) |
