Advanced controls improve a high-speed milk bottling and capping machine
A builder of filling and packaging equipment turns to Siemens for help with a project at a processor of beverages and dairy products.
EDITOR’S NOTE: This case study was written and submitted on behalf of Siemens, and edited by Dairy Foods. The names of the machine builder and the dairy operation were withheld at their request.
A major OEM (original equipment manufacturer) of liquid level and net-weight filling and capping machines faced a challenge brought by a dairy and beverage processing customer of 40 years. The dairy required a high-speed bottling and capping machine capable of processing up to 850 bottles per minute or one bottle every 70 milliseconds. That left a very small margin for errors in production.