Mini Monoblock

When a UK-based spirit manufacturer tasked Karmelle with designing and manufacturing a machine unique to the UK, we were happy to oblige.

The company needed a system with a small footprint, capable of filling, capping and labelling a high number of miniature containers at a fast pace.

We decided to take on the challenge because we knew that, if successful, it would be the perfect solution for many of our customers. Soon, the Mini Monoblock was born.

The Mini Monoblock:

Karmelle’s Mini Monoblock is a volumetric rotary filling machine, complete with integrated capping machine. It was designed to fill 10ml-50ml containers at a rate of up to 30 pm (dependent on volumes).

The machine is of fully stainless steel construction, and can be fitted with an in-feed conveyor of 82.5mm width (100mm working),  or a separate feed system.

How does it work?

Containers are first fed into a star wheel, before entering a filling station. From there they are passed through another star wheel to be capped.

Following capping, the containers can be fed back onto a second conveyor and passed into the labelling machine.

Applying a single wraparound label:

The leading edge of the label is applied to the side of container as it passes into the labelling station, which in turn spins it against a set of revolving rollers, wrapping the label firmly around the bottle. Accuracy of placing +/- 0.5 mm.

The labelling head can be equipped with an open date hot-foil printer (which is capable of up to two lines of text) or similar system built into it.

The specification includes: