British-made filling, capping and labelling line has enabled a Greek company to increase its production

Karmelle has designed a turnkey filling, capping and labelling line to allow cleaning goods producer Flos to increase volumes across a wide range of products.

Established in 1995 in Serres, Greece, Flos manufactures a range of cleaning products for domestic and professional use. The company invested in its first Karmelle filling, capping and labelling line several years ago, but it recently identified a need for new liquid packaging equipment to support planned production increases.

Keen to continue its partnership with Karmelle, it contacted the team for a solution. With a range of different products (including washing-up liquids and detergents) to fill, cap and label, the system had to be easy to adjust, be versatile and also operator-friendly.

Karmelle therefore designed a turnkey filling, capping and labelling line, selecting machines that would offer the production flexibility Flos required.

Manufactured onsite in West Yorkshire, the system featured a VIPF500 6 head volumetric filling machine, a cap tightening machine, a twin head labelling machine with wrap station, a rotary collection table, as well as connecting conveyors.

After shipping the line to Greece, Karmelle engineers spent a week at Flos’ facility, installing and commissioning the equipment, and providing staff training.

In operation:

• Empty containers are fed into the 6 head filling machine, which can dispense product in top, bottom and rising fill modes, depending on its properties
• Caps are hand-placed onto filled containers, which then pass into the KC1000A cap tightening machine to be screwed on. Interchangeable tightening discs make the system suitable for both smooth and ribbed closures
• Containers are then transported to the labelling machine, which dispenses front and back or wraparound labels, depending on the product
• Filled, capped and labelled containers exit the conveyor onto a rotary collection table, from which they can be packed into boxes

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