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Craft Brewery
Craft Brewery
or carboy. There is no reservoir, the liquid flows Corporation, founded in 1994, shares its innova-
directly from the bulk container, through the filler tions with the craft brewing industry throughout
into the bottle.” North America and Europe. The Ohio-based compa-
ny, located in suburban Columbus, offers can seam
Silver adds that XpressFill Systems offers a pair of inspection equipment that helps breweries mon-
fillers for bottling and/or canning carbonated bev- itor double seam quality for their beer products.
erages. Regularly inspecting and tracking internal double
seam dimensions helps to prevent leaking seams
“The XF4500C is a counter pressure system capa- and beer from going flat. Marketing Manager Amy
ble of filling 200 12 oz cans per hour. The XF4500/ McKee describes the features of the company’s sig-
XF2500 is a counter pressure filler for bottles. We nature product.
also offer an open fill system, the XF2200 (2 spout)
and XF4400 (4 spout) capable of filling 300 / 600 “OneVision® has developed the SeamMate® Craft
cans per hour. All systems have a pre-fill CO2 purge Beverage System that includes all the necessary
cycle. The counter pressure system requires a mini- equipment and software craft brewers need to
mal air compressor to operate the pneumatic actu- properly inspect and track the quality of can double
ators. Open can fillers have a moveable shelf that seams. We conveniently offer system bundles rang-
is easily adjustable for various can sizes. The max- ing in price and equipment dependent on a brew-
imum can diameter is 4 inches. The counter pres- ery’s canning operation. All system bundles can be
sure filler has a stopper that must fit snugly into upgraded as a brewery’s canning operation grows.
the can or bottle opening to seal and pressurize the
container. Our standard opening for cans is a 202- SeamMate® System software now includes a pro-
lid size but custom stoppers can be made.” prietary measurement that estimates double seam
tightness by analyzing the double seam cross-sec-
For craft breweries that opt for cans, seam pro- tion. This new measurement is especially effective
tection is an important consideration. OneVision® at detecting too-tight seams on beverage cans.

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