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Craft Brewery

basis and wants to see a greater ROI on canning
expense,” said Davis and Pirog. “This canning line is
best coupled with automated upstream and down-
stream equipment to accommodate the faster
speeds. This line comes standard with a buffer tank
to help manage product feed from bright tanks.”

The newest member of PSA’s portfolio, the CB50C
(shown above), is a counter-pressure integrated
filler/seamer canning line for production speeds up
to 50 CPM. With this model, true counter-pressure
filling allows craft beverage producers to run a vari-
ety of products ranging from still to highly-carbon-
ated and even including nitrogenated beverages in
widget cans.

“Flexibility of the fill sequence also provides a
means to control or mitigate dissolved oxygen for
oxidation-sensitive products, like beer,” said Davis
and Pirog. “An optional product supply pump is
available for maintaining product pressure at filler
without compromising limits at the bright tank.”

All three PSA canning lines incorporate sanitary
design standards throughout the product path.
Each delivers standard features that include CO2
flood purging before filling, a gassing tunnel, and
undercover gassing to reduce oxygen pick up.
Davis and Pirog said that flow meters are standard
and will withstand clean-in-place temperatures
up to 180 degrees Fahrenheit. All the machines
will accommodate the various standard can sizes,
including sleek and slim varieties.

How Bottle Filling Works
and Comparing Machines

The process of filling beer bottles generally works
by moving the bottles along a conveyor belt. Part

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