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Cans Bottling Line

A used canning line needs to match both the can body and its end. When reviewing an offer, identify the can diameter, height and volume, together with the end specification and the formats installed on the filler and seamer.

Technical guide: Cans Bottling Line

Check the filler and seamer together

State the product and whether it is carbonated when requesting a proposal. Ask for the documented filling configuration and the seamer tooling included for your can and end combination. A speed figure alone does not establish product suitability or confirm that a different can format can be introduced without additional parts.

Review the rest of the supply separately: can feeding, rinsing, inspection, product treatment and final packaging may vary between offers. Send Elitekno the can and end specifications, target output and pack format to discuss the listed equipment and the checks needed before purchase.

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: Cans 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.

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