Current trends and technical developments from the Wangen-based specialist for format flexible cup and bucket filling machines to be shown at the GRUNWALD Alm in Cologne
“This is the place to be!” is the symbolic statement of Managing Director Ralf Müller on the machines to be exhibited and what visitors may expect at the almost legendary green GRUNWALD Alm.
Two rotary-type GRUNWALD-ROTARY cup fillers will be the centre of attention at the 170 sqm booth. Equipped with state-of-the-art and future-oriented filling technology, the machine manufacturer from southern Germany will be showcasing trends and technical developments that are in high demand among customers in the dairy industry and are well received by production managers due to their great flexibility. It has always been important to Grunwald to develop machine concepts that enable customers to react in a very quick and flexible way to the diverse requirements of the markets.
Exhibition machines
The 3-lane rotary-type machine GRUNWALD-ROTARY 20.000UC was designed for filling dairy products. Its ultraclean technology easily meets maximum hygiene requirements. This machine can handle both cups of standard sizes and 1 kg buckets with handles. Depending on the product, the production speed amounts up to 7,500 cups/h.
The second, technically sophisticated and high-quality filling machine is the 4-lane rotary-type machine GRUNWALD-ROTARY 20.000E. “E” stands for extra class in the development of cup fillers from Grunwald. This top class, compact machine offers maximum flexibility and high performance with a small footprint. This machine is a high-performance cup filling machine that will fit in almost any production hall.
Performance and flexibility are its outstanding features. Depending on the product, up to 10,000 square or round cups can be handled. The machine concept considers the filling of liquid to pasty dairy products such as yoghurt and fruit preparations. By using a mobile chamber filler this machine can be extended to fill non-pumpable, dry products, such as cereals and toppings, with a filling volume of 20 – 60 ml. This chamber filler can be disconnected very easily from the docking station of the GRUNWALD-ROTARY 20.000E in a few simple steps and cleaned externally. The machine also considers a free space to retrofit the machine for “swirl” filling to allow for absolute and future oriented flexibility of this machine concept with the filling of products.
Strategic and visionary thinking
The customers’ demands on high machine availability, quick format and product changes, optimisation of costs and high level of experience as well as easy operation of such technically sophisticated filling machines are still the centre of attention of the Wangen-based mechanical engineering company.
The trade fair team in Cologne will present the corresponding research and development work that may be expected in 2024, including new machine concepts that will be presented during the “Grundwald Dairy Days” in Wangen in autumn. Grunwald already mentioned the following five highlights:
UNIVERSAL high-performance rotary-type machines
For the first time a cup filler in ultraclean design will be shown that has a performance which has never before been achieved with a rotary-type machine: 21,000 single cups/h. This machine can handle both single cups and different multi-chamber cups. This universal high-performance cup filler also offers 2x6-lane design, packaging material sterilisation ≥ LOG 4, aseptic design and the option of steam sterilisation for filling various dairy products in single cups and different multi-chamber cups.
In addition, the following bucket filler will be on display:
Universal high-performance rotary-type bucket filler in ultraclean design with packaging material sterilisation ≥ LOG 4, aseptic design and the option of steam sterilisation for filling pH neutral dairy products. The filling performance is up to 1,200 buckets/h resp. 7,800 kg/h with 5 resp. 10 kg buckets.
High-performance inline machines:
Grunwald has also developed an 8-lane inline machine with integrated packer in ultraclean design with packaging material sterilisation ≥ LOG 4, aseptic design and the option of steam sterilisation for filling various dairy products that will be shown at the exhibition. In addition, this machine considers ergonomic storage systems for packaging materials and maximum storage time for user friendly one-man operation. The production speed is up to 20,000 cups/h.
Two inline high-performance filling machines with production speeds of up to 40,000 cups/h for the accurate filling of different dairy products will be on display. They are in 2x8-lane design and are equipped with an integrated packer as well as packaging material sterilisation systems.
To the press compartment of GRUNWALD GMBH
