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NCB Bottling Line of Hefei Zhongchen is Constantly Innovative with Fruitfulness

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NCB (Non-Carbonated Beverage, such as fruit juice, tea drinks, milk beverage, etc.) more and more gets the favor from consumers with its natural nutrition and fresh taste, so in recent years, requirements on equipments of NCB bottling and canning line are highly increasing at home and abroad. Hefei Zhongchen Co. extensively and deeply communicated demands on NCB R&D with customers and technically innovated, generally preferred by customers at home and abroad. Especially in 2010 and early 2011, successful cooperation with PepsiCo, American GLG Group, Korean LOTTE, etc. drives NCB bottling line of Hefei Zhongchen to a new commanding height.

PepsiCo is one of the world's most successful consumer goods companies. PepsiCo’s success just like all successful enterprises, thanks to farsighted leadership, business strategy, strict management and continuous new products innovation to the market. After providing PepsiCo with a dozen 36000BPH CSD PET/glass bottling lines, in 2010, she has again offered 30000BPH NCB glass bottling line and 20000BPH NCB PET bottling line, respectively used for 240ml bottled fruit juice Tropicana and 500ml PET sports drinks Gatorade. Both of them are mature hot filling, integrated into the latest technological requirements of customers. The filler monobloc is equipped with centering product barrel, which is connected with filling valve via stainless steel hard tube, meanwhile filling valve is equipped with material return system, which can realize backflow even no filling, so temperature of valve heads can be effectively maintained, to avoid defective products caused by possible temperature falling of valve head in case of line temporary stoppage. It’s very likely to cause glass fragments due to crash of valve heads with bottle mouth during filling, because 240ml glass bottle mouth diameter of PepsiCo is very thin, therefore, Hefei Zhongchen Co. customized suitable solutions. Less beverage return is preferred in filling process, but the bigger flowrate of CIP is required to achieve CIP requirement, Hefei Zhongchen Co. fully met related requirements on flow control, and innovated CIP process, thus to shorten CIP time of whole filling system. With the latest technology, two tilting sterilizers linkage operate to achieve multiple tilting flip within set angle range, and realize tilting sterilization for longer time. The line can be also suitable for filling and packaging of SAC (pulp) dosing in the future, which has been successfully operated in Algeria customer plant.

GLG Group is an American high-tech multinational company, mainly invests in the field of high-tech agriculture, life science, etc.. In 2010, Hefei Zhongchen Co. successfully signed an equipment turn-key project contract of 15000BPH PET Non-Carbonated Beverage (NCB), which has achieve commissioning and acceptance in the same year. It includes such 9 systems as water treatment, sugar dissolving, filling, packaging, etc., adopting international advanced mechanical design, technology, material selection, electrical components etc., with perfect energy conservation and environmental protection.  

Product innovation is the drive of enterprise sustainable development, which is not only theme of Hefei Zhongchen Co., but also for her customers. In 2010, Hefei Zhongchen Co. signed an ultra-clean PET carbonated milk beverage bottling line, which initiated perfect combination of nutrition of NCB and taste of CSD. High sensitivity for microbe of milk beverage asks for extreme strictness of sanitation, so Hefei Zhongchen Co. adopts multi-measures to guarantee products quality and satisfy customers. Moreover, during R&D and manufacturing, foreign aseptic filling experts are invited to provide all-round consultant for whole design and production, which strongly improved aseptic filling technology of Hefei Zhongchen Co..

1. Bottle conveying and sterilization: Empty bottles are conveyed via aseptic air conveyor with HEPA filters to ensure sanitation, and multiple bottle sterilizing / rinsing system keeps bottles extremely clean.

2. Cap sterilization and conveying: After disinfectant soaking, and then by sterile water & dried by air, eventually caps are conveyed to screwer via aseptic channel to keep extremely clean.

3. Beverage sterilization and conveying: Beverage treated by UHT sterilization and received by aseptic tank, then filled in Filler Block. To ensure the aseptic condition by means of internal & external mirror polished piping, aseptic pipe tie-ins, sanitary valves & meters, and no dead angle.

4. Filling environment isolation, purification & preservation: Full-closed isolators on filling system with water seal. FFU installed and exhaust fan at filler air inlet. Rinsing area and filling area are isolated by partition board to ensure filling area achieving 100-grade air purification. Environment spouting alternately by spraying balls and nozzles. Roof-type sanitary filler platform to ensure aseptic filling environment.

Looking back on great success of NCB bottling lines, we have to express sincere thanks to our customers, just as high-speed development of CSD benefits from cooperation with Coca Cola, PepsiCo, Wahaha, etc..  We sincerely hope to continuously improve China Light Industrial Equipment Industry with you––our customer, cooperative partner.