How a major beverage manufacturer increased capacity with no loss in quality or consistency.

Opportunity

One of the world’s largest beverage manufacturers needed to increase capacity in their hot-fill bottling lines to meet higher consumer demand.

Industry: Beverage

Our Approach

Semi-Bulk Systems designed a Process XStreamlining Solution that:

  • Utilized our patented Vacucam® Dynamic Beverage Batching Process
  • This state-of-the-art process accommodates total beverage mixing including minor dry ingredients and the unloading and mixing of liquid additives from drums or pails.
  • Incorporated our dry handling expertise to unload beverage mix powders (Sugar, Citric Acid, Erythritol) with an automated feed from multiple the Semi-Bulk Systems bulk bag unloaders
  • Conditioned dry ingredients for mixing using our patented Air Cone® technology.
  • Accommodated single pass, batch recycle and continuous steady-state processes for the Total Solution.
  • Provided flexibility to handle small volume (minor) ingredients within the large capacity mixing operation.

Leveled all operations to floor level – no platforms required.

The Results

We delivered Our Performance Guarantee that:

  • High capacity rates – can feed several bottling lines with minimum batch cycle times
  • Minimum batch times
  • Batch to batch consistency
  • Improved overall beverage mix quality. Maximized efficiency of the UHT process.
  • Low / No maintenance – Pump is only moving part.
  • Low energy consumption
  • Sugar – high capacity, using Semi-Bulk Systems unique powder handling / sugar liquefication processes.
  • Improved ergonomics with all operations at floor level – no platforms required

Pour on the profits by installing a state-of-the-art Semi-Bulk engineered solution, featuring our patented VACUCAM mixing technology. Contact us to determine if we can help improve your production capacity and quality.

Semi-Bulk has been installed around the world.

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