When George Newman from the Gottfried Krueger Brewing Company developed the first beverage can in 1935 and filled it with beer for the first time, he could hardly have imagined that his invention would become an international triumph.

We now couldn‘t picture our supermarket shelves without it, with 300 billion cans sold a year. No other packaging has proved such an immediate success or fires such a wide range of emotions among consumers. The can is a lifestyle product and an expression of a way of life which is marked by a sense of freedom and uniqueness. It celebrates its 80th birthday this year – and is still surprisingly wrinkle free. KHS competence pays tribute to the lightweight in this special section. Besides introducing you to some interesting facts on its history we will also be presenting you with the full spectrum of flexible, trend-setting filling and packaging technology from KHS.

Canning expertise in detail – Future oriented and sustainable

The demands made of today‘s high-performance can filling and packaging lines are both varied and complex. The beverage must not only be hygienically filled to perfection; great flexi­bility regarding can formats and styles is just as important, as is a system which is future oriented and thus saves on resources – and comes complete with an excellent service package.

KHS Innopal LD bulk depalletizer

Special features

  • Output of up to 450depalletized layers per hour
  • Optional: fully automatic disposal of pallets, pallet liners and top frames

Sustainability

  • Servotechnology, efficient energy management 
    Benefit: electricity consumption cut by up to 30%*

Service extras

  • Long maintenance intervalsthrough use of geared belts,maintenance-free bearings and rollers


* Compared to other systems common to the market.

KHS Innocheck ECI empty can inspector

Special features

  • Rejection system for high-performance operation with a servodrive
  • Reliable rejection of damaged and deformed cans for high line availability
  • Can be flexibly expanded thanks to the modular design (to include code inspection, for example)

  Sustainability

  • Combination of empty can and code inspection possible (BBD/product code)
    Benefit: up to 50% lower investment costs as no secondcoder required

Service extras

  • Virtual maintenance management
    Benefit: up to 25% less maintenanceeffort and higher line availability thanks to minimum downtime

KHS Innofill Can DVD can filler

Special features

  • Hygienic design consistently further developed
    Benefit: significant savings in cleaning media and consumables

Sustainability

  • Up to 50% lower residual oxygen content
  • Up to 30% less CO₂ consumed
    Benefit: resources saved and maximum product quality assured

Service extras

  • Maintenance now only every two years through installation of much longer lasting components and/or suitable design engineering
    Benefit: annual inspection no longer necessary; costs saved

KHS Innocheck FMS filler management

Special features

  • Intelligent filler management system monitors the entire filling and seaming process
  • Process optimized and downtimes minimized through statistical data processing

Sustainability

  • Increased line efficiency and optimized filling process through control functions
    Benefit: up to 30% less operator involvement thanks tomultiple application system
    Benefit: up to 25% less mainte-nance effort through menu-driven maintenance concept

Service extras

  • Virtual maintenance management
    Benefit: up to 25% less maintenanceeffort and higher line availability thanks to minimum downtime

60KHS Innopack Kisters TSP tray shrink packer

Special features

  • Modular system permits optimum configuration of KHS packing systems
    Benefit: application as required
  • Film spreading with a microporousdiverter rail*
    Benefit: up to 90% compressed air saved (certified by TÜV)

Sustainability

  • TÜV-approved, gas-drivenshrink tunnel
    Benefit: up to 50% lower energy costs,up to 60% fewer CO₂ emissions

Service extras

  • Gas porous burners can be retrofitted into all standard tray shrink, pad shrink and shrink packers in the Basic and Advanced serie
  • The customer must only provide a gas connection and no additional inlet air and/or exhaust systems
    Benefit: energy and emissions saved, also after packaging


* Optional.

KHS Innopal RG articulated robot

Special features

  • Modular system with up to three robotsOptional: fully automatic disposal ofpallets and pallet liners
    Benefit: flexible project planning
  • With just two units the robot manages the hourly capacities a classic linear system only achieves with three modules
    Benefit: depending on the output range fewer modules are required compared to a linear system, thus considerably saving on space and cost

Sustainability

  • Up to 70,000 hours of production
    Benefit: high line availability
  • Minimum use of lubricants
    Benefit: significant savings in consumables

Service extras

  • Lubrication and maintenance work every10,000 or 20,000 hours
    Benefit: maintenance effort reduced by up to 70% compared to classic linear system

KHS Innopal PB 1 HSS palletizer

Special features

  • Up to 750 layers per hour at a high-level pack infeed
    Benefit: palletizing system up to 20% faster*
  • High level of automation (such as format changeovers, supplies and discharge of pallets and pallet liners)
    Benefit: high line availability
  • Closed pusher plate system for transferring product layers to the pallet
    Benefits: maintenance free, low wear and very gentle to products

Sustainability

  • Use of servomotors with energy management
    Benefit: up to 30% less electricity consumed*

Service extras

  • Consistent use of geared belts,maintenance-free bearings and reducednumber of moving parts
    Benefit: less servicing effort.


* Compared to other systems common to the market.

** Based on costs and media.

KHS Innopas C tunnel pasteurizer

Special features

  • Maximum accessibility and visibility
  • Exact calculation of temperature and PU values based on real measurements

Sustainability

  • Simulation enables optimum process to be selected in advance**
  • Integration of various heat and cooling sources possible

KHS Innopro KZE C flash pasteurizer

Special features

  • Adaptable PU and temperature control for safe and constant product quality and gentle pasteurization
  • Buffer tank for sustained, constant production

Sustainability

  • Flexible incorporation into existing line concepts and new systems to use external sources of heat
  • Beer loss practically fully eliminated thanks to product tracking throughout the entire pasteurization process