OeTTINGER Brauerei upgrades an existing line for filling beer in returnable bottles glass at its headquarters in Oettingen.
Now, the brewery is updating an existing glass line rated at 40,000 bottles per hour at headquarters in Oettingen.
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OeTTINGER Brauerei GmbH
With an annual output of around eight million hectolitres of beer, beer-based mixed drinks and soft drinks, the OeTTINGER brewery ranks among the largest in Germany. It operates four production facilities. Now, the brewery is updating an existing glass line rated at 40,000 bottles per hour at headquarters in Oettingen. The order for the modification job has been placed with Krones.
Project:
Replacing parts of a glass bottling line for beer
Client:
OeTTINGER Brauerei GmbH
Location:
Oettingen, Germany
Commissioning:
January 2022
Scope:
The new line fills beer and beer-based mixed drinks in 0.33-litre longneck, 0.33-litre Steinie and 0.5-litre NRW bottles. It is also equipped for handling carbonated soft drinks and contains the following machines::
With its technology, the Modulfill HES offers optimum oxygen values and is able to meet the most exacting hygiene standards. It is fitted with oil-free lift cylinders, automatic CIP cups and a system for automatic probe adjustment. The stainless steel vacuum pump is frequency-controlled. The filler also includes the high-end model of a bottle-burst safety system to the latest state of the art, which guards against glass fragments being entrained.
The crowner from Krones is likewise in hygienic design, featuring open bottle plates.
Both the bottle washer and the palletising systems included in the existing line will continue to be used. The Linapac II unpacker and packer are each equipped with a system for automatic handling parts change-over.
Krones will also supply a Modulpal Pro 1A palletiser with high-level infeed for a can palletising system in the Gotha plant. A Robobox T-GS grouping station is installed upstream of the palletiser, to ensure single-lane, gap-free infeed. The palletiser will be commissioned earlier than the line, in October 2021.