Market Survey 09/2025 – Filling equipment
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It’s time to present some selected state-of-the-art filling equipment and filling in-
spection systems in our annual market survey. Please have a look at the up to date
technical details provided by:
Shrinkfilm & palletising machinery
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Sacmi Beverage SpA, SMI S.p.A., Enoberg s.r.l., Krones, KHS GmbH, Sipa S.p.A,
STM SP. Z o.o., Pressco Technology Inc., Newamstar Packaging Machinery Co., Ltd.
and Heuft Systemtechnik GmbH.
Although the publisher has made every effort to make sure that the information in this survey is up to date, no claims are made
regarding accuracy and completeness.
Filling equipment
Company name
Sipa S.p.A.
STM SP. Z O. O.
Postal address
Via Caduti del Lavoro n. 3
31029 Vittorio Veneto (TV), Italy
+39 0438 911 511
Mr Matteo Tagliaferri
Marketing and Communication
+39 0438 911 511
Ul. Piaskowa 12,
78-520 Zlocieniec, Poland
+48 94 367 14 71
Mr Matuesz Kinda
Sales & RND Director
+48 5030 366 35
Telephone number
Web site address
Contact name
Function
Direct telephone number
E-Mail
1. Machine designation / model number Isofill P
Stillfill Evo
Flextronic C
Synchroblock Combifill ISO Synchroblock Combifill WM/ Synchroblock Combifill BIG
EPV: a blow moulding- FM: a blow moulding-filling- WM/FM: a blow moulding-filling-
filling-capping machine for capping machine for still
capping machine for still product
CSD and still drinks filling
product contactless filling
contactless filling in BIG bottles
2. Number of filling heads (range: from/to) 20-140
20-140
0.125-3
30-180
0.125-3
16-60
16-40
16-20
3. Min to max bottle contents (in liters)
4. Filling speed:
0.125-3
0.2-2.5
0.2-2.5
1.0-6.0
output (bph) (min to max):
specifiy:
1L bottle / still water (bph)
1L bottle / CSD (bph)
1L bottle / milk (bph)
1L bottle / juice (bph)
5. Filling process
60,000
62,000
60,000
6,000-14,000
6,000-14,000
6,000-14,000
3,000-5,000 at 5.0L
51,000 (CMW)
55,000 (CMW)
6,000-14,000
6,000-14,000
53,000
60,000
Yes
59,000
Pressureless (still drinks)
Pressure filling (carbonated drinks)
Hot filling
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
No
Cold aseptic filling
Yes
No
No
No
Juices with high pulp content
No
Yes
Yes
6. Type of filling valve and metering
system
Isobaric mechanical Mechanical gravity filling Isobaric volumetric filling
EPV - Electropneumatic
isobaric mechanical level
filling, EVV- Electronic
Volumetric Valve
Electronic flow meter filling
or electronic weight filling
Electronic flow meter filling or
Electronic weight filling
level filling
valve
7. Special features
(short description/keywords)
AISI 316L SS valve, AISI 316L SS valve,
AISI 316L SS valve, product AISI 316 SS valve, quick
product deflection without deflection without deflector change over, ultra clean
AISI 316 SS contactless
filling valve, quick change
over, ultra clean version
available, three big touch
AISI 316 SS contactless filling
valve, quick change over,
ultra clean version available,
three big touch panels for
user friendly software with
automatic diagnostic system
for machine's operation limited
product deflection
without deflector
on the filling tube,
quick changeover
for different
deflector on the filling
on the filling tube, quick
tube, quick changeover for changeover for different
version available, three
big touch panels for user
different neck diameters, neck diameters, automatic friendly software with auto- panels for user friendly
seperated bottle air return, dummy bottle insertion,
hot fill kit for product
magnetic flow meter
matic diagnostic system
for machine's operation
software with automatic
diagnostic system for
neck diameters,
automatic dummy
bottle insertion,
mobile vent tube,
recirculation, constant and product control, filling speed limited to minimum; wide
machine's operation limited to minimum; wide choice of
to minimum; wide choice of options for further customisa-
options for further customi- tion of machine
sation of machine
controlled recirculation
rate in bottle, centralised
control, XFill configuration
without tank on board, dry
centralised remote remote fill level adjustment pressurisation separated
fill level adjustment no bottle no fill system
bottle air return
choice of options for
further customisation of
machine
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Filling equipment
Company name
Krones AG
SMI S.p.A.
KHS GmbH
Postal address
Böhmerwaldstr. 5
93073 Neutraubling, Germany
+49 9401 70 0
Via C. Ceresa, 10,
24015 San Giovanni bianco BG, Italy
+39 0345 40111
Mr Pietro Volpi
Marketing Dept. Manager
+39 0345 40316
Juchostraße 20,
44143 Dortmund, Germany
+49 231 569 0
Telephone number
Web site address
Contact name
Function
Direct telephone number
E-Mail
Mr Manfred Härtel
Product Manager Filling
+49 231 569 0
1. Machine designation / model number Modulfill, Ø1.080 mm - 6.480 mm
Filler and capping machine in Ecobloc configuration
Innofill PET DRV-VF
Innofill PET NV
2. Number of filling heads (range:
from/to)
20 - 234 filling valves
9-114 for standard bottle (up to 3L); 9-20 for high capacity bottle
(up to 10L)
48/216
32/144
3. Min to max bottle contents (in liters)
4. Filling speed:
5L big bottle (flat water) / 3L CSD (Latin America)
0.25-10
0.1/3.0
0.1/3.0
output (bph) (min to max):
specifiy:
10.000bph (lower: Kosme) - 100.000bph (flat water) 1,000-50,000
Up to 82,000
Up to 90,000
Up to 82,000
1L bottle / still water (bph)
1L bottle / CSD (bph)
1L bottle / Milk (bph)
1L bottle / Juice (bph)
5. Filling process
Up to 86,000
Up to 76,000
Up to 56,000
Up to 48,000
Up to 44,000
Up to 82,000
Up to 72,000
Up to 28,600
Up to 33,500
Up to 34,400 (*) depending on the preform/bottle features
Up to 60,000
Up to 60,000
Yes
Pressureless (still drinks)
Pressure filling (carbonated drinks)
Hot filling
Yes, Modulfill VFJ
Yes, Modulfill VFS
Yes, Modulfill VFJ
Yes, Modulfill VFJ Asept
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Cold aseptic filling
No
Juices with high pulp content
Yes, Modulfill VFJ / Modulfill NWJ / Krones FlexiFruit No
6. Type of filling valve and metering
system
Volumetric filling system: inductive and mass-flow
meter, net weight filling system with weighing cell and
height filling system with electronic fill height measuring
Electronic volumetric filling valves fowmeters (metering system)
Volumetric filling system;
pneumatic cylinder; MID
(inductive flow meter); mass-
flow (Coriolis)
7. Special features
(short description/keywords)
High-performance up to 100,000bph, filling at ambient Compact modular frame, with a wide choice of customisation
temperature (CSD products), stepless control on some options; operating and maintenance costs cut; easy and quick
CSD warm-filling up to 24°C; Contact-free
simple filling valve; compact
filling
filling systems, low to high viscosity products, process- format changeover, high hygiene, easy maintenance and cleaning; unit; slow & fast-filling; gentle
ing high fruit content, can be combined with a suitable
Krones capping systems, container and packaging
sterilisation for sensitive products.
optimal performances with reduced costs of the Ecobloc series as
it does not require a rinser and conveyor belts between the stretch- beverage loss during produc-
blow moulder and the filler. The machine base plate is inclined
tion; PTFE-sealing technology
filling with low foaming; no
towards the drainage points. This allows the drainage of liquids that prevents aroma transfer.
are on the machine base and a higher level of hygiene.
Company name
Newamstar Packaging Machinery Co., Ltd. Enoberg s.r.l.
Sacmi Beverage S.p.A
Postal address
East Xinjing Road, Zhangjiagang Economic
& Technological Development Zone, Jiangsu
215618, P.R. China
Via del Lavoro, 14,
24060 Telgate BG, Italy
Via Enzo Ferrari, 1,
43058 Sorbolo Mezzani PR, Italy
Telephone number
Web site address
Contact name
Function
+86 512 5869 1111
+39 035 845908
Mr Fabio Bonaldi
Sales Manager
+39 0521695411
Ms Federica Marozza
Marketing & Communication
Direct telephone number
E-Mail
+39 0345 40545 / Mobile +39 347 5448971
1. Machine designation / model number XGF
Rinser, filler and capper machine in stand alone configuration
Equafill ESF
Equafill AWF
2. Number of filling heads (range:
from/to)
12-156
9-114 for standard bottle (up to 3L), 9-20 for high capacity bottle
(up to 10L)
12-192
12-120
3. Min to max bottle contents (in liters)
4. Filling speed:
0.10-25
0.25-10
0.1-3.1
0.05-11
output (bph) (min to max):
specifiy:
Up to 108,000
1,000-55,000
1L bottle / still water (bph)
1L bottle / CSD (bph)
1L bottle / Milk (bph)
1L bottle / Juice (bph)
5. Filling process
Up to 60,000
Up to 40,000
Up to 36,000
Up to 36,000
Up to 44,000
Up to 28,600
Up to 33,500
Up to 34,400
Up to 72,000
Up to 65,000
Up to 72,000
Up to 65,000
Up to 60,000
Pressureless (still drinks)
Pressure filling (carbonated drinks)
Hot filling
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Cold aseptic filling
Yes
No
Juices with high pulp content
Yes
No
Yes
6. Type of filling valve and metering
system
Water valve, hot filling valve, isobaric valve,
electronic valve; Flow meter, weight, liquid level filling: counter-pressure filllers and gravity fillers
Electronic volumetric filling valves by means of Flowmeters, level
Volumetric electronic
filling by magnetic
inspection
flowmeter (or massic)
7. Special features
(short description/keywords)
Digital Twin Ppatform for smart factory
Compact modular frame, with a wide choice of customisation
options; operating and maintenance costs cut; easy and quick
Intergrated mixer,
automatic dummy
No contact bottle filling,
easy solution with 1 flow-
meter (water), integrated
cip, automatic dummy
bottles, easy changeover
format changeover; high hygiene, easy maintenance and cleaning; bottles, easy
precise and fast filling and capping processes, thanks to electroni- changeover by grip-
cally controlled operations and to the use of high-efficiency valves pers neck handling,
controlled by flow meters; the machine base plate is inclined
cleanroom, automatic by grippers neck handling,
towards the drainage points. This allows the drainage of liquids that external cleaning
are on the machine base and a higher level of hygiene.
cleanroom, automatic
external cleaning
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Filling inspection systems
Company name
KHS GmbH
Pressco Technology Inc
Heuft Systemtechnik GmbH
Postal address
Juchostraße 20,
44143 Dortmund, Germany
+49 231 569 0
Mr Helmut Schmitt
Project Man. & Production Man. Inspection Technology
+49 231 569 10124
29200 Aurora Road,
Cleveland, OH, USA
+1 440 498 2600
Mr Tom Murphy
VP, Sales & Customer Service
+1 440 498 2600
Am Wind 1,
56659 Burgbrohl, Germany
+49 2636 56 0
Telephone number
Web site address
Contact name
Function
Direct telephone number
E-Mail
Mr Sjoerd van Laar
Product Manager
+49 2636 2431
Fill level control
Infrared
No
Yes
X-ray
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Gamma
Yes
No (too unsafe)
Camera
Yes, high frequency
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Contamination control
Closure inspection
Presents of cap
Crooked cap
Foreign substance inspection (sniffing) for empty ref PET bottles No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Lifted cap
Yes
Wrong cap
Yes
Tamper evident band control
Camera: 360° / sensor
Label inspection
Torn label
Yes
Yes, both
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Vertical / horizontal misalignment Yes
Best-before date control
Camera: 360° / sensor
Pressure leak detector
Applicable bottle type
Diameter
Code presence inspection
Camera and sensor
Squeezer
Yes
No
40-110mm
Up to 150mm
Up to 400mm
in standard up to 200mm
in standard up to 400mm
Height
150-360mm
Rejecting bottle
Into bin and onto collecting table
Push reject and diverter reject options Yes
available
Inspection speed
Monitoring
PET: up to 86,000bph
Over 3,000ppm
72,000cph with 360° inspection included; otherwise up to 144,000cph
Yes
Filler-/sealer management
Filler valve, capper head correlation
Filling inspection systems
Company name
Sacmi Imola S.C.
Krones AG
Newamstar Packaging Machinery Co., Ltd.
Postal address
Via Selice Prov.le 17/A Böhmerwaldstr. 5
East Xinjing Road, Zhangjiagang Economic
& Technological Development Zone, Jiangsu
215618, P.R. China
Imola (BO) Italy
93073 Neutraubling, Germany
Telephone number
Web site address
Contact name
Function
Direct telephone number
E-Mail
+39 0542 607111
Mr Stefano Severi
Sales Area Manager
+39 0542 607553
+49 9401 70 0
Mr Thorsten Gut
Product Manager Inspection Technology
+49 9401 706 894
+86 512 5869 1111
Fill level control
Infrared
K731 Checkmat
No
No
No
Yes
No
Yes, on request, max.speed 60,000bph
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
X-ray
Standard, max speed 140,000bph
Standard, max speed 140,000bph
Standard, optional with AI, 100,000bph
Gamma
Camera
Contamination control
K776 PET-View: fully integrated, for preforms & blown bottles, 360° preform
sidewall inspection with cameras, preform base inspection with colour (regarding
rPET) and camera: max. 104.000bph
Closure inspection
Presents of cap
Crooked cap
K731 Checkmat
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes, sensors/camera
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes, camera (360° view & inspection)
Yes, camera (360° view & inspection)
Yes, camera from top
Lifted cap
Wrong cap
Tamper evident band control
Camera: 360° / sensor
Label inspection
Torn label
Yes, camera (360° view and inspection)
Yes, camera 360°; sensor only for lowcost
Yes
Yes, camera max. speed 104,000bph
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Vertical / horizontal misalignment Yes,
Yes, camera max. speed 104,000bph
Best-before date control
Camera: 360° / sensor
Pressure leak detector
Applicable bottle type
Diameter
Yes
Yes
No
Yes, camera, including verification
Yes, camera, installed directly in the labeller (front/back), 360° inspection for outside
Not for PET, only glas & can
Up to 150mm
Up to 400mm
Yes
40-155mm
60-400mm
50-312mm
Height
100-520mm
Rejecting bottle
Inspection speed
Monitoring
Different systems, all electric driven. Ecopush, Ecoslider (pro), Varioglide, also available as quality rejection Yes
Up to 90,000bph
PET up to 104.000bph
1,000-72,000bph
Yes
Filler-/closer-valve management, inline sidewall thickness distribution in blowmoulder, angle monitoring
of cap
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