Managing how a product’s viscosity impacts filling speed, accuracy, and waste is crucial in bottling operations for oils. Thick, high-viscosity oils can strain filling machines past their limits.
Modern precision filling equipment like oil filling machines enables producers to overcome viscosity-related bottling headaches. So prepare yourself as we’ll examine innovative solutions for getting oil products from storage to bottle smoothly.
Start with Automated Barrel P-umping
Moving high-viscosity oils begins with pumps designed to handle drawing viscous loads from storage barrels or totes. These transfer pumps keep thick oils flowing without clogging or cavitating.
Some systems temporarily use heated pump heads to lower viscosity during the suction process. This gets the filling process started right.
Maintain Heat in the Piping
Once barrels are pumped out, keep viscous oils flowing to bottle fillers using jacketed or heat-traced piping. This maintains the target’s lower viscosity by gently heating the product to the filling machines.
Insulated tubing retains heat to prevent cooling and thickening before oils reach fill heads. Don’t allow pre-heating efforts to be lost.
Use Servo Filling for Precision Control
Servo-driven precision bottle-filling machines allow very fine viscosity adjustment during actual filling. This tunes the process in real-time based on product temperature or thickness changes.
Servo-based systems also manage speeds and fluid shear to dispense at high rates without splashing or cavitation, regardless of oil thickness.
Finalize with Induction Sealing/Capping
The final step is quickly securing filled bottles with induction-sealed caps before viscosity can restart dripping or oozing. Automated induction sealing applies leak-proof caps immediately after precision filling.
Combined, these advanced filling line solutions form a comprehensive viscosity management process. This allows producers to efficiently push the possibilities for bottling challenging high viscosity oils. Don’t let oil thickness slow you down, thanks to smart equipment.
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