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KHS Innofill DVD can filling system extensively modernised

The Innofill DVD is well suited for the filling of cans with both carbonated and non-carbonated beverages.  Whether beer, carbonated or non-carbonated alcohol-free beverages, wine, sparkling wine or spirits: all are possible.  Hot filling of particularly sensitive non-carbonated beverages, such as fruit drinks, is also feasible.  The Innofill DVD is able to process fruit beverages containing fibers up to 10 millimeters long and up to 1.5 millimeters in diameter.  Innofill DVD output capacities range from 15,000 cans/hour to up to 120,000 cans/hour.

The filling system has been specifically designed according to the principle of volumetric can filling using electromagnetic inductive flow metering coupled with the advantages of simplicity and greatest possible filling accuracy and maximum microbiological product safety.

The filling valves of the Innofill DVD are equipped with a universal bell designed for the filling of the three most common can types.  This means that significantly less time and effort is expended during changeover to other can diameters than required to date.  Another major improvement is that all functions concerning the filling procedure, including sealing and the pressing of the can against the filling valve, are now integrated within the filling valve, thereby simplifying maintenance and servicing work and various other aspects.  Another new feature is that the pressure exerted on the can is now generated pneumatically in an expansion bellows which acts as a gas spring.  Here, not only are the sealing forces for all types of can and beverage precision-regulated; the hygienic design is also first class.

Automatic CIP sanitizing is also available as an option for the Innofill DVD.  In this case, CIP caps are plate-shaped in design and positioned under the filling valves when extended.  When the CIP plates are retracted, the universal bell is lifted.  This is done by briefly subjecting the folding bellows used during production to seal the can to a vacuum.  The rinsing plate is then sealed by the pressure of the CIP medium and the CIP sanitizing process can begin.  The innovative automatic CIP sanitizing process includes a significant reduction in the mechanical complexity of the process. The insertion and retraction process is faster and the consistent implementation of hygienic design eases and simplifies cleaning and disinfection measures.  A tubular ring bowl provides ideal prerequisites for efficient sanitizing procedures, shortening heating and cooling times while reducing power consumption.