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wine, beer, spirits, olive oil and juice industries. The
company also offers a volumetric filler, level filler,
carbonated beverage counter-pressure bottle filler
and hot fill bottling filler.

“It is more labor-intensive and less costly, and the
production rate ranges from 100 to 200 bottles per
hour,” Silver said about manual fillers.

The next step up is the semi-automatic filler,
which requires some manual manipulation of
When to Upgrade a Bottle-Filling the bottles but automates the fill start-and-stop
sequence. These machines can typically fill between
200 and 500 bottles per hour.
Machine & the Options Available “Small to medium wineries can benefit from

By: Alyssa L. Ochs semi-automatic fillers in achieving an economic and
efficient bottling process,” Silver said. “Even larger
wineries will often utilize a semi-automatic filler for
smaller bottling runs where it is not cost-efficient
to start up a production line.”

For large wineries, fully automated production
lines are the way to go for maximum capacity and
efficiency. However, Silver said that wineries should
be aware that this setup requires a substantial capi-
tal investment and routine maintenance.
Jay Langejans, sales and spirits industry expert for
Fogg Filler Company, told The Grapevine Magazine
that Fogg’s gravity fillers are best for flat wines.
He said its carbonated fillers are best for car-
bonated wines and still and sparkling wines on
the same filler. Fogg filling machines have many
applications, including wine, juice, antifreeze, bot-

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