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Expertise in canning
KHS and Ferrum adopt pioneering role in hygienic
machine design
KHS and Ferrum: hygienic
machine design crucial
“Our mutual customers have exacting
standards when it comes to the quality
of their products,” states Marc
Zubler, head of Sales and Product
Management at Ferrum. An optimum
hygienic machine design that reflects
the current demands and requirements
of the market is just as important
as the consultancy service that
goes with it.
Härtel claims both companies share
a deep understanding in this area;
many years of partnership have created
systems that are perfectly attuned
to one another. “We offer a complete
package of first-class technology
and advice. Our jointly developed
filler/seamer block gives our customers
plenty of added value,” Zubler declares.
Flexible, hygienic and robust:
the Innofill Can C
KHS provides two fillers for the can
segment that have long proven themselves
on the market: the Innofill Can
DVD for the high-performance range
and the Innofill Can C designed for
small to medium filling quantities.
Thanks to a new addition to the series
that boosts capacity to up to 60,000
cans per hour, the Innofill Can DVD’s
little brother can now be integrated
into lines with higher outputs even
more effectively. It is also extremely
flexible, enabling several different
products and formats to be processed
on a single line. “The Innofill Can C is
distinguished by its fast format
changeovers and setup times. This in
turn increases the availability and
economy of the system,” is how Härtel
describes the benefits of this particular
filler.
An increasing number of beverages are being filled into
cans worldwide, with the diversity of products seeing a
similar increase. It is for precisely this reason that canners
make particularly high demands of flexibility and
the hygienic design of their machinery. KHS and Ferrum
take on a pioneering role in this field. Their technical
systems, perfectly attuned to one another thanks to
many years of partnership, enable beverage producers
to market high-quality products that are hygienically
flawless. The compact Innofill Can C from KHS, for example,
is convincing with its flexible, taste-neutral filling,
among other features. This is supplemented by matching
seamer systems FC06 and FC08 from Ferrum which with
their open design are especially easy to clean. Combined,
both machines make for a very efficient filling process.
The world demand for trend beverages
such as hard seltzer, energy
drinks and craft beer continues unabated.
Here, the can is often the container
of choice, says Manfred Härtel,
filling technology product manager
at KHS. “It’s light, easy to recycle and
keeps products fresh for longer with
its excellent barrier properties.” This
type of container is increasingly being
favored for established beverages
such as soda pop, water and mixed
beer beverages. According to Härtel,
this is prompting a good number of
beverage filling operations to increase
its range in the can segment
and fill more and more different products
on the same line. “This means
higher demands are made of the machine’s
flexibility and hygiene,” the
KHS filling expert explains. “For the
greater the product variety on a line,
the greater the risk of contamination
and flavor carryover.”
On its seamers Ferrum attaches
the greatest importance to the
hygienic design of all components.
The seamer section is
made entirely of stainless steel
and provides maximum
durability even when aggressive
cleaning media are used.
26 BREWING AND BEVERAGE INDUSTRY · 2/2022