Wednesday, 15 October, 2025
Mark Sleigh
+27712393441
Machine hours: 47000 hours
This second hand, ultra-clean Krones CSD PET bottling line is a complete, high-efficiency solution for beverage production and industrial packaging across carbonated soft drinks, cider, sparkling water, still water and CO2-mixed juices. Built by Krones and GEA in 2010 and kept in production with OEM service, the line delivers up to 22,000 bottles per hour (0.5 L) and 18,000 bph (1.5 L), combining a Contiform S12M blow molder directly coupled to an ultra-clean isobaric volumetric filler-capper bloc. It is a market-ready used bottling line designed for reliability, hygiene, and quick format changeovers in PET.
Technical Specifications & Performance Data
Manufacturer: Krones and GEA
Year of manufacture: 2010
Operating condition: In production
Working hours: approx. 47,000
Nominal capacity: 22,000 bph (0.5 L) | 18,000 bph (1.5 L)
Products handled: carbonated soft drinks, cider, sparkling water, still water, juices with CO2
Filling technology: Ultra-clean, isobaric, volumetric PET filling
Current product: Apple juice with water and CO2
Neck finishes: PCO 1810, PSO 28 mm, 1810/1881 short neck
Controls: Siemens Simatic S7 PLC platform
Main Equipment Scope
CIP: Krones VarioClean F AUT fully automatic CIP system, 4 x 5000 L, 30 m³/h
Process: GEA TDS plant with flash pasteurizer, mixer, carbonator, degasser and process tanks
Preforms: Preform tipper/kipper and feeding conveyors; Krones Contifeed RS preform feeding system; Prejet Linear preform cleaning unit
Caps: Cassner cap feeding with cap rinsing and sterilization
Blow molder: Krones Contiform S12M, directly connected to the ultra-clean bloc (no air conveyor)
Filler/Capper bloc: Krones Volumetric VODM-PET 2.160-66-103 with integrated capper; Krones Vario Dos filler-bloc cleaning
Coding and inspection: Domino DDC 3 laser coder; Krones Checkmat 731 FM-X+L filling level inspector; Krones Checkmat 731 EM label inspector
Conveying and testing: SYNCO bottle conveyors; Krones Flowliner bottle leak tester
Labeller: Krones Contiroll OPP 720-15, double roll-feed wrap-around labels with hot glue
Secondary packaging: Krones VarioPro FS shrink–tray packer; Krones Multico S packet conveyors; Twin Pack handle applicator
Pack coding: Leisinger Jet 3 ink coder
Palletizing: Krones Robopox Modulpal (2016)
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