KHS Canning Technology

Canning Solutions from KHS India’s basket

“Innovative system solutions which protect resources and products equally” – has been KHS’s global mantra for success in the food and beverage industry for more than 140 years.

Whether glass, PET, kegs, pouches or cans – one can rely on KHS with the maximum quality and greatest product protection in efficient and sustainable filling and packaging systems. Be it soft drinks (still or carbonated), beer, sparkling wine, juice, tea, or coffee you want to fill – hot if required – KHS canning solutions can handle them all.

Owing to the increasing demand and the successful implementation of the Innofill DMD Filling Systems in the territory, KHS has decided to start manufacturing it also from the Ahmedabad facility.

 

Innofill DMD Can Filler

The Innofill DMD is a mechanically controlled can filling system equipped with return gas tubes. It can fill all types of beverages into containers of different heights and sizes, holding, between 0.1 and 1.0 liter of the product. Whatever kind of innovative beverage the market may demand in the future, the DMD has the potential to package it into a can – at speeds of up to 120,000 cans per hour while adhering to exact fill levels without product loss.

The simple press of a button on the interactive operator terminal is all that is needed to prompt the filling system to switch over to a new format for the next beverage and can size scheduled for processing. This is similar to the SMED (Single Minute Exchange of Dies) in process industries. This saves time, prevents errors, and boosts machine availability. Normal format part changing is necessary only if cans with different diameters are to be processed. This, too, is fast and simple, with no tools required.

Inspection

A tangential discharge is used to convey the cans directly to the seamer on completion of the filling process to keep the product from splashing out of the relatively large can mouth.

Facilities for channeling out cans are provided before the cans are again turned upside-down in the twister. The reason for this channel-out segment is to enable selective quality control. Entire filler rounds are channeled out and examined from time to time. A one-to-one can to filling valve relationship can thus be quickly pinpointed to take appropriate corrective action at malfunctioning filling valves. Gamma rays are used to check filling levels - an exact method of fill level checking. The cans are sent in the “head-stand” position in the direction of the coding unit.

Any liquid residue clinging to the outside of the cans is blown off before an inkjet printer applies a special can code. This is followed by a second filling level check. The beverage has calmed down in the meantime which allows greater measuring accuracy.

Feeding and conveying of cans

Conveyors keep all the machines in a network so that the entire line functions without glitches. Transporting cans accurately to their destination is the task of reliable, gentle and low-noise transportation and conveying equipment from KHS. The perfectly matched components of the Innoline Conveyors ensure that the cans flow continuously and smoothly.

Pasteurizing and packing systems

For biological products, the cans are transported to the Innopack Shrink Packer via the Innopas Pasteurizer, while the non-biological products go directly into the Innopack system. The Shrink Packer is capable of producing multi - packs of different formats like (2x2)x3 and (3x2)x2 for which the machine is equipped with automatic film slitting, can divider and formatting system. The packs pass through an electrically heated tunnel after wrapping of cans with shrink film. The shrinked packs are transferred on the discharge table of the machine for cooling and are fed to the palletizing station.