Food & beverage • hand sanitiser • cosmetics • chemicals • pharmaceuticals • lubricants • Cleaning products
The Gravfil® Excel B is a PC-PLC and servo motor controlled liquid filling machine. Filling nozzles are specifically designed and selected to suit the customer’s products and containers.
The Excel B is a linear filling machine for containers of 20ml up to 1 Litre
Filling nozzles are specifically designed and selected to suit every type of liquid, viscous or semi viscous, hot or cold. The machine can handle a wide range container shapes and sizes to highly configurable speeds.
When the correct number of containers are detected in position, the filling nozzles descend automatically. The locator/drip tray system ensures narrow necked containers are correctly aligned. The product is dispensed by a servo-controlled positive displacement piston. On completion of the filling cycle the heads retract, the gating mechanism allows smooth exit of the containers.
All Gravfil® in-line filling machines are supplied with the ability to quickly change a nozzle type if required. The quick change ability gives the machine versatility to fill efficiently a wide range of container sizes and a wide range of liquid types.
We can provide an ATEX-rated filling machine to handle potentially explosive liquids, gels or foams. This is particularly relevent for the production of hand santiser.
The Excel B Volumetric inline filler can liquid fill at up to 6000 containers per hour. However, speed is flexible and controllable using the Advanced Profile Filling system for products that need the flow to slow.
This innovative system allows the fill speed, nozzle speed and nozzle position to be optimised and controlled through our software. Complicated shaped containers and demanding products can be quickly optimised.
We can provide an ATEX-rated filling machine to handle potentially explosive liquids, gels or foams. This is particularly relevent for the production of hand santiser.
The Excel B Volumetric inline filler can liquid fill at up to 6000 containers per hour. However, speed is flexible and controllable using the Advanced Profile Filling system for products that need the flow to slow.
This innovative system allows the fill speed, nozzle speed and nozzle position to be optimised and controlled through our software. Complicated shaped containers and demanding products can be quickly optimised.
| Filler type: | Gravfil® Excel Linear Servo filler | |
| Filler size: | Excel B | |
| Machine size (W x H x D): | 142cm x 200cm x 130cm | |
| Weight: | Up to 1200Kg | |
| Tank volume: | 120L | |
| Voltage: | 415v AC | |
| Air pressure: | 6 Bar 90 PSI | |
| Pumping cylinders: | Options from 2-12 | |
| Cylinder volume: | Options from 250ml – 1500ml | |
| Accuracy: | > 99.95% of setpoint | |
| Repeatability: | +\- 0. 1% | |
| Filling range – low: | 2% of cylinder volume | |
| Filling range – high: | Infinite with multi-pump capability | |
| Filling speeds: | Up to 100 BPM | |
| Profile filling capability: | Yes | |
| Nozzle control: | Pneumatic |
| Change part type: | Adjustable | |
| Cleanliness standard: | Personal hygiene. Food. Household products | |
| Materials: | Stainless steel clad frame Contact parts: Stainless steel 316 and PTFE Parts in contact with the container or cap – manufactured from stainless steel or suitable plastic | |
| Machine guards: | EC Machinery Directive compliant | |
| Integrated CIP: | Optional | |
| ATEX rated: | Optional (requires air extraction) | |
| HMI size: | 15 inch touch screen | |
| Status light beacon: | Yes | |
| Control system: | Siemens | |
| Remote diagnostics: | Yes | |
| User manual: | Yes |
Gravfil® filling machines use our advanced profile dual-servo drive system for all container and product types. The innovative system allows the fill speed, nozzle speed and nozzle position to be optimised and controlled through our software. If required a container can be filled from the bottom up with the filling nozzle positioned as required during the fill cycle. The operator can maximise production requirements using our programmable filling speed functionality.
The nozzle can be positioned just below or just above the fluid level. This guarantees the nozzle position remains constant to the fluid level throughout the cycle. More conventional and widely available pneumatic systems can only offer single or dual speed functionality.
| Reduce fill rate for smaller surface areas | |
| Increase fill rate for larger surface areas | |
| Dual-servo drive | |
| Infinite liquid fill speed control | |
| All shapes and sizes of container |
Complicated shaped containers, demanding non-viscous or foamy product are quickly optimised for faster or slower filling speeds directly from the 15-inch touch-screen HMI.
Easy and swift product change over are the invaluable benefits of our Gravfil® quick change part system.
The change parts are secured with thumb screws and the pneumatic and electrical connections on plug and socket.
| Individual parts for specific container size and shape | |
| Pneumatic gates | |
| Electrical sensors | |
| No hand tools requires | |
| Target change speeds <2 minutes |
A pneumatically actuated ball valve allows cleaning fluid to enter the top tank via two spray nozzles.
The system fills the top tank to the low level sensor and then automatically exercises the cylinders until all of the cleaning product has been pumped through the fill lines.
The system can be configured to best suit the customer’s standard of cleaning and flushing solution specification:
| Fits all long stroke capping machines | |
| Standard control system integration | |
| Straw insertion for pump dispensers | |
| Straw insertion for trigger caps |
All Precision Automation equipment is designed using the very latest hardware. The PC interface and ethernet communication protocol means that we can remotely connect through the customer’s VPN or 4G device. Our service desk can monitor the condition of the control system and, if required, take control of the machine. This important advanced feature further improves machine uptime and most cases prevents the requirement for on-site intervention.
All our new machines are supported by our 12 months parts and labour warranty. We offer a full maintenance back-up for servicing and breakdown repairs and will create a service plan to match the machine and the customer’s usage.
Ask us about our refurbishment and upgrade services in support of older Dico® and Gravfil® machines.
