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December 12th, 2008

HOT FILLING : EXACTA RM fills Vaseline™ product

EXACTA RM is an interesting application of RONCHI Filler machineries with Mass Flow Meters, used in this case for a hot filling application of a product which is solid at room temperature.
In cooperation with the customer, Ronchi installed a line with a filler characterized by the Product Temperature Control from the feeding pipeline to the dosing valves.
The machine, a RONCHI EXACTA RM with 24 stations, fills the VaselineTM product at 45°C in order to obtain that the product remains liquid, flows with ideal filling times, and then solidifies in plastic jars with a flat, horizontal and regular surface.
All the aspects connected with:

  • Product Temperature Control through feeding pipe, manifold, nozzles pipes, flow-meters and dosing valves;
  • Temperature control;
  • Heat tracing
  • Re-starts after short, medium, and long stoppages with product in the machine

have been fronted and managed with a very simple and efficient system able to give heat in a totally controlled way: the RONCHI EXACTA, indeed, already particularly indicated for its architecture and highly reduced quantity of product contained (about 10 litres) has been equipped externally with the heat tracing with electrical resistances and electrical inducers. The thermostatic control can be integrated and performed by the same PLC of the filler.

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