Portavin Victoria Bottling and Packaging Capabilities:

• Sterile or polish filtration
• Bottle sizes from 187ml to 1.5L
• Bottling line compatible with glass or PET
• Capabilities Bottle inversion and rinsing with filtered SO₂ water maintained at min 50ppm free SO₂
• Bottle inversion and rinsing with filtered SO₂ water maintained at min. 50ppm free SO₂
• N₂ injection to bottle prior to filling, N₂ generated on-site
• Low vacuum filling
• CO₂ injection and vacuum at corking
• Corking with N₂ injection and vacuum
• Screw Capping with N₂ injection
• Capping with PVC, tin or poly-laminates
• Self adhesive labeling (4 heads on each line)
• Case packing using hot-melt glue
• Bottle coding
• Carton print and apply labeling
• Batch coding (Carton and pallet)
• Pick and Place on Line 2
• Automatic palletizing
• Office facilities for visiting winemakers

Static Bottling Line Detail Line 1:

• 4,500 bottles per hour
• Depalletiser
• Filler – MBF Monobloc 20 head rinser, 24 head filler, 3 head corker, 3 head screw capper
• Capsule applicator (tin or PVC) & cap spinner/heat shrinker – Robino & Galandrino
• Labeller – PE, 4 head labeller capable of applying front/back/neck and medallion labels, roll direction 3.

• Coder – Inkjet printer for bottle date and time coding (Julian date/time). Can code both label and bottle at same time.
• Packing – Recopak packer capable of laydown packing (1x6, 2x3, 2x6) and upright packing (6 & 12 pack & 24 pack)
• Inkjet Printer – carton, 32 character per line, max two lines
• Print and Apply labels – 100 x 75mm, 1 per carton
• Palletiser – Scott, capable of automatic pallet packing to common industry standards and slipsheeting.

Bottling Line Detail - Line 2:

• 8,000 bottles per hour
• Depalletiser – Scott
• Rinser – AVE 24 head
• Filler – MBF Monobloc 40 head filler, 4 head screw capper
• Corker – MBF 6 head corker
• Coder – Raymax laser coder (Julian date/time)
• Capsule applicator – Robino & Galandrino, for PVC capsules
• Heat shrinker – Robino & Galandrino for PVC capsules
• Labeller – PE 4 head labeller capable of applying front/back/neck and medallion labels, roll direction 4
• Packing – Samovi Ricart carton erector (6 & 12 pack), pick and place, top seal (hot melt)
• Inkjet Printer – carton, 32 character per line, max two lines
• Print and Apply label – 100 x 75mm, 1 per carton
• Palletiser - Scott, capable of automatic pallet packing to common industry standards and slipsheeting

Batch Coding and Carton Decoration:

• Bottle printer - ink jet 32 character capacity (Note: julian date and time =13 characters) to apply an identification code at base of bottle for traceability.
• Carton Printing - Imaje dot matrix ink jet, single line max 40 characters. Print can be no lower than 75mm from base of carton and no higher than 50mm from top.
• Carton Barcodes - Imaje Thermal Transfer, printed off-line and manually applied to either flat or formed carton. Label dimensions 175mm x 58mm. For recommended positioning of barcode labels please click on this link to see “Carton - Barcode and Text Positioning details".

Clients Requirements:

• All client supplied dry goods to arrive at the bottling facility in the week prior to bottling, at least 5 days before bottling.
• Bulk wine to arrive a minimum of 2 days prior to scheduled bottling date (within specification), and with agreement with Portavin’s Wine Technical Services Manager.