Description

COMPLETE HOTFILL/COLDFILL BOTTLING LINE – GLASS & PET KHS/KRONES

Capacity: 12,000 – 36,000 bph | Hot Fill & Cold Fill

Condition: Installed
Status: Immediately available
Location: Germany

High-quality glass bottling line for hot-fill and cold-fill beverage production.
The line was in operation until the end of 2025 at a German fruit juice and carbonated beverage producer and remains fully installed and available for inspection.

The system consists mainly of equipment from KHS and Krones combined with leading European manufacturers including Meypack, Kisters, Logopack and Tuchenhagen.

KEY TECHNICAL DATA

• Capacity range: 12,000 – 36,000 bottles/hour
• Example output: approx. 33,000 bph @ 500 ml glass bottles
• Bottle sizes: 250 – 1000 ml
• Bottle types: Glass bottles and PET bottles (hot-fill)
• Filling temperature: 10°C – 104°C
• Operation: Hot fill and cold fill
• CO₂ capable: Yes

SUITABLE PRODUCTS

This bottling line is suitable for a wide range of hot-fill and cold-fill beverages.

Hot-Fill Products
Fruit juices with or without pulp, orange juice, apple juice, tomato juice, multivitamin juice, pineapple juice, mango juice, tropical juice blends, grape juice, berry juices (strawberry, blueberry, cranberry), vegetable juices, juice drinks and nectar beverages, functional beverages, sports and vitamin drinks, ready-to-drink tea (RTD tea), herbal tea beverages, isotonic drinks, still flavored water and flavored water beverages.

Cold-Fill Products
Carbonated soft drinks (CSD), sparkling fruit beverages, sparkling water, flavored sparkling water, lemonades, energy drinks, cold-filled juice beverages, tea beverages, functional drinks, vitamin drinks, lightly carbonated beverages and non-carbonated soft drinks.

The line can be operated with or without CO₂, allowing flexible beverage production.

GLASS BOTTLES
• 250 ml – 1000 ml glass bottles

PET BOTTLES
• 250 ml – 1000 ml PET bottles (for hot-fill applications)

CLOSURES/CAP TYPES GLASS BOTTLES
• 28 mm aluminium closure
• 33 mm aluminium twist-off cap
• 43 mm aluminium twist-off cap

CLOSURES/CAP TYPE PET BOTTLES
• 38 mm PET 3-start hot-fill closure

Twist-off capping machine included!!

LABELLING

Primary labelling system:
Paper labels with cold glue application.

Optional sleeve labelling system available.

PACKAGING OPTIONS

• Wrap-around carton packaging
• Tray packaging

Note: No foil shrink wrapping station included.

MAIN LINE EQUIPMENT

Depalletizer – Meypack DL 71
• Fully automatic low-level depalletizing system
• Pallet conveyor and pallet magazine
• Automatic layer handling

Bottle Rinser – Niko Linear Rinser
• Year: 1999
• PLC Siemens S7
• Bottle heating system with heat recovery
• Steam heat exchangers

Filler – KHS Innofill DNR 80
• Year: 1999
• PLC Siemens S7
• HMI renewed 2015
• 80 filling valves
• 15-head aluminium screw capper
• Temperature range: 10°C – 104°C
• Product recirculation system

Twist-Off Capping Machine – Italmeccanica / Crown S4BLH
• PLC Siemens S7
• Steam-heated system
• Automatic cap sorting and feeding

Cooling Tunnel – Tuchenhagen / Göbel K1-135
• 7 cooling zones
• Cooling from approx. 100°C to 25°C

Bottle Dryer – Europool
• Year: 2007
• High-speed air drying before labelling

Labelling Machine – Krones Starmatic
• PLC Siemens S5
• Cold glue paper labelling

SECONDARY PACKAGING

Wrap-Around Packaging Machine – Kisters 320/50
• Year: 1999
• Capacity: up to 50 cycles/min
• Tray packaging and wrap-around cartons
• Nordson hot melt system

Conveyor Systems
Complete bottle and pack conveyor system supplied by KHS and Krones.

PALLETIZING SECTION

Palletizer – KHS LORD 1BSN2
• Year: 1999
• PLC Siemens S7
• Pre-grouping station
• Pallet formats: Düsseldorf, Euro, Industrial
• Logopack pallet labelling machine

WATER TREATMENT

Reverse Osmosis System – MWT
• Capacity: 800 l/h
• High-quality filtration system

OPTIONAL EQUIPMENT (AVAILABLE AT EXTRA COST)

Sleeve Labelling System – Krones Sleevematic
• Year of manufacture: 2017
• Full-body sleeve application

Krones Shrinkmat 5000 Shrink Tunnel
• Fully steam-heated shrink tunnel
• 10 independently controlled heating zones
• Integrated exhaust system
• Fully insulated stainless-steel enclosure

MAIN ADVANTAGES

• High-quality European equipment
• Flexible hot-fill and cold-fill production
• Capacity up to 36,000 bottles/hour
• Suitable for juices, CSD and tea beverages
• Line still installed and available for inspection
• Reliable brands with global spare parts availability