Krones PET Aseptic Packaging System

Krones's PET aseptic packaging system has a variety of features: a unique isolation technology; modular system, processing time can be set according to customer requirements; suitable for processing a variety of high acid, low acid products and dairy products; can achieve beverages and packaging The highest flexibility of ingredients.

The bottle body is sterilized using a peracetic acid (PAA) vapor mixture and the bottle is continuously sterilized under controlled conditions. Using steam as a PAA disinfectant carrier, partitioning agent, and catalyst, full-surface coverage can be achieved and the surrounding environment fully maintained sterile. The sterilization efficiency is high and can be adjusted as required. The sterilization rate is as high as 84.5%. Sterilization steam consumption is low, and at the same time the outer side of the bottle body is disinfected.

Disinfectant is thoroughly rinsed with sterile water prior to bottle filling. Residue peracetic acid/hydrogen peroxide (PAA/H2O2) is less than 0.1 ppm. Different from dry sterilization, the system can remove particles and dust at the same time, and has a low weight requirement for the bottle, which can minimize the weight of the bottle. The system is also equipped with a sterile water generator for the process.

Krones' cap cleaning uses a disinfectant (PAA) soaking process that is fully automated. The processing time is more than 60 seconds and the processing system has no moving parts. The sterilization rate is as high as 84.5% after rinsing with sterile water and sterile air.

Krones's aseptic isolation technology is uniquely designed with features such as minimization of the aseptic area, low operating costs, isolation of pneumatic, electric and transmission devices from the sterile field.

Cold filling and capping technology is also one of the advantages of Krones aseptic filling technology. All its cams and sliding parts are located under the bottleneck; in addition to the washable chucks, there are no parts above the unfilled bottles that are filled; servo drive systems are available; the access to the cap system is open and washable The design is mounted on a separate column; the individual components do not require lubrication.

From the process point of view, its continuous production time can be up to 120 hours. CIP/SIP and external CIP/SIP have been system-optimized to increase line efficiency; cleaning and disinfection time has been reduced to only 4 hours; mechanical efficiency is greater than 95%; the entire production process is highly automated.