The filling station includes a large number of functions typical to the food
industry: Bottle feed by conveyor, dosing with a dosing cylinder and filling
and capping on a rotary indexing table.
The station can be operated both as a stand-alone unit orin conjunction with other stations.
In stand-alone operation the caps must be fed manually. When operated in
conjunction with other stations, the caps can be fed by way of a handling
station (MPS®). Filled and capped bottles are forwarded by conveyor to the next
station (order compilation).
The liquid being filled is stored in a tank on the station. The tank can be filled manually or way of additional process stations (e.g. MPS® PA).
The station is controlled by a PLC unit and operator control is via touch panel. Individual step and continuous cycle options are available. Status and messages are indicated graphically on the panel.
Special training aims
- Set-up, wiring and commissioning of an automated station
- Use of pneumatic linear units with variable stroke
- Use of pneumatic linear swivel units
- Controlling and monitoring material flow on a conveyor and a rotary indexing table
- Dosing and filling
- Process operation and monitoring