An Automatic Plastic Bottle Washing Machine is an industrial-grade equipment designed for high-efficiency cleaning of plastic bottles (such as PET containers) in beverage, pharmaceutical, food processing, and recycling industries. It automates the removal of dust, debris, residues, and contaminants from the interior and exterior of bottles prior to filling, labeling, or repackaging, ensuring hygiene, compliance with GMP standards, and optimal product safety. Bottle Washing Machine significantly reduce manual labor, water usage, and downtime while handling various bottle sizes and shapes with minimal changeover time.
Automatic Plastic Bottle Washing Machine Video
Key Features
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Automated Cleaning Process: Utilizes high-pressure spray jets, air blowers, or ionized air vortexes to rinse, wash, and dry bottles. Configurations often include 3–12 nozzles per station for multi-cycle operations (e.g., pre-rinse, detergent wash, sanitizing rinse, and final air dry).
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Versatile Material Handling: Specifically engineered for plastic bottles, but adaptable to glass or metal with adjustable holders. Supports necked or wide-mouth designs from 100ml to 5L capacities.
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Control Systems: PLC touch-screen interfaces with programmable settings for wash cycles, timings, and speeds. Features like solenoid valves minimize water leakage and enable quick recipe storage for different bottle types.
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Hygiene and Efficiency: Stainless steel construction for corrosion resistance; optional water filtration and recycling systems to reduce consumption by up to 50%. Ionized air or compressed gas options eliminate static and particulates without chemicals.
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Integration Capabilities: Easily incorporates into production lines with conveyor indexing, automatic loading/unloading, and compatibility with filling or capping machines.
How It Works
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Loading: Bottles are fed via conveyor or rotary table in an inverted position to allow gravity-assisted drainage.
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Washing Cycle: Self-centering diving heads inject filtered water, detergent, or sanitizing solutions under pressure (up to 20 jets for deep cleaning). Cycles last 10–30 seconds per bottle, with 3–6 programmable modes.
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Rinsing and Drying: High-velocity air blasts or low-pressure rinses remove residues; optional UV sterilization or HEPA filtration ensures contaminant-free results.
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Unloading: Clean bottles exit via conveyor for downstream processes.
Benefits
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Scalability: Models range from semi-automatic (manual load) for small batches to fully automatic for high-volume lines.
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Customization: Tailored for specific needs, like eco-friendly rinsers for beverage plants or solvent-resistant versions for chemicals.
Salient Features of Bottle Washing Machine
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Geneva mechanism.
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Four inner, one outer and one air wash.
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Sequence of washes of washes to customer’s choice
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Stationary nozzles eliminate contamination of water cycles.
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Easy loading and unloading with two rows.
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Individual solenoid valve for each washing sequence.
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Pumps and tanks are mounted on parable stand for easy maintenance.
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Easy operation.
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Higher capacity centrifugal pumps to wash bigger bottles.
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The stationary nozzles avoid chipping of bottle necks.
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Bottle guide system especially for lightweight bottle.
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Pumps and Tanks are mounted on portable stand for easy maintenance.
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Separate panel control to avoid any short circuit due to spraying of water.
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S.S. glycerin fill pressure meter.
Process Operation of Automatic Bottle Washer
The bottles are loaded on the subsequent indexing part of rotating platform and are cleared in series of operations. Specially designed bottle holders are provided to hold bottles with neck diameter. The bottles are placed in an inverted position in these cup shaped holders. Spraying showers does the external cleaning of the bottles. Solenoid valves are provided to enable the regulation of wash timings, it also spraying water when bottle are stopped means ensure saving of water and sequence of various washing media to suit specific requirement.
Technical Specification of Bottle Washer Machine
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Model No |
ARBW – 64 | ARBW – 100 |
| Production Output | Up to 60 Bottles / Minute (Depending on Bottle Size) |
Up to 100 Bottles / Minute (Depending on Bottle Size) |
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Input Specification |
Diameter of the container: 25 mm to 100mm Outside Diameter of Neck: 20 mm to 38 mm (with the help of change parts) Height of the container: Up to 280 mm (with the help of change parts) |
Diameter of the container: 25 mm to 100mm Outside Diameter of Neck: 20 mm to 38 mm (with the help of change parts) Height of the container: Up to 280 mm (with the help of change parts) |
| Power Supply | Main Unit: 0.75 H.P., 380 Volt, 3 Phase, 4 Wire System, 50 Hz
Optional Accessories (2 Pumps – Pumping Station) 0.75 H.P., 380 Volt, 3 Phase, 4 Wires System, 50 Hz Electric Heater Tank: 2 K.W. |
Main Unit: 0.75 H.P., 380 Volt, 3 Phase, 4 Wire System, 50 Hz Optional Accessories (2 Pumps – Pumping Station) 0.75 H.P., 380 Volt, 3 Phase, 4 Wires System, 50 Hz Electric Heater Tank: 2 K.W. |
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Overall Dimension |
1550 mm (L) x 1700 mm (W) x 1300 mm (H) approx. | 1800 mm (L) x 1700 mm (W) x 1300 mm (H) approx. |
| Air Consumption | 30 CFM @ 5 bar |
30 CFM @ 5 bar |
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Net Weight |
650 kgs. approx. |
750 kgs. approx. |
* Power voltage can be adjusted as per customer’s domestic power voltage requirements.
* Rights of technical improvements & modification reserved.
* Illustrations & dimensions are shown for information purpose only.
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