Probe filler for filling wine and sparkling wine
Probe filler with electronical level filling system
- Electronical determination of the fill level via probe
- End of filling after probe signal
- Low-oxygen filling through several pre-evacuation steps with intermediary CO2 flushing
- Electropneumatic filling valve
- Infinitely variable filling speed with the Krones Proportional Flow Regulator (PFR)
Field of applications
- Suitable for wine and sparkling wine
Output
- Up to 60,000 containers per hour
HES = Height filling system, Electronic fill height measuring, Short tube
Functional principle of the valve
The lift cylinder presses the bottle on to the filling valve where it is pre-evacuated several times. With sparkling wines, the bottle is pressurised additionally. Afterwards, the valve opens and the product flows into the bottle via a swirl insert. The integrated PFR valve controls the filling speed infinitely adjustable enabling foamless filling. Once the bottle is completely filled, the filling valve closes via a probe signal. With sparkling wine, the container is additionally snifted via a separate channel.
Conductivity > 50 µS/cm
Viscosity < 10 mPa·s
Pulp ≤ 0.4 mm/proportionally < 10 %
Fibres 1 x 5 mm/proportionally < 5 %
Benefits to You
Foamless filling
- Use of swirl inserts at the filling valve outlet
- Use of PFR valves
Maximum filling accuracy
- Krones probe technology
Perfect harmony between the pneumatic components and the electronic components
- All processes 100 percent reproducible: no additional installations (e.g. pressure transducer with corresponding electronics) required
Best technological values
- Several pre-evacuations
- Optimal interconnected CO2 flushing
High filling stability
- Separation of the pressurisation channel and the snifting channel
- Absolutely dry pressurisation without any aerosol carry-over
Precision and long service life
- Use of special pneumatic components with a significantly higher life cycle than the one of conventional switching valves
Hygienic design
- No installed parts in the tubular ring bowl
- Vacuum pump integrated in the CIP circuit
- Height-adjustable splinter washout system
- Oil-free lift cylinders
- Self-draining surfaces
- Clean pneumatic components hosing and electrical wiring