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RINSING MACHINE
The rinsing machine uses a jet of sterile water under pressure,
generally 3 bars, for the mechanical removal of the impurities inside
the bottle such as dust, silicon dust, small impurities, and pieces
of glass. The injection time is adjustable and generally ranges
between 0.5 and 2 seconds.
After the injection it is necessary for the bottle to undergo a
dripping time during which it remains overturned and the injected
water drips out of the bottle. Generally this phase lasts from 6
to 8 seconds and it is particularly important in case it is requested
that only a minimum residual rinsing liquid remains in the bottle,
for instance when bottling spirits, in that case too big a quantity
of liquid could affect the alcohol degree.
The values of the injection and dripping times, together forming
the total cycle time, depends on the speed of a machine and the
number of its grippers. For further details go to "How
to calculate the times".
For details about the FM model machine go to the "Complete
description of the FM model machine".
THE BLOWING MACHINE
The blowing machine uses a jet of sterile air at the pressure of
6 bars or more for the mechanical removal of the impurities inside
the bottle, such as residual silicon, glass and small impurities.
The blowing machine is used instead of the rinsing machine when
it is absolutely necessary not to have any residual water (or other
rinsing liquid) in the bottles before the bottling, like in the
case of oil industries.
The blowing machine has an injection time of 3 seconds but, since
it does not need any dripping time, with the same number of grippers
it can work at remarkably higher speeds than a rinsing machine (about
30% higher).
To know more about the actual performances of these machines go
to “How to calculate the times".
For details about the FM model machine go to the "Complete
description of the FM model machine".
THE STERILIZER
The sterilizer uses or more injections or chemical aggressive agents
removing the impurities mechanically and reducing the bacterial
charge inside the bottles chemically.
The sterilizers can be single-treatment machines, i.e. with one
injection, or double-treatment machines, i.e. with two injections.
The latter consists of a first sterilization operation by means
of a chemical compound (e.g. water solution with very low content
of sulphuric acid) followed by the rinsing with sterile water.
The values of the injection and dripping times are similar to those
of the rinsing machine in case of a single-treatment machine.
They change remarkably in case of double-treatment machines since,
needles to say, the total time is to be subdivided in the first
injection, the period of time between the first and the second injection
(which often serves for the activation of the chemical aggressive
agent ), the second injection and the final dripping. Go to "How
to calculate the times" for further information.
For details about the FM model machine go to the "Complete
description of the FM model machine".
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