Portavin offers experience and expertise in Mobile Wine Bottling in Australia since 1988. Portavin WA Mobile, operates two lines in the Western Australian wine industry.

Our mobile bottling service takes care of all your bottling needs at your winery. You have a choice of bottling line sizes for full flexibility of bottle shape and size, batch size and property access. Semi-trailers are used for larger production runs.

Line7 is a 3,000 bottle per hour “state of the art” Italian MBF high speed automated bottling line fitted with latest technology PLC controls and inert gas protection.

Line1 is a 1,500 bottle per hour fill only machine with the ability to handle the smallest of wine volumes.

All equipment and procedures are backed by HACCP and SQF2000 accreditations and our staff committed to ensuring your bottling meets the highest expectations.

Services include:

• Bottle Rinsing
• Low Vacuum Filling
• Corking Or Screw-Capping
• External Bottle Washing And Drying
• Capping With PVC or Tin Caps
• Self Adhesive Labelling
• Bottle Coding
• Case Sealing
• Carton Coding

• Fill
• Screw cap or cork
• Pack into cartons or bins
• Pack onto pallets

• Fill
• Screw cap or cork, PVC or Tin cap application
• Label
• Pack into cartons or bins
• Carton print
• Pack onto pallets

135 (cork), 100 (screw)

Max. 1,500bph.

Factors that can potentially reduce production rates include screw closure application, wine temperature, wine CO2 levels and non-standard packaging configurations.

• 375ml Punted Claret, Punted Burgundy and Riesling.
   
• 750ml Riesling.
   
• 750ml Burgundy: Lightweight, Punted and Premium.
   
• 750ml Claret: Lightweight, Punted, Premium, Super Premium and Reverse Taper.
   
• 750ml Dump Port.
   
• 1,000ml Punted Claret.
   
• 1,500ml Punted Claret and Punted Burgundy.
   
• Other bottles to those noted, including imported, may be possible and samples will need to be submitted to ensure compatibility.

• 375ml Punted Claret, Punted Burgundy and Riesling.
   
• 750ml Riesling.
   
• 750ml Burgundy: Lightweight, Punted and Premium.
   
• 750ml Claret: Lightweight, Punted, Premium, Super Premium and Reverse Taper.
   
• 750ml Dump Port.
   
• 1,000ml Punted Claret.
   
• 1,500ml Punted Claret and Punted Burgundy.
   
• Other bottles to those noted above, including imported, may be possible and samples will need to be submitted to ensure compatibility.

Complete bottling line dimensions: 11.4m overall length, 3.7m wide, 3.9m high.

• Internal Bottle Rinser - Inverted bottle rinsing using filtered UV sterilized water.
   
• Filling La Girondine
   
• 9 head low vacuum filler using carbon dioxide or nitrogen for inert gas protection.
   
• 1 head corker either carbon dioxide or nitrogen injection, suitable for natural, agglomerate or synthetic corks.
   
• 1 head screw cap applicator able to apply either 30x 60mm or 30 x 45mm screw closures.
   
• Bottle printer- ink jet 32 character capacity (Note: julian date and time =13 characters) to apply a small identification code at base of bottle for traceability.
   
• Carton Packing (if requested) - Tape.
   
• Carton Printing (if requested) - 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.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
   

Complete bottling line dimensions:
19.4m overall length, 4.2m wide, 4.4m high.

• Filling MBF Synchrofill monoblock.
   
• Inverted bottle rinsing using filtered UV sterilized water.
   
• 18 head low vacuum filler using carbon dioxide or nitrogen for inert gas protection.
   
• 3 head vacuum corker with headspace evacuation and either carbon dioxide or nitrogen injection, suitable for natural, agglomerate or synthetic corks.
   
• 3 head screw cap applicator able to apply 30x 60 screw closures. Soon to also apply internal thread (WAK) closures.
   
• Bottle printer- ink jet 32 character capacity (Note: julian date and time =13 characters) to apply a small identification code at base of bottle for traceability.
   
• Capsule applicator- Robino and Galandrino.
  • 2 head heat shrink for PVC capsules.
  • 2 head spin on for Tin or Polylaminate capsules.
     
• Labeller - PE Master 3 head for pressure sensitive (self adhesive) labels, applies sets of 3 labels, including front, back, split front, medals, neck labels and cigar band type labels.
   
• Carton Packing - either hot melt glue or tape.
   
• 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.

Series of electronic detection devises for:

• Fill level inspection
• Missing cork/screw closure inspection
• Missing capsule inspection

• 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 - Image 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.

Gold Medallions:

• Line 7 can apply gold medallions There are some differences in the application with each of our machines, please contact our office for exact details.

Web / Roll:

• Front & back labels must be on different webs since each web is applied in separate heads.
• For mobile lines, webs must be wound so that the left edge of the label is leading,
• Maximum roll diameter = 290mm
• Roll core diameter = 76mm

Adhesives:

• Strong (cold temp type) adhesives are recommended particularly for humid conditions, even though repositionable adhesives are compatible with our machinery.

Casual Labour

• Portavin can organise casual labour if required.