subject: Paste Filling Machine [print this page] Paste filling machine is similar to juice filling machine apart for that it fills in paste products instead of juice products. Paste filling machine finds its application mainly in honey filling, vinegar and fruit pulp and fruit syrup filling. Food pastes such as ginger paste, garlic paste, ghee filling, curd filling, ice-cream filling, butter filling, cake paste filling, mayonnaise filling etc. are all done with the help of the paste filling machine. This paste filling machine also finds its application in filling of ointments. Even medicines that are in the form of pastes are filled with the help of this machine. It also helps in filling gum and other adhesives such as paint products, fevicol filling, resin filling, and rubber adhesive filling and so on.
Paste filling machine is of two types: Mechanized paste filling machine and Manual paste filling machine. Mechanized paste fillers are costly whereas the manually operated machines are affordable with comparatively low costs. Hand operator paste filling machine is one type of manually operated paste filling machine. This machine is suitable for a person who is a starter and has low investment. It is easily affordable for anyone who has less initial capital to invest. This machine works on the principle on which a syringe works. It consists of a strong bracket, a hopper, a fill barrel piston or a syringe arrangement, and a hand operating lever. Main advantage of this machine is its low cost and easiness in operation. Table top models weighing less than 20 kilograms are available in the market which also facilitates easy transport of this machine.
Another common type of filling machine used is the semi-automatic paste filling machine. This is although not fully automatic, but it facilitates certain processes to be done easily and quickly. It has a heavy duty piston type filler with accurate filling and weighing. It also has a heating arrangement in hopper for hot filling process. This machine is synchronized with conveyor and a stopper so that it automatically stops when the containers are not available for filling and thus wastage of products is considerably reduced.
Automatic paste filling machines are also available which facilitates easy filling of pastes within no time. These machines are costly. It also has Volumetric filling drip free nozzles with clean cut off during filling. Fully automatic machines can fill up to 100 bottles in one minute. These machines are capable of weighing, filling and even capping of containers and are easy to use. One main disadvantage of these machines is that both initial cost and maintenance cost is very high. Pneumatic paste filling machines are the modern type of paste filling machines. There are various companies manufacturing paste filling machines. When you are buying a paste filling machine try to look out of the quality of the machine other than the machine price.
