Filling Machines

Filling methods, and what decides between them

Servo piston fillers — A metered piston stroke fills by displacement — the standard choice for viscous pastes, creams and sauces where fill volume must hold across batch changes.
Gear-pump and timed-flow fillers — Volumetric metering for free-flowing liquids; gear pumps hold accuracy on thinner products and repeat the same volume without a product-specific piston size.
Auger (powder) and specialty fillers — Powders meter by auger tooling against bulk density, and granules or corrosive products move into weight-loss or specialty concepts — matched product-by-product.

The deciding inputs are the same across methods: product form and viscosity (or particle size), fill volume or range per container, container drawing and material, and target output with shift pattern. Our longer guides cover the trade-offs in detail:

Method descriptions above are cross-checked against the manufacturer parameter tables behind our published fillers — ZONESUN and Cleveland Equipment — and against our own published guides. Model-level performance figures are not asserted from marketing pages; they come only from a machine's own parameter table, and catalogue speeds are condition-dependent (material, bottle size), not guaranteed output.

Published machines in this family

Both standalone fillers are published with field-level sourced specifications (fill range, speed, power, dimensions traced to the manufacturer parameter table); one carries owner-confirmed measured output, 316L contact parts and an FOB price band, the other a published cash price — each on its own page. Powder filling is its own family with a published auger powder filler.

What we need to quote a filler

Product form and viscosity (or particle size for particulates)
Fill volume or range per container
Container drawing or dimensions, and material
Target output and shift pattern

Scope, limits and what stays unconfirmed

We map product form, viscosity or particle behaviour, fill volume, container and target output before recommending a filling family. Powder flow, bulk density, dust control and dose range determine whether a powder-filling concept is workable.

When this applies

You know the product (or can send data on viscosity, particles or corrosiveness) and the container it goes into.
You have a target output in units per minute or per shift, even an approximate one.
You are comparing filling concepts — servo piston, gear pump, timed flow — rather than asking for one specific model.

Limits

Catalogue speeds are condition-dependent (material and bottle size), not guaranteed output.
Fill accuracy below ±0.5% generally needs a trial with your actual product; it is not asserted from a datasheet.
Corrosive or solvent-bearing products narrow the safe equipment set — confirm before quoting.

What you get

A written machine shortlist with the assumptions stated
A side-by-side specification comparison drawn from sourced parameter tables
A supplier question list covering the points the datasheets do not answer

Verified so far

Two filling models are published with field-level sourced specifications (fill range, speed, power, dimensions each traced to the manufacturer parameter table).
One model carries owner-confirmed measured output (40–60 bottles/min at stated viscosity conditions), filling accuracy, 316L contact parts and an FOB price band.
One model carries a published cash price ($7,255) alongside its sourced specs.

Still unconfirmed

Lead time is confirmed for one model only (25–35 days); the rest remain quotation items.
Site installation, commissioning and operator training are not part of the stated service scope.

Confirm before quoting

Product and container material must be confirmed for every project.
Contact-part finish and cleanability are quote-confirmed.
Fill accuracy and repeatability require a product-specific trial.

Buyer question

What should I provide for a filling-machine shortlist? Product form, viscosity or particle size, fill range, container drawing and target output.

Supply through own production plus outsourcing

PackHub fulfils filling requirements through own production plus a vetted outsourcing network, so the family is not capped by a single factory floor. Standalone fillers, powder-filling tooling and complete filling stations inside a monoblock line are all quotable; whichever factory builds it, PackHub stays the one counterparty for specification verification, pre-shipment inspection and export.