Raya Brewery S.C.

On Job Training Report of

-> Bottle Washer
->EBI
->Filler
By: Guesh Gebrekidan

Introduction
Automation technology : use of methods, strategies, processes and
installations (hardware and software) as well as of
aids that are capable of fulfilling defined objectives
in a largely independent manner (i.e.
automatically) without the constant interference of
man
Such objectives include:
Improvement of product quality.
Increase of productivity.
Enhancement of reliability and safety.
Improvement of the use of existing resources.
Conservation of the environment.

Data acquisition (DAQ)

The process of measuring an electrical or
physical phenomenon such as voltage,
current, temperature, pressure, or sound
with a computer.

Bottle Washer
The task of the machine is clean the bottles
introduced into the machine fully automatically.
The main components of the machine are :
The infeed zone with the bump-infeed and
infeed,
The pre-treatment zone
The main treatment zone and
the post-treatment zone with the discharge
zone.

Bottle Washer
At the bump-infeed unit the containers are
distributed into lanes and pushed into the bottle
carriers via the infeed system.
In the pre-treatment zones, the bottles are
gradually warmed (30-40 C)and cleaned; coarse
dirt particles are removed.
In the main treatment zone the bottles are treated
in dependence upon the materials of which they
are made ( glass) by temperature (approx.
Z1=75,Z2=90 , Z3=85 C) and chemicals (NaOH,
approx. 1 - 3.5 %, and additives).
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Bottle Washer
The bottles are thereby rendered biologically
"clean" and they are also freed of adhering
contamination such as labels.
Cleaning is effected in one or more soak tanks with
various circulation loops, according to the machine
requirements and performance.
In the post-treatment zone the containers are
cooled off in different stages and thereby rinsed
free of chemicals (final spraying is always
conducted with freshwater).
They are subsequently taken over by the bottle
carriers via the discharge system and transferred
to a conveyor for further processing.

Jobs versus projects

Rotating Shaft Jetting

Rotating Shaft Jetting

Automation Devices

Automation Devices

Automation Devices

EBI
The filling and packaging process for beverages is
monitored by appropriate inspectors at several
positions in a line.
The aim here is to reject faulty bottles and to check
on the filled containers. This is of crucial importance,
not least
for reasons of product liability, plus of course checks
are also necessary for the optimum visual
appearance of the products concerned on the
supermarket shelves.
The machines that can be used for this purpose can
be directly integrated into a transport line as in - line
models, installed at the requisite positions as flexible

Foreign Container Detection Unit

Construction and methode of

operation
aTraining Documents-Krones
\EBI Training Manual\K735 EBI_Electrician
manual 1\02-EN0052-01_aufbau.pdf
aTraining Documents-Krones
\EBI Training Manual\K735 EBI_Electrician
manual 1\001 EN_Overview_Linatronic_Sensoren.
pdf

Base Inspection

Base Inspection
The container base is optimally illuminated by
projecting light through it.
The sensor in the CCD camera creates a digitized
image of the container the image data is loaded
directly to the CPU storage and processed in real
time.

Neck Inspection

Caustic or Residual Liquid Detection

Filler
In the beverage industry, rotary fillers are
the usual choice, able to handle up to
84,000 bottles an hour.
This kind of filler speed will of course
always be directly dependent on the size
and shape of the containers being handled,
and on the nature and composition of the
product being bottled

Filler
Assessment of a filler will be based on the
features specific to the particular type of
filler involved. These relate to:
Actuation of the filling valves.

Pressure situation in the ring bowl and in

the container.
Measurement of the fill quantity or level
(i.e. definition of the end of filling).
Number of control valves and the functions
of the filling valve.
Design of the filling valve.

Modulfill VKP The Module

System for Bottling Beer
controlled filling system with electro - pneumatic
control.
Fill level is reached when the liquid level stops
return gas flowing out.
Counter - pressure process.
No - filling - tube filing, with vent tube.
Single - chamber system.
Double evacuation reduces oxygen content in the
bottle to approximately 1%.

Instruments /devices

Instruments /devices

Instruments /devices

Instruments /devices

Filling Valve Controller

aTraining Documents-Krones
\General Electrical Training\Standard electric Filler
Manual 1\08
Fvc\01_Hardware_Modulfill-VKP_X20_V20_EN.pdf

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