The stations of a bottling line
| Station | Purpose | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Bottle feeding | Loads empty bottles onto the conveyor (manual table or unscrambler) | — |
| Washing / rinsing | Removes dust and particles from empty bottles | FX40 eight-head bottle water & air rinser, Rotary drum bottle washing machine |
| Filling | Doses the liquid | Liquid & lotion filling and capping machine (50–1000 ml) |
| Capping | Applies and tightens the closure | CG120 high-speed capping machine |
| Foil sealing | Seals the induction liner | Water-cooled induction foil sealer |
| Labelling & coding | Applies labels and prints batch/date codes | Included in the YG6 juice & beverage bottling line |
| Cartoning / case packing | Puts bottles into cartons or shipping cases | Automatic bottle cartoning machine, ZX1300-2L two-axis robotic case packer |
| Palletizing & wrapping | Builds and secures the pallet | MD35F mobile collaborative palletizing robot, Turntable pallet stretch wrapping machine |
Monoblock or separate machines?
A monoblock filling machine combines filling and capping (sometimes rinsing too) on one frame. It is compact and avoids an extra transfer of open bottles, which is good for hygiene. Separate machines are easier to upgrade one by one. For small bottles and start-up lines, monoblocks are usually the better value.
Example: juice and beverage bottling line
Our YG6 juice & beverage bottling line is built around the YG6 filler and combines bottle washing, filling, capping, drying, labelling and laser coding for 50–1000 ml drinks at 10–40 bottles per minute. See the full reference layout on the juice and beverage bottling line page.
How to size a bottling line
- Daily output ÷ effective production minutes = bottles per minute for the filler.
- Upstream (washer, unscrambler) and downstream (capper, labeller) at 10–20% more.
- Add accumulation tables or conveyor buffers before slow or stoppage-prone machines.
- Check changeover: how many bottle sizes and how often you switch.
Water and carbonated drinks
Still water and carbonated soft drinks at very high speeds use rotary rinser-filler-capper blocks with gravity or counter-pressure filling. Our catalogue focuses on small and medium lines for juice, syrups, oral liquids, cosmetics, sauces and chemicals; tell us your product and speed and we will say plainly whether it fits.
Next step
Send a list of products and bottle sizes, your target bottles per hour and a floor plan sketch. We reply with a line layout and quotation — request it here.
Questions and answers
What equipment is needed for a bottling line?
At minimum a filler and a capper. Most lines also include bottle washing or rinsing, labelling, coding and case packing, and larger lines add unscramblers and palletizers.
What is a monoblock filling machine?
A machine that combines filling and capping (and sometimes rinsing) on one frame, saving space and avoiding an extra transfer of open bottles.
How fast is a small juice bottling line?
Our YG6 juice and beverage bottling line lists 10–40 bottles per minute for 50–1000 ml bottles, depending on the product and bottle.
Can a bottling line run several bottle sizes?
Yes. Guides, star wheels or nozzles are adjusted or changed per size. Fewer, similar sizes mean faster changeovers.
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