Vicanpack filling machines cover liquid, paste, powder, and granule products packed into bottles, jars, cans, tins, and other rigid containers. The product determines the filling method: piston and pump fillers suit water, oil, sauces, detergent, and creams; auger systems handle milk powder, spices, and other fine powders; weighing systems measure rice, beans, tea, nuts, and similar granules.

A filling machine can work on its own or become part of a filling line with bottle feeding, capping, can seaming, labeling, coding, and weight checking. Vicanpack supplies different filling line machine configurations for food, beverage, daily chemical, and related production, with the filling range, number of heads, conveyor layout, and downstream equipment matched to the actual container and output requirement.

Choosing a filling machine starts with two questions: what are you filling, and what container are you filling it into?

Vicanpack supplies filling equipment for liquids, powders, granules and solid products packed in bottles, jars, cans, tins, buckets and cups. Machines range from standalone fillers to complete filling lines with container feeding, capping, sealing, labeling and coding.

A water bottle line and a milk powder canning line may use similar conveyors, but the filling section works completely differently. Product characteristics decide the dosing method, while the container decides how the line feeds, positions and closes each package.

Liquid Filling Machine

Liquid fillers handle products ranging from water and juice to oil, detergent, shampoo, honey and sauce.

Thin liquids may use gravity, pump or flow-meter filling. Thick products usually need piston or suitable pump systems. Foaming liquids, products with particles and corrosive chemicals require different nozzle and contact-part designs.

Powder Filling Machine

Powders such as milk powder, protein powder, flour, coffee powder and seasoning commonly use auger filling.

Powder density, dust level, filling weight and container opening all affect auger size and filling speed.

Granule Filling Machine

Rice, beans, tea leaves, nuts, candy and other granules can use multihead weighers, linear weighers or volumetric dosing systems.

Weight-based systems suit products where portion accuracy matters, while volumetric filling works with many uniform free-flowing products.

A standalone filler handles the dosing stage. A filling line connects several packaging steps so containers continue through production after filling.

A typical bottle line may follow:

Container Feeding → Filling → Cap Feeding → Capping → Labeling → Coding → Collection

Can and tin projects may replace capping with seaming. Bucket lines may use lid placement and pressing. Some projects also add weighing, induction sealing, metal detection or case packing.

Vicanpack selects each filling line machine according to the actual container and process rather than using the same equipment list for every project.

Container shape can change the complete line layout.

Plastic bottles may need an unscrambler before filling. Glass jars require stable conveyor transfers. Metal cans often need a seamer after filling. Large buckets require stronger positioning and lid-pressing equipment. Cups may need film sealing instead of capping.

Before selecting a line, check:

• Container dimensions and opening size
• Filling weight or volume
• Cap, lid or sealing method
• Required containers per minute
• Number of container formats
• Label type
• Available production space

These details matter more than choosing a machine from the product name alone.

For most projects, start with the product.

For liquids: provide viscosity, filling temperature, whether the product foams and whether it contains particles.

For powders: provide density, flow characteristics, dust level and target filling weight.

For granules: provide product size, shape, weight range and whether pieces break easily.

Then confirm the container and required output.

For example, the same coffee product may need an auger filler for ground coffee, a weighing system for coffee beans or another setup for coffee capsules. “Coffee filling machine” alone does not give enough information to choose the equipment.

Factories do not always need a complete new line.

Vicanpack can supply one filling machine for an existing conveyor, add capping and labeling equipment after a current filler, or plan a complete line from empty-container feeding to finished-product discharge.

Common line equipment includes:

• Container unscramblers and feeding tables
• Liquid, powder or granule fillers
• Cap and lid feeders
• Capping and pressing machines
• Can seamers
• Induction sealers
• Labeling machines
• Coding equipment
• Checkweighers
• Cartoning and case packing machines

If you already have machines in production, send their conveyor height, running direction and actual speed. This helps determine how the new equipment should connect.

What is a filling machine?

A filling machine measures a product and dispenses it into a container such as a bottle, jar, can, bucket or cup. The dosing method changes according to whether the product is liquid, powder or granule.

What is the difference between a filling machine and a filling line?

A filling machine mainly performs the dosing and filling step. A filling line combines the filler with other equipment such as container feeding, capping, sealing, labeling and coding.

Can one filling line handle different container sizes?

Yes, when the containers remain within the machine's adjustment range. Large changes in bottle shape, neck size, cap type or container diameter may require additional change parts.

What information does Vicanpack need to recommend a machine?

Send the product name, filling amount, container dimensions, cap or lid type and required production speed. Product and container photos or samples help us narrow down the machine configuration faster.