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Glass Bottling Line

A used glass bottling line must be assessed against the bottles and closures you intend to run. Wine bottles, beer bottles and other glass containers can require different handling parts and closing equipment, even when their nominal volume is the same.

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Technical guide: Glass Bottling Line

New glass or returnable bottles?

Clarify whether the line is configured for new or returnable glass. Check which bottle cleaning and inspection stages are present; rinsing equipment should not be assumed to provide the washing process required for returned bottles. For the filling section, compare the documented product application, filling system and capper configuration.

Also review label application and the final pack: cartons, crates and other formats require the relevant equipment and change parts. Share bottle drawings, closure specifications, label samples and pack configuration with Elitekno when requesting information about a line.

Technical guidance for selection

Assess a used line using its layout and individual machine specifications. Sidel’s integration methodology considers the critical machine, accumulation, controls and plant utilities. Ask us for the included equipment, available formats and production data: one machine’s nominal speed does not describe the entire line.

Manufacturer reference: Sidel · Line integration

Terminology used in the market: In sourcing requests, “used bottling line” may also be described as a used filling line, pre-owned beverage line, second-hand bottling plant or complete beverage packaging line. These terms overlap, so always compare the equipment actually included.

Evaluating a complete used bottling line: Glass Bottling Line

A complete line must be assessed as an integrated process rather than as a list of individual machines. Product, container, closure, secondary packaging and target output determine whether the available equipment can work together with acceptable accumulation, controls and utilities.

Information to verify

  • actual product and process requirements, including temperature and carbonation
  • container, closure, label and pack formats for every machine
  • verified output of the line and of its limiting machine
  • conveyors, buffers, inspections, coding and quality controls included
  • electrical standards, utilities, layout, dismantling limits and documentation.

Ask for the latest working layout, format list and production evidence. The nominal speed of one machine is not the guaranteed output of the complete line, and any missing connection or format part should be identified before an offer is finalized.

Manufacturers represented in this category

Alfatek · AVE Industry · BC · Bertolaso · Borelli · CEM · Cerma · CIMEC · Clifom · Cobert · Costec · Eurostar · Fimer · Framax · GAI · ICS · IDROTECNICA · Irundin

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