Bucket Filling & Capping Line

The Karmelle Bucket Filling and Capping line is a fully automated system to fill liquid into 5-20 litre buckets at different speeds, dependent on product and containers. The In-Line Fully Automatic Volumetric Piston Filling Machine features hygienic specification and a special pump construction to facilitate quick strip down. The system handles one type of bucket and lid in a run.

Line features:

Single/twin bucket denester unit, comprising of a set of reciprocating jaws to drop one bucket onto the conveyor bed.

A vertical stack magazine with access doors to take up to a 1 metre high stack of buckets to feed into the denester. The magazine can be continuously re-loaded with buckets whilst the machine is operating without stopping the machine by means of a loading system, to keep the denester supplied with buckets when the stack being denested is exhausted.

Lid Placer:

Twin Head Lid Placing system comprising of a lid magazine at an angle of 30 degrees to the conveyor, a vacuum retraction cylinder to remove the lowest lid into a chute to position the lid on the bucket. This unit applies the lid whilst the bucket is travelling on the conveyor, the buckets having been spaced by means of a scroll on either side of the conveyor.

Lid Pressing Unit:

Lid press with driven rollers. Rollers are driven to match the speed of the conveyor. To give even pressure on lid and bucket, and eliminate drag.

The specification includes: