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5 REASONS WHY YOU CAN RELY ON US FOR YOUR PRODUCTION NEEDS With the diversity of home care products and the constant drive for innovation, selecting the right packaging equipment that complies with tomorrow s requirements is of extreme importance. Whether you need a complete packaging line for standard high volume products or for small batches of different products, our experience in modular packaging lines means we adapt to meet your individual needs. For over 40 years, Serac has been designing, manufacturing and selling packaging machinery for household products worldwide. This long-standing experience expresses itself in the high reliability and productivity of our packaging solutions. Your customers expect the best out of your products, and it is for this reason that we strive to maintain consistent quality throughout the packaging process. 1 - CHOICE 5 - AVAILABILITY 92% OF OUR CUSTOMERS WOULD RECOMMEND US TO THEIR BUSINESS PARTNERS* 3 - SAVINGS *Independent customer survey over 241 users of Serac machines (2013). 2 - EXPERIENCE 4 - FLEXIBILITY 1 2
A LARGE CHOICE OF FILLING MACHINES FROM 600 TO 36,000 CONTAINERS PER HOUR As a leading manufacturer in the industry, we have developed solutions to our customers production requirements for all liquid detergents in all types of containers. MACHINE TYPE (SAMPLE) Indicative output (1 liter/hour) 50 ml to 2 L 0,05 qt to 1,8 qt 2 L to 5 L 1,8 qt to 4,5 qt > 5 L > to 4,5 qt COMPACT SAFE SEMI AUTOMATIC LINE 700 a a a R1B1/700 600 a a Highly compact, 2m² mono-operator filler-capper for up to 600 bottles per hour. Fully enclosed filler-capper to prevent spread of harmful vapors. R6/720 3 000 a a a R12/720 6 000 a a R8/1080 7 500 a a R16/720 8 000 a R12/1620 11 000 a a R24/1080 12 000 a R30/1080 15 000 a R36/1620 21 000 a ACCESSIBLE High visibility washing-up liquid filler-capper. MODULAR Integrated unscrambler +filler+ capper for up to 25% of floor space gain. R20/2160 22 000 a a R45/1620 24 000 a R60/2160 36 000 + a DURABLE The flexible Serac systems adapt to a wide variety of container shapes and volumes. For example, the same machine can be used to fill containers ranging from 500 ml to 10 liters or more. 3 Bleach and acid cleaners filler-capper with corrosion-proof material.
1 2 40 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN HOME CARE PRODUCTS PACKAGING Whether your products are shear sensitive, viscous, foamy, abrasive or corrosive, we have designed specific solutions to ensure highly accurate and fast filling. 2 15% FASTER FILLING For PET containers with homogeneous weight, NET WEIGHT BOOST greatly speeds-up filling, by removing the tarring time. 3X LESS FOAM For highly foamy liquids such as floor cleaners or window cleaners, the Serac MULTIFLOW nozzles ensure trouble-free and anti-foam filling, with electronic modulation of nozzles opening and closing.. 3 4 3 4 1 MORE THAN 3,000 PRODUCTS Your product is tested in our laboratories to assess its specific filling attributes (viscosity, foam factor, corrosiveness, abrasiveness, homogeneity, flammability, sensitivity TYPES VALIDATED IN OUR DATABASE. to temperature etc.). Based upon this analysis, our experts will determine the ideal filling solution. 3X FASTER CLEANING 10X EXTENTED LIFE TIME 5 For large fabric care containers, off-set IPTOR filling nozzles enable to reduce the tank size and speed up draining and cleaning operations. For chlorine bleach and acid cleaners, we replace 304 stainless steel with Corrosion Resistant material like polyethylene, polypropylene, titanium or hastelloy.
COST SAVINGS WITH WEIGH FILLING Of the utmost reliability and precision, Serac net weigh fillers prevent costly overfilling of expensive products. SAVINGS WITH HIGH FILLING ACCURACY Our net weight fillers can be expected to save considerable amount of product through reduced product giveaway on account of high fill accuracy:the average fill is automatically adjusted with an accuracy of 0.1g. The FCS+ HMI offers multiple dosing modes for the most accurate filling. It is 100% built, tested and enhanced for Serac machines. Initialisation mode: at the beginning of any new Net weight boost: when the difference of weight production, the «Initialisation» mode will slow down between two containers is negligeable (most plastic Target weight Force applied on the load cell Force fill factor the filling turet during one revolution and calculate the force fill factor to define the closing time for each nozzle. containers case) the output can be increased by choosing to replace the tarring time by extra filling time. Monitoring mode: the «Monitoring» is factory set to start every hour for 7 revolutions in order to fine tune the closing point at best in case of variations of the containers or product characteristics. Time Introduction og the container (taring) Filling and control phases permanent check for the closing point Monitoring phase Ajustement Weight filling is the only filling technology that controls the amount of product as it fills the bottle, not after! THE SAVINGS OFTEN COMPLETELY OFFSET THE PRICE OF THE MACHINE IN A FEW STANDARD DEVIATION OF LESS THAN 1G PER KG Filling by weight gives high flexibility gain as it is insensitive to temperature, viscosity or air content. YEARS OF OPERATION. 7 8
COST SAVINGS WITH WEIGH FILLING EASY MAINTENANCE AT LOW COST Serac net weight filling machines are work horses which run on a trouble free basis with practically no maintenance: AN AVERAGE LIFETIME OF OVER 20 YEARS Our machines are built to last and integrate proven, long-lasting technology and materials with low maintenance. The solid structure reduces vibrations, increases accuracy and provides a safe production environment for your operators.» Easy cleaning with minimum water with no hooks or corners for any product to get entrapped» No rubber seals are used in general and sealing is through metal to metal contact.» The machine design permits easy access for maintenance as well as for cleaning and complete washing down. REDUCE EFFLUENTS AND WATER USAGE Serac solutions are adapted to stringent regulations for the treatment of effluents.» CIP system cdesigned to remove all product traces with minimal use of cleaning solution, both inside and outside of the tank (scales, table, filling nozzles).» Closed loop dry cleaning with automatic placement of collectors under the filling nozzles..» Adapted tanks with short product circuit for less use of cleaning solution and less effluent. As a standard, the machines are built completely in stainless steel (or adapted materials such as titanium or hastelloy). 9 10
FLEXIBLE CAPPING The wide range of caps and capping techniques required for product differentiation on the market pushes manufacturers to rely more and more on modular and versatile cappers. WE DESIGN AND ASSEMBLE OUR OWN CAPPING TURRETS TO FIT YOUR NEEDS AND FULLY CONTROL THE MAINTENANCE All our cappers are designed to ensure:» Excellent repeatability and homogeneity of the capping torques at all speeds Our e-tcs brushless cappers are best suited for high-speed oriented screw or push-on applications with traceability of the actual torque. Our new pneumatic TCS4 turret can integrate corrosion resistant materials for chlorine bleach and acid cleaners.» Quick format changeover with no tools required» High versatility to multiple capping needs» Reliable and smooth cap handling with no rotation during pick-up» No manual torque adjustments with centralization on the HMI Brushless or pneumatic, we can advise you on the best driving technology to suit your application:» Standard round caps» Complex caps with orientation» Complex caps with position control» Traceability and capping quality reports» Torque: up to 80 cm. dan» Push effort: up to 35 dan» Output per head: up to 35 strokes 11 12
30% TIME SAVINGS IN TANK CLEANING To accelerate the gravity flow, we equip our machines with additional vaccum pumps and draining pipes. HIGH MACHINE Serac Clean in Place systems are designed to remove all product traces with minimal use of cleaning solution, both inside and outside of the tank (scales, table, filling nozzles). AVAILABILITY Compact pressurized tank to speed up cleaning cycles. To remain competitive, manufacturers need to avoid carrying large inventories while offering wide product ranges, which necessarily implies frequent change-overs. Serac innovative technologies reduce non production time (cleaning, format change etc.) so that your machine is up and running quickly for new productions. FORMAT CHANGE-OVER IN LESS THAN 15 MINUTES Serac uses the Single Minute Exchange of Die SMEDmethodology to optimize both the accuracy of machine settings and the change-over speed.» No trial & error settings necessary» No tools» Quick identification using color codes» Made of HDPE or stainless steel 100% QUALITY BOTTLES «OUT» With the RCS system, you can be confident that each bottle that goes out of the filler is properly filled and capped. Non quality containers are automatically deviated to a secondary conveyor. This drastically increases your production output, with no slowdowns, no stops and no human intervention to remove the faulty containers. The RCS system can be coupled with a vision system to detect color, shape and markings. Plug-on: Ultra-rapid container circulation tool change system. Rejection Control System. AUTOMATED PRODUCT CHANGE-OVER With the new version of LV3 nozzle, there is no need to compromise between foamy and viscous products on the same filling line. The operator simply selects the product & package from the machine interface to adjust the filling cycles. There is no calibration required, no settings to alter and downtime is considerably reduced. FAST PROBLEM RESOLUTION Quality and traceability reports help production managers achieve maximum production efficiency. FCS+ continuously collects production indicators, which can be used to supervise, analyze and report on Serac packaging line directly from a web browser. Production managers can check in real time the production status, identify causes of production downtime and access historical production reports. For day-to-day operations, FCS+ is the ideal tool to quickly identify the root cause of production anomalies. Mutliflow nozzles and FCS+ HMI are the ideal combination for easy filling of foamy products. Track production Quality, remotely from your desk. 13 14