Wales-based craft brewer Tiny Rebel has seen the efficiency in its filling process improve by 40% since installing KHS’s Innofill Can C.
The Innofill Can C has more than proven itself on the market, with the Newport-based brewery its latest advocate. “KHS has always been synonymous with maximum quality in can filling,” explains head of operations at Tiny Rebel Mark Gammons. “The efficiency and functionality of their products is outstanding; we couldn’t imagine any other company as our partner,” he continues. “The difference to the competitor filler previously in use here is enormous.”
Compared to the old machine, efficiency in the filling process has now improved by up to 40%, with the production capacity also much higher. Indeed, Gammons says the Innofill Can C fills the same amount of beverage in an hour that its old filler needed an entire day for.
The brewing team now produce up to 15,000 330 ml cans per hour.
For beverage producers with a higher output, KHS recently upped the performance of the Innofill Can C, with the filler achieving up to 60,000 containers every hour. Thanks to this new addition to the series, the machine can now be integrated into lines with higher capacities even more effectively and supplemented by an Innopro Paramix C blending system or a KHS flash pasteuriser, for example.
Furthermore, the hot filling option increases flexibility when it comes to producing juices, iced teas and other beverages.
Above all, Tiny Rebel appreciates its new KHS filler for its precise filling and high product quality. “Oxygen control is the key to good beer,” explains Gammons. “The special CO2 purging process on the Innofill Can C can cut oxygen pickup by up to 90%.
“We attach great value to appropriate product quality, especially with our ales and with KHS, we can meet this requirement perfectly,” he says.
The compact design with its excellent hygiene performance enables smaller batches of different beer styles and container sizes to be produced – without compromising on quality. “Customers like our filling valves for their hygienic properties, compact design and simple handling and maintenance,” confirms Andy Carter of KHS UK. “For fillers such as Tiny Rebel in particular, with a large range of products that requires maximum flexibility of the technical equipment during filling, this is a major advantage.”
Also, contamination and flavour carryover are prevented on the frequent product changeovers.
Gammons is not just impressed by the technology, however, but also with the company’s local support. “From ordering through planning to commissioning, everything went really smoothly,” he emphasises.
Tiny Rebel uses a can seamer from Ferrum, one of KHS’ partner firms. The seamer section is made entirely of stainless steel and provides maximum durability even when aggressive cleaning media are used.
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