Hot Filling Machine adalah mesin pengisian minuman yang mengisikan produk dalam kondisi panas 85–92°C ke dalam botol PET, sehingga panas produk sekaligus mensterilkan botol dan tutup saat pengisian (in-container sterilization). Metode ini ideal untuk minuman non-karbonasi seperti jus, teh, minuman energi, dan minuman fungsional, menghasilkan produk berdaya simpan panjang tanpa pengawet dengan investasi lebih terjangkau dibanding sistem aseptik.
Kualitas dan efisiensi produksi adalah dua hal yang tidak bisa dikompromikan di industri minuman. Salah satu inovasi yang banyak dipakai adalah sistem Monoblock Rinser Filler Capper yang menyatukan tiga fungsi dalam satu mesin: pembilasan (rinsing), pengisian (filling), dan penutupan botol (capping). PT. Ditalia Cahaya Abadi menghadirkan Hot Filling Machine dengan teknologi dari Sunswell untuk industri minuman di Indonesia.
Hot Filling Machine adalah mesin yang mengisikan minuman panas ke dalam kemasan pada suhu 85–92°C. Suhu tinggi ini membunuh mikroorganisme sekaligus mensterilkan bagian dalam botol dan tutup pada saat pengisian.
Metode ini dikenal sebagai hot fill atau in-container sterilization. Setelah diisi dan ditutup, botol dibalik agar panas produk menjangkau tutup, lalu didinginkan secara bertahap.
Teknik hot fill umum digunakan untuk minuman ber-pH rendah (asam) seperti jus dan teh. Prinsip pengolahan produk asam ini mengacu pada regulasi keamanan pangan seperti pedoman Acidified & Low-Acid Canned Foods dari U.S. FDA.
Proses hot fill berjalan berurutan dalam satu blok mesin. Berikut tahapannya secara ringkas.
Hot Filling Machine
- Application : Juice, tea, energy drinks, milk, laban, yogurt, vitamin drinks, functional beverage
- Suitable for Cylindrical and square PET containers
- Filling system : Gravity hotfill
- Hygienic standard : Hotfill, ultra-clean, aseptic
- Filling speed : 3,000 – 36,000BPH (500ml)
| System | Name | Brand | Origin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Transmission | Gear Motor | Sew | Germany |
| Servo Motor | Lenze | Germany | |
| Air Compressed Brake | Steki | Taiwan, China | |
| Torque Limiter | Steki | Germany | |
| Timing Belt (Seamless) | Rw | Italy | |
| Air Compressed Brake | Sit | Germany | |
| Key Bearing | Ina/Fag | Germany | |
| Slewing Bearing | Schmersal | Germany | |
| High Pressure Airway | (0.01Um) Precision Filter | Walker | UK |
| (1Um) Precision Filter | Walker | UK | |
| Proportional Valve | Lanny | Germany | |
| High Pressure Valve Unit | Eugen Seitz | Switzerland | |
| Safety valve | Goetze | Germany | |
| Dew-Point Instrument | GE | USA | |
| High Pressure Airway | Ionic Gas Control | Meech | UK |
- Rinsing : Spring cramps are used in the bottle washing process. The empty bottles can be turned over 180° along the conveying rail. There are two times of internal and external washing, the efficiency of bottle washing is high. Rinsing machine adopts Sunswell original overturn and double-opened bottle clip. Bottle clip lock the bottleneck, the material of bottle clip is SUS304, which is hygienic and durable. Bottle clip equipped with efficient spray on nozzle. The extrusive droplet with 15° angle ensures to wash all side of the bottle, and can save the water.
- Transfer starwheel : Made of stainless steel of superior quality. Equipped with bottle jam protection device.
- Filler : The design of filling structure is reasonable and hygiene dead angle, the run of equipment is stable, it can control the material from the bottleneck, the control accuracy is within ±2mm.The filling valve material is SUS304. The filling system has liquid level automatic control. Filling valve lift is controlled by the valve elevator, after filling valve contact the bottleneck ,it start to fill.Bottle is conveying by the wheel in the filling part. The juice or other hot beverage can be backflow by return tank to control filling temperature.
- Capper : Screw capping machine is most precision part in the 3-1 machine, it has a big influence to the goods stability and defective rate. our screw capping has following feature.1) Sunswell import of advanced technology of screw capping, improve the stability and reliability of the screw capping machine. The magnetic torque is used for screw capping. the power of screw capping can be adjusted without steps. The power of the screw capping can also be fixed, and the caps will not be damaged, the capping is reliable.2) In the screw capping part. it installed photoelectrical control , when it has no cap ,or the cap is bad, the machine will stop automatically.
- Output bottle star wheel part : Nylon wheel and conveyor belt cooperate output the bottle
- Output bottle conveyor belt part : Conveyor motor use frequency control of motor speed, which keep pace with the 3-1 machine. Prevent overturned bottle