Ketchup is a non-Newtonian fluid, as its viscosity changes with the application of force. It is categorized as a shear-thinning fluid because its thickness decreases as the shear stress rises. Therefore, choosing a suitable ketchup filling machine is crucial.
✔ Choose your ketchup filling machine suitable for the filling product material’s viscosity, foaming, instability, gas concentration, etc.
✔ Go for a wide range of equipment. When we speak about the process’s scope, we mean that it can be adaptable to a variety of production needs. Extending the range of operations allows for more effective use of the equipment and the many tasks that may be completed with a single machinery unit.
✔ Choose a sauce filler with high filling accuracy. According to national regulations, filling errors are allowed to be at most 1%. Thus, if the machine claims the error number is between 0.5% and 1%, you may purchase the filling machine with great trust.
Ketchup is fairly fluid, does not foam, and has a high viscosity. Filling equipment often options for more budget-friendly piston filling machines.
MAKWELL Piston Ketchup Filling Machine
Our automated linear piston filling machine is a highly flexible piston filler that can quickly and correctly fill a range of goods, from high-viscosity paste or cream to low- or high-viscosity liquids, with or without chunks or particles.
Filling Quality
✔ Our ketchup filling machines are built with a 304 stainless steel frame and use linear piston technology.
✔ PLC control and touch screen HMI are included as standard, guaranteeing dependable, repeatable control with little human involvement.
✔ High-precision, heavy-walled metering cylinders deliver products with an accuracy of up to +/- 0.2%.
✔ When compared to a pneumatic system, the servo motor drives screw movement with more speed and accuracy.
✔ Anodized aluminum and food-grade stainless steel provide a hygienic environment for both production and consumption.
✔ Motorized conveyor and indexing package for integrated container handling and placement, plus many more features.
✔ No container, No fill prevents waste and product spills by detecting missing or misplaced containers.
✔ A dual-stage fill actuator and a special variable, independent speed control, provide accurate “no-spill” control for top-off applications or filling complex goods.
Filling Process
The primary drive conveyor serves as a staging area for empty bottles before they reach the piston filler. Optical sensors count the bottles as they enter the filler to make sure the correct quantity of bottles. The pneumatic bottle clamping system secures bottles into place once they are in place. This ensures bottles are correctly positioned under each filling head to avoid under or over-filling.
Sauce piston filling equipment can precisely measure and fill liquids of various thicknesses. Each device has a minimum of one volumetric piston. The product is drawn from the container or hopper and placed into the product cylinder during the fill or release cycle, which is known as the intake stroke. A set of stainless steel valves that allow quick, precise, and reliable filling are lowered into the bottles to start the filling process. The downstroke begins when the product cylinder reaches the maximum fill level. As the piston rises, the substance is ejected from the cylinder and into the container. The filled bottles continue to move along the conveyor for the sealing procedures.
Filling Capacity
Our piston ketchup filling machine can fill containers ranging in size from 50 ml to 5000 ml. The piston-height cylinders and diameter are adjustable to meet the bottle-capacity needs of the production. Piston cylinders are available in various capacities, often 50-50ml , 100-1000ml, and 500-5000ml. The Dual lane option may double output without requiring more room in the assembly line, and it comes in various nozzle counts (2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, and 16) to meet a wide range of manufacturing needs.
Ketchup piston fillers enable clean, drip-free filling and increase accuracy for your product lines. It eliminates the possibility of leaks, drips, and overflows in food filling lines. Our ketchup filling machine is configured to constantly deliver exact amounts of sauces , ketchup, stews, batters, meat/sauce mixtures, and pastes. As a result, these ketchup piston solutions provide the best product fill accuracy with the least amount of product damage.