Canning Machine

Sharing a bottle of beer with friends and family is already a given when we have gatherings and parties, and for those who are planning to bring some beer to an outdoor picnic or the beach, the park, the pool, and so on, cans are a much better option. What makes it an even better option is the fact that beer cans chill much more quickly than beer bottles, and they are lighter and more compact, making them perfect for storage in coolers. It's the same if you have a beer brewing business as well-it would be much easier for you to store your beer cans because you can stack the cans on top of each other, and it takes up less storage space as opposed to beer bottles.

You can boost your efficiency in transit and shipping with the use of beer cans, and you can even improve your efficiency by as much as 50%. As already mentioned, a beer can is lighter and has a more compact size and shape compared to a bottle, since an empty bottle weighs approximately 7 ounces while an empty beer can will weigh only around half an ounce.

When you use cans in your facility rather than bottles, you can eliminate the harmful effects of light and oxygen on your beer. Light and oxygen can definitely spoil your beer in many ways, resulting in 'skunked' beer, which has an unpleasant taste and smell. And even if you use brown bottles rather than green or clear bottles, light can still penetrate through it. With cans, you don't have that problem at all. Beer cans are sealed hermetically, which prevents oxygen from seeping into the beer as well.

Feeding of Empty Cans
Depending on the type of machine the line has and the packager's production demand, this step can be done manually or automatically. For manual and semi-automatic canners, the operator needs to feed the cans into the start of the line by hand.

Rinsing
The empty cans are fed by gravity into a rinsing machine (twist rinser). This machine rotates the cans upside down then sprays the inside with sanitizing water before rotating them back onto their upright position.

Purging of Oxygen
After the rinsing process, the empty cans move to another station where they are cleared of oxygen. This is done by tubes that fill the cans with carbon dioxide.

Filling
Next, the empty cans proceed to the filling station. The can filler's heads descend and dispense the beer product into a certain number of cans. This number depends on the number of heads the machine has.

Sealing
After the filling process, the foaming cans will move under the can sealer's cap chute which deposits a lid on top of the passing cans. Some beer canning lines will use nitrogen filling vacuum sealing machines. These machines push the remaining oxygen out of the filled cans by spraying nitrogen inside them as the lid drops.

Inspection, Post Rinsing, & Drying
The sealed cans will proceed to the inspection unit which will identify under-filled cans and removes them from the conveyor. The properly-filled cans will undergo another rinsing process to rinse off the overflowing beer from their exteriors before proceeding to a blow-off tunnel. In this tunnel, droplets of moisture are blown off from the rinsed cans.

Printing and Labeling
The dried cans are then printed and labeled with the help of can labeling machines. These machines ensure the application of long-lasting prints and wrap-around labels. They also print dates, batch codes, and others to the cans.

Final Packaging
For small productions, the operator manually applies plastic rings on top of the cans in 4 or 6 packs. For bigger enterprises, a machine automatically does this. Then, these are manually packed into boxes or using a packing machine. These boxes are then palletized and are now ready for delivery.