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5 REASONS WHY YOU CAN RELY ON US FOR YOURPRODUCTION NEEDS

With the diversity of home care products and the constant drive for innovation, selecting the right packaging

equipment that complies with tomorrow’s requirements is of extreme importance.

Whether you need a complete packaging line for

standard high volume products or for small batches

of different products, our experience in modular

packaging lines means we adapt to meet

your individual needs.

Your customers expect the best out of your products,

and it is for this reason that we strive to maintain

consistent quality throughout the packaging process.

For over 40 years, Serac has been designing,

manufacturing and selling packaging machinery

for household products worldwide. This long-standing

experience expresses itself in the high reliability

and productivity of our packaging solutions.

92% OF OUR CUSTOMERS

WOULD RECOMMEND US TO THEIR BUSINESS PARTNERS*

*Independent customer survey over 241 users of Serac machines (2013).

1 - CHOICE

3 - SAVINGS

4 - FLEXIBILITY2 - EXPERIENCE

5 - AVAILABILITY

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A LARGE CHOICEOF FILLING MACHINES

As a leading manufacturer in the industry, we have developed solutions to our customers production requirements

for all liquid detergents in all types of containers.

FROM 600 TO 36,000 CONTAINERS PER HOUR

Highly compact, 2m² mono-operator filler-capperfor up to 600 bottles per hour.

High visibility washing-up liquid filler-capper.

Bleach and acid cleaners filler-capperwith corrosion-proof material.

Fully enclosed filler-capper to prevent spread of harmful vapors.

Integrated unscrambler +filler+ capper for up to 25%of floor space gain.

MODULAR

SAFE

DURABLE

ACCESSIBLE

COMPACT

The flexible Serac systems adapt

to a wide variety of container shapes

and volumes. For example, the same

machine can be used to fill

containers ranging from 500 ml

to 10 liters or more.

MACHINE TYPE (SAMPLE)Indicative output

(1 liter/hour)50 ml to 2 L

0,05 qt to 1,8 qt2 L to 5 L

1,8 qt to 4,5 qt> 5 L

> to 4,5 qt

SEMI AUTOMATIC LINE 700 a a a

R1B1/700 600 a a

R6/720 3 000 a a a

R12/720 6 000 a a

R8/1080 7 500 a a

R16/720 8 000 a

R12/1620 11 000 a a

R24/1080 12 000 a

R30/1080 15 000 a

R36/1620 21 000 a

R20/2160 22 000 a a

R45/1620 24 000 a

R60/2160 36 000 + a

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40 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN HOME CAREPRODUCTS PACKAGING

Whether your products are shear sensitive, viscous, foamy, abrasive or corrosive, we have designed specific solutions

to ensure highly accurate and fast filling.

Your product is tested in our laboratories to assess its specific

filling attributes (viscosity, foam factor, corrosiveness,

abrasiveness, homogeneity, flammability, sensitivity

to temperature etc.).

Based upon this analysis, our experts will determine

the ideal filling solution.

MORE THAN

3,000 PRODUCTS

TYPES VALIDATED

IN OUR DATABASE.

For PET containers with homogeneous weight, NET WEIGHT BOOST greatly speeds-up filling,

by removing the tarring time.

For chlorine bleach and acid cleaners, we replace 304 stainless steel with Corrosion Resistant material like

polyethylene, polypropylene, titanium or hastelloy.

For highly foamy liquids such as floor cleaners or window cleaners, the Serac MULTIFLOW® nozzles ensure trouble-free and anti-foam filling, with electronic

modulation of nozzles opening and closing..

3X LESS FOAM15% FASTER FILLING

10X EXTENTED LIFE TIME3X FASTER CLEANING

For large fabric care containers, off-set IPTOR filling nozzles enable to reducethe tank size and speed up draining and cleaning operations.

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COST SAVINGSWITH WEIGH FILLING

Of the utmost reliability and precision, Serac net weigh fillers prevent costly overfilling of expensive products.

Our net weight fillers can be expected to save considerable amount of product through reduced product giveaway on

account of high fill accuracy:the average fill is automatically adjusted with an accuracy of 0.1g.

Initialisation mode: at the beginning of any new

production, the «Initialisation» mode will slow down

the filling turet during one revolution and calculate

the force fill factor to define the closing time

for each nozzle.

Monitoring mode: the «Monitoring» is factory set

to start every hour for 7 revolutions in order

to fine tune the closing point at best in case of

variations of the containers or product characteristics.

Net weight boost: when the difference of weight

between two containers is negligeable (most plastic

containers case) the output can be increased

by choosing to replace the tarring time by extra

filling time.

Filling by weight gives high flexibility gain

as it is insensitive to temperature, viscosity

or air content.

THE SAVINGS OFTEN

COMPLETELY OFFSET THE PRICE

OF THE MACHINE IN A FEW

YEARS OF OPERATION.

STANDARD DEVIATION

OF LESS THAN 1G PER KG

SAVINGS WITH HIGH FILLING ACCURACY

Forceapplied onthe load cell

Force fill factor

Time

Target weight

Introductionog the container

(taring)

Filling and control phasespermanent check for

the closing point

Monitoring phaseAjustement

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Weight filling is the only filling technology that controls the amount of product as it fills the bottle, not after!

The FCS+ HMI offers multiple dosing modes for the most accurate filling. It is 100% built, tested and enhanced for Serac machines.

Our machines are built to last and integrate proven, long-lasting technology and materials with low maintenance.

The solid structure reduces vibrations, increases accuracy and provides a safe production environment

for your operators.Serac net weight filling machines are work horses which run on a

trouble free basis with practically no maintenance:

» Easy cleaning with minimum water with no hooks or corners

for any product to get entrapped

» No rubber seals are used in general and sealing is through

metal to metal contact.

» The machine design permits easy access for maintenance

as well as for cleaning and complete washing down.

AN AVERAGE LIFETIME OF OVER 20 YEARSEASY MAINTENANCEAT LOW COST

As a standard, the machines are built completely in stainless steel (or adapted materials such as titanium or hastelloy).

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COST SAVINGSWITH WEIGH FILLING

Serac solutions are adapted to stringent regulations for the

treatment of effluents.

» CIP system cdesigned to remove all product traces with

minimal use of cleaning solution, both inside and outside

of the tank (scales, table, filling nozzles).

» Closed loop “dry” cleaning with automatic placement of

collectors under the filling nozzles..

» Adapted tanks with short product circuit for less use of

cleaning solution and less effluent.

REDUCE EFFLUENTS AND WATER USAGE

Brushless or pneumatic, we can advise you on the best driving technology to suit your application:

» Standard round caps

» Complex caps with orientation

» Complex caps with position control

» Traceability and capping quality reports

» Torque: up to 80 cm. daN

» Push effort: up to 35 daN

» Output per head: up to 35 strokes

FLEXIBLECAPPING

The wide range of caps and capping techniques required for product differentiation on the market pushes

manufacturers to rely more and more on modular and versatile cappers.

All our cappers are designed to ensure:

» Excellent repeatability and homogeneity of the capping torques at all speeds

» Quick format changeover with no tools required

» High versatility to multiple capping needs

» Reliable and smooth cap handling with no rotation during pick-up

» No manual torque adjustments with centralization on the HMI

WE DESIGN AND ASSEMBLE OUR OWN CAPPING TURRETS TO FIT YOUR NEEDS AND FULLY CONTROL THE MAINTENANCE

Our e-TCS brushless cappers are best suited for high-speed oriented screw or push-on applications with traceability

of the actual torque.

Our new pneumatic TCS4 turret can integrate corrosion resistant materials for chlorine bleach and acid cleaners.

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HIGH MACHINEAVAILABILITY

To remain competitive, manufacturers need to avoid carrying large inventories while offering wide product ranges,

which necessarily implies frequent change-overs. Serac innovative technologies reduce non production time (cleaning,

format change etc.) so that your machine is up and running quickly for new productions.100% QUALITY BOTTLES «OUT»

With the RCS system, you can be confident that each

bottle that goes out of the filler is properly filled

and capped. Non quality containers are automatically

deviated to a secondary conveyor. This drastically

increases your production output, with no

slowdowns, no stops and no human intervention to

remove the faulty containers. The RCS system can be

coupled with a vision system to detect color, shape

and markings.

Rejection Control System.

FAST PROBLEM RESOLUTION

Quality and traceability reports help production

managers achieve maximum production efficiency.

FCS+ continuously collects production indicators, which

can be used to supervise, analyze and report on Serac

packaging line directly from a web browser.

Production managers can check in real time

the production status, identify causes of production

downtime and access historical production reports.

For day-to-day operations, FCS+ is the ideal tool to

quickly identify the root cause of production anomalies.

Track production Quality, remotely from your desk.

30% TIME SAVINGS IN TANK CLEANING

To accelerate the gravity flow, we equip our machines

with additional vaccum pumps and draining pipes.

Serac Clean in Place systems are designed to remove

all product traces with minimal use of cleaning

solution, both inside and outside of the tank

(scales, table, filling nozzles).

Compact pressurized tank to speed up cleaning cycles.

AUTOMATED PRODUCT CHANGE-OVER

With the new version of LV3 nozzle, there is no need

to compromise between foamy and viscous products

on the same filling line.

The operator simply selects the product & package from

the machine interface to adjust the filling cycles.

There is no calibration required, no settings to alter and

downtime is considerably reduced.

FORMAT CHANGE-OVER IN LESS THAN 15 MINUTES

Serac uses the Single Minute Exchange of Die –SMED-

methodology to optimize both the accuracy of machine

settings and the change-over speed.

» No “trial & error” settings necessary

» No tools

» Quick identification using color codes

» Made of HDPE or stainless steel

Mutliflow nozzles and FCS+ HMI are the ideal combination for easy filling of foamy products.

Plug-on: Ultra-rapid container circulation tool change system.

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