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INTRODUCTION
The demand for mineral water is increasing at a rapid rate, as people become more health conscious and take precautions against water borne diseases.
Bottled mineral water provides easy transportability and assured water quality. THE PROJECT INVOLVES MACHINERY FOR
• PURIFYING WATER
• BOTTLE MANUFACTURING.
• BOTTLING PURIFIED WATER.
• LABELLING CAPACITY
The plant is being designed for minimum economically viable capacity, such that the capital outlay is optimized.
The capacity of the various units are as under:
- Purification: 1000 litrers / hour i.e. 8000 litres / 8 hour shift
- Bottle Manufacturing: 550 Bottles per hour per machine. 2 nos. machines will give 1100 bottles per hour i.e. 8800 bottles per 8 hour shift.
- Bottling : 24 Bottles per minute of 1000 ml. i.e. 1440 Bottles / hour i.e. 11520 Bottles per 8 hour shift.
- Labelling : Heat Shrink Tunnel would handle 1000 Bottles per hour.
All the 4 capacities have been nearly matched - for any adjustments some of the machines can be run for longer duration. PROCESS FLOW
The plant has 6 components :
1] Purification: Water received from the external source is passed through the purification plant and stored in a stainless steel tank. Thereafter it is fed to the bottling section - and continuos operation achieved.
2] Bottle Manufacturing: Pet preforms are blown into bottles and a sufficient number of bottles, say 1000 nos., kept ready while the machine continues to produce more during the shift , when the bottling has been started.
3] Rinsing - Filling - Capping: The bottles are fed into the machine which automatically rinses, fills and screws the cap on it. Caps are stamped with the date of manufacture and expiry before being put into the hopper for screwing on to the bottle.
4] Labeling: We are proposing use of heat shrink labels and tamper evident heat shrink sleeve on the neck of each bottle.
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