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  Cleaning 50ml Glass Bottles

  Posted by dmacnz on March 17, 2022 at 3:36 pm

  Hi,I’m looking for a solution to rinsing 50ml (minibar bottles). I can fill and label over 100 bottles a minute (automated machine), but my “bottleneck” pun intended, is how can I rinse the bottles fast enough.I planned to use a modified water pressure “squirter” into the bottle and then use high-pressure air to blow out the remaining water. However, I don’t think I do 100 bottles a minute by hand!My current plan is to wash the bottles while running the still, allow them to drip dry in some type of rack, and then fill, cap, and label a few hours later. However, this seems to be relatively inefficient.I will be bottling around 2000 bottles a day, with minimal staff.

   

  cru bottling systems replied 2 years, 9 months ago 3 Members · 2 Replies
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  golden beaver distillery

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  March 17, 2022 at 5:14 pm

  Are the bottles dusty inside? If so, sparge them with some high pressure nitrogen and fill. You can get a pony bottle of nitrogen at your local gas supplier / welding supply.

  Another option is to sparge with high proof – evaporates quickly and you can fill immediately. 

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  cru bottling systems

  Member

  April 1, 2022 at 3:07 pm

  Hi dmacnz. We offer rinsers and spargers for bottles down to 50ml. Like Golden Beaver said above, you could either sparge with nitrogen before filling or pre-rinse the bottles with your own product (recycle) before filling. Let me know how we can help – we’d love to work with you guys. Please check our site at crusystems.com to see all of our products with pricing and video demos. 

  We also provide the rest of a mini-bottling line for these mini bottles as as well. 

  Thank you!   -Steve

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