As a client, you are welcome to be present at the time of your bottling and be a part of the process.  We supply work stations and data connections, should you need to plug in your laptop and keep yourself updated with your day job whilst at Portavin Perth.

Portavin Perth Bottling and Packaging Capabilities:

Wine Bottling Line 1 Functions: 

Fill, screw cap or cork, PVC or Tin cap application, label, pack into cartons, print and apply barcodes, carton print, pack onto pallets and apply stretch wrap.

Bottle Sizes: 

• 750ml Riesling.
• 750ml Burgundy: Lightweight, Punted and Premium.
• 750ml Claret: Lightweight, Punted, Premium, Super Premium and Reverse Taper.
• 1,000ml Claret: Punted.
• 1500ml  Claret: Punted.
• 375ml Claret: Punted.
• 375ml Burgundy: Punted.

Other bottles to those noted above, including imported, may be possible and samples will need to be submitted to ensure compatibility.

• PLEASE NOTE: All bottles maximum height 350mm for BVS and cork mouth glass.

Line Speed:

• max. 7,000 bottles per hour.
• Factors that can potentially reduce production rates include screw closure application, wine temperature, wine CO2 levels and non-standard packaging configurations.

Equipment:

• Depalletising:  APSOL - fully automated.  Pallets of more than 4 layers or some reverse taper glass must be manually depalletised.

• Filling: MBF Synchrofill.
  • Inverted bottle rinsing using filtered UV sterilized water.
  • 30 head low vacuum filler using carbon dioxide or nitrogen for inert gas protection.
  • 6 head vacuum corker with headspace evacuation and either carbon dioxide or nitrogen injection,   suitable for natural, agglomerate or synthetic corks.
  • 4 head screw cap applicator able to apply 30x 60mm screw closures.
• Bottle printer:
  • IMAJE Laser - to apply a small identification code at base of bottle for traceability.
• Capsule applicator:
  • ROBINO & GALANDRINO - 4 head heat shrink for PVC capsules.
  • SICK - 8 head spin on for Tin or Polylaminate capsules.
• Labeller:
  • KOSME -  4 head labeller for pressure sensitive (self adhesive) labels. 
  • Able to apply sets of 4 labels, including front, back, split front, medallions, neck labels and cigar band type labels. 
  • Able to print LOT numbers and consecutive numbers on back labels.
• Carton Erector:  APSOL -  Erects and hot melt seals bottom of carton.
  • 6 and 12 pack upright cartons
  • 6 pack laydown cartons

  

• Pick & Place:  APSOL -  6 or 12 pack upright only.

• Divider Inserter:  APSOL -  6 or 12 pack upright only.

• Bar Codes:  Imaje Thermal Transfer, prints and applies one or two labels on adjacent sides of carton (label dimensions 108mm x 85mm). For recommended positioning of barcode labels please click on this link to see Carton - Barcode and Text Positioning.

• Glue Top Sealer:  APSOL -  Re-pack mode available.

• Carton Printing:  IMAJE -  dot matrix ink jet.  Single line, maximum of 40 characters.  Print can be no lower than 75mm from base of carton and no higher than 50mm from top, applied on one long side of carton.

• Palletiser:  APSOL - fully automatic.  Capable of stacking all common domestic or export configurations.  Will accept a range of pallets but they must be of a consistent size.  Plastic or cardboard slip sheets can be applied.

 Automated Integrity Control:

• The bottling and packaging line is fitted with a series of electronic detection devises for:
  • Missing cork/screw closure inspection.
  • Fill level inspection and automatic rejection, tolerance of 1mm.

Wine Specifications:

• Bulk wine delivered for bottling to be at 12-20 degress Celcius, optimum wine temperature for bottling is 16-20 degree Celcius.

Filtration:

• For Portavin to provide the most efficient, cost effective bottling service, we recommend wines be delivered at turbidity levels suitable for the grade of filtration selected (see filtration chart in Technical and Oenological). For sterile filtration a turbidity of <1NTU is set to ensure wine being bottled does not block filters. Blocked filters can reduce efficiency, increase costs, incur wine losses and can contribute to variations in DO levels.

• Options for wines delivered with turbidity levels outside specification include filtration in the tank farm prior to bottling, review grade of filtration to be used at bottling, in-line filter during bottling. Portavin can measure turbidity prior to delivery if required.

Label Specifications:

PLEASE NOTE: These are specific to individual labellers so please ensure details are correct prior to ordering labels and it is important to ensure the maximum label height is compatible with bottle label panel.

• Front, back and other labels must be on separate rolls with right hand leading ie. Rolling direction number 3.

• Max. label width = 200mm  Max. label height = 190mm
• Max roll diameter = 290mm Roll core diameter = 76mm
• Min. application height for front and back labels is 18mm from base of bottle and 65mm for medals, neck labels etc.
• Most label shapes are compatible with our equipment however any unusual shapes or sizes approaching our maximum parameters should be referred to Portavin.