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Better line decisions start here.

Read practical ideas, explore delivered projects and find the technical resources behind your next beverage line.

02 / In the field

Project Stories

Real production challenges and the lines built around them.

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One spec sheet per line.

Output range, footprint, power, water and air consumption, materials and the container range each line can change over to. Figures match the Solutions pages.

Beverage
Container
02

For the building stage.

Layouts, utility loads, foundations and workshop clearances — the documents buyers need before the building is finished. Sent to a company email address; these are the only gated documents on the site.

03

Process and selection guides.

Written by the engineering team, with diagrams in the same line-drawing style as our layouts.

05

Machines running.

Unedited footage of equipment in operation. FAT recordings and changeover demonstrations will be added as they are approved for publication.

Line runningPET CSD rinsing, filling and capping
Line runningPET preforms through production equipment
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Projects, written up in full.

Customer requirement, the line we proposed, and what was delivered. Attributed as named, described or under NDA.

MarketProjectOutput
IndonesiaPET water line
Complete line · Bottled-water producer
10,000 BPHRead →
JamaicaGinger juice PET line
Process route · Juice producer
4,000 BPHRead →
United StatesCan-line integration
Line integration · Canned-beverage producer
—Read →
LiberiaFirst CSD line
First line · New CSD producer
—Read →
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Questions buyers ask before ordering.

The questions that come up in almost every project email.

Delivery

What do you need from us before a layout can be drawn?

Product and container specification, target output on the main size, building dimensions with column positions, and where water, power, steam and air enter the building. Plant-planning documents →

Commercial

Can we visit the factory before ordering?

Yes. Tell us your dates and the line you are planning, and we will arrange the visit in Suzhou. About the company →

After-sales

Can you upgrade a line that is already running?

Yes — format changeovers, capacity increases and control upgrades, after a survey of the existing machines. Retrofit and upgrades →

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Terms used on this site.

One definition per term, used the same way on every page and document.

BPH
Bottles per hour — rated output, always stated for a specific container size.
CIP
Clean-in-place: tanks, pipes and filler cleaned internally without dismantling.
SIP
Sterilise-in-place: the CIP circuit taken to sterilising temperature, used on aseptic lines.
Isobaric filling
Counter-pressure filling: bottle and filler bowl at equal CO₂ pressure so carbonated product does not foam.
Hot-fill
Product filled at high temperature so the heat sterilises the container; needs heat-set PET.
Aseptic filling
Sterile product filled into sterilised containers inside a sterile zone.
Level control
Filling to a fixed height in the neck rather than to a fixed volume.
Torque control
Cap applied to a set tightening torque, usually by magnetic or servo capping heads.
Change parts
Size-specific star wheels and guides swapped when the line runs another container.
FAT / SAT
Factory and site acceptance tests: the line checked before shipment, then again after installation.
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Bring us the product,
package and output.

Send us the product, package format and target output. We return a line configuration and budgetary quote.

Response time
≤ 24 h
Deliverable
Layout + budgetary quote
NDA
Available on request
Line inquiryEngineering response within 24 h