DESIGN AND FABRICATION OF SEMISOLID FILLING MACHINE

In industries filling machines are used for packaging, mainly for food or beverage but also for other products. These are used to fill either in bottles or covers, depending on the product. Filling of liquids is easy when compared to semi liquids like cosmetic cold creams, petroleum jelly, heavy lubricant oils and greases.

No one type of filling machine can handle all liquids in all industries. For example, a machine that fills cool drinks/water cannot fill heavy oils/petroleum jelly. Although there are many different types of filling technologies, there are relatively few that are cost effective to own and operate. The choice of filling machine depends on the range of viscosities, temperature, chemical compatibility and hazardous environment considerations.

This project deals with lower capacity filling machine used by small to medium sized companies typically found only in the mass marketing industry. For example, in a company where manual operation is done for filling petroleum jelly involves more labour and time with less production rate. This problem can be overcome by implementing a filling machine to increase production rate and reduce production time where mass production is required.

The advantage of this type of filing machine is that involves conventional mechanical technology that is easy to understand for most users. It is also the most cost effective, accurate and fastest way to fill semi liquid products.