Pail Filling System – Food Grade
Model: SPF-510
Rate: 4 pails per minute, depending on viscosity
Container: 1 to 7 gallon pails, jugs, cans etc.
Material: Stainless steel construction, all wetted parts use 316 stainless steel
Overview
This model SPF-510, all-stainless steel, semi-automatic pail filling system was designed for a food grade operation. It is a top and sub-surface filler for 1 to 7 gallon containers up to 19″ tall. The machine will typically use from 3/4″ dia. up to a 1.9” diameter lance depending on the bung opening of the various containers. The application shown above uses a powered belt conveyor system for infeed and discharge of containers.
The belts are sanitary plastic mesh for wash-down applications. The filler, panel and conveyors are all built with stainless steel construction ready for wash-down. The typical fill rate is 4 pails per minute, depending on viscosity of liquid.
Description of Operation
This is a model SPF-510 all-stainless, food grade, top and a sub-surface pail filling machine.
- Empty containers are placed onto the infeed powered belt conveyor to accumulate
- Air-operated stainless rods are used as escapements
- The operator presses a button discharging a full container and automatically releasing the escapement, allowing an empty container to advance to the fill station
- When the empty pail is in position, the operator presses the start button
- The lance will insert to the bottom of the container, if sub-surface filling
- The controller will zero the tare weight before the fill cycle begins
- When the fill cycle is complete, the lance will rise to its home position
- A pneumatic drip pan will move into place to catch any residue
- The operator will press a button to discharge the filled container, allowing a new empty container to arrive at the filling station
- The cycle repeats
Technical Specifications
This is a model SPF-510 all-stainless, food grade, top and a sub-surface pail filling machine for 1 to 7 gallon containers up to 19″ tall
- Sanitary lance and valves for food grade application
- Lance and all wetted parts are 316 stainless steel
- Filler has a three speed fill cycle; slow/fast/shot, if needed
- Two stainless full-port ball valves are used to prevent water hammering
- A 200 lb./100 kg capacity scale with a stainless cover
- Scale accuracy +/- 0.05 lbs. on 3 sigma curve
- NTEP approved scale and weight meter
- Communications port for interface with Drum Filler in the Cloud
- All controls enclosed in a stainless steel panel
- Controller is an Allen Bradley PLC
- Touch screen is an Allen Bradley, color Panel View
- Push buttons mounted at the fill station
- Automatic zero tare weight before filling starts
- Aluminum air cylinder raises and lowers the lance
- Pneumatically operated drip pan
- Safety interlock, no container, no fill
- Auto abort, lance crash protection
- A 2’-0” long powered plastic mesh belt conveyor is on the scale
- A 2’-0” long powered plastic mesh belt conveyor for the lid station
- Infeed and discharge conveyors are provided with food-grade drives
- Welded stainless steel filler and conveyors ready for wash-down
Additional information
| Portability | Stationary – Floor 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) | Corrosive Environment, Food Grade, Industrial Standard, Requires Washdown |
| Site Conditions (Optional) | Outdoor |
| Frame Construction / Coating (Standard) | Stainless 304 |
| Frame Construction / Coating (Optional) | Carbon Steel Enamel, Carbon Steel Epoxy, Stainless 316 |
| Product - Wetted Parts (Standard) | Food Grade, Standard 316 |
| Product - Wetted Parts (Optional) | Corrosive / Caustic |
| 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) |
