Wet bottle sterilisation for aseptic products

aseptic filler

Filling valve
•    The appropriate filling valve for the most wide range of products – still and carbonated
•    It is also suitable for beverages with (fruit) pieces of a size of up to 10 x 10 x 10 millimetres

Cleaning and change-over
•    The filler has its own CIP module – thus no separate CIP system is required.
•    The filling valves are sterilised with steam.
•    The clean room housing is sterilised with peracetic acid.
•    Handling parts change-over is possible up to a defined output in an automatic way.
•    After an intervention into the clean room housing, there will be an intermediate sterilisation with peracetic acid within 30 minutes.
 

aseptic capper

Technical features
•    Every capping head has its own separate servo drive. 
•    A transfer tunnel separates the sterile area from the outside area. 
•    The proper technique for every cap – overcaps with round bottle possible!

Hygiene
•    The Krones aseptic capper is always in a hygienic design and meets even the most difficult hygiene requirements.
•    All drives are outside the clean room housing. 
•    A liquid seal system seals all of the capper carrousel’s rotational movements. 
•    The movements of the capping head are sealed with bellows.
•    Depending on the type of cap, a cone capper or a gripper capper are used.

Cleaning and change-over
•    The open design enables excellent cleaning of all capping heads. 
•    The handling parts adjustment system operates fully automatically up to a defined speed.
 

Cap sterilisation module – two variants

After cap inspection, the caps are sterilised with the appropriate system.

Cap inspection unit checks caps for: Deformation, ovality, intact cap tamper-evident rings and correct orientation

For all sterilisable caps: dry cap sterilisation by means of H₂O₂

Technical features
•    Simple mechanical design
•    Sterilisation of the caps by means of hydrogen peroxide steam
•    Short treatment time at high temperature
•    Treatment with the precise number of caps: The last cap for the last bottle

For submergible caps: PAA immersion bath

Technical features
•    Simple mechanical design
•    Cap sterilisation by means of liquid peracetic acid
•    Spraying with sterile water and blow-drying with sterile air
 

Rinser

•    Removes residual peracetic acid from the containers
•    Efficient single-channel full cone nozzle with adjusted dimensions
      Without CIP cups
      Open SIP in the clean room housing 
•    Reduced water consumption
•    Time saved during rinsing and cleaning
•    Recycling of the peracetic acid
•    Recycling of sterile water
 

Container sterilizer

Interior treatment of the containers
•    Steam as carrier and activator of peracetic acid
•    Spreader-shaped nozzles for thorough cleaning of the neck area

Exterior treatment of the containers
•    Continuous exterior treatment with liquid peracetic acid at a temperature of 45 and 60 °C

At a glance
•    Re-use of the liquid peracetic acid from steriliser and rinser for the exterior treatment of the containers
•    Best draining properties thanks to a Krones Tabletec table top inclined on one side 
•    No use of surface-active agents