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11/13/2012

Mark of distinction for KHS Innofill Glass filler platform

Innofill Glass DRS-ZMS selected for Pack Innovation area at Emballage 2012 trade show The success story of the Innofill Glass platform system, which recently launched the next generation of KHS glass bottle fillers, continues. At the Emballage 2012 trade show the Innofill Glass DRS-ZMS is to be presented in the special Pack Innovation exhibition area. A jury of trade journalists specifically elected the innovative filler concept, equipped with the computer-controlled, DRS-ZMS pressure filling system for beer and soft drinks, to be included in this exclusive section of the show thanks to its extensive range of customer benefits. The platform-based machine concept convinced the jury with its optimized hygienic design and a whole host of other plus points. These include enhanced filling quality and line availability through short cleaning times, and reduced costs for maintenance, power, water, and cleaning agents. The platform system has been carefully planned right down to the last detail. Its special features include the lightweight construction of the lift cylinder table and tubular ring bowl, the lack of front table, the utilization of modern, wear-free, and lubrication-free components, media feed through hygienic, height-adjustable pantograph joints, easy-mount, compact filling valves, tool-free and thus exceptionally fast format changeovers, a compact, space-saving valve manifold, and targeted simplification yet a lower consumption of water and electricity through implementation of the vacuum pump module concept. Because the system's energy consumption is so outstandingly economical, KHS has received the Energy-efficient System Technology certificate from the independent TÜV SÜD certification authority for its new Innofill Glass DRS-ZMS. Compared to conventional solutions the system now being presented saves approximately 40% on electric drive power consumption and up to 40% on electric power for the vacuum pump, depending on the operating point. The KHS Innofill Glass DRS-ZMS filler series has already proved itself in practical use, with the expected sales figures considerably exceeded within a very short space of time. Countless breweries and soft drinks bottlers worldwide are already relying on this innovative concept. The wine, sparkling wine, and spirits industry has also recently begun to profit from the many advantages of the Innofill Glass, as in it they now have a technical base on which a variety of electronic KHS filling systems can be founded.