Line selection by industry scenario
The composition below is the typical station sequence for each scenario — use it as a checklist for what to specify, not as a fixed bill of materials. Capacity figures are always condition-dependent (product, container, station count); we quote them per configuration.
| Scenario | Typical composition | Capacity signal | Suitable containers |
|---|---|---|---|
| High-speed water and beverage lines | Bottle unscrambling, rinse-fill-capping as an integrated monoblock or three-in-one block, labeling and packing downstream. | Rotary configurations reach far higher outputs than inline machines; our published inline line runs 20-60 bottles/min. | PET and glass bottles, round or shaped |
| Wine and beer lines | Filling with corking or crowning, cap or foil application, labeling — arranged so glass is handled gently between stations. | Set by filler valve count and cycle; quoted per configuration. | Glass bottles with cork, crown or screw finishes |
| Food sauce, edible oil and honey lines | Viscosity-matched filling (piston or servo volumetric), capping, labeling, with weight or level checks on the line. | Follows filler type and nozzle count; quoted per configuration. | Glass and PET bottles, jars, squeeze bottles |
| Cosmetics and personal-care lines | Cream, serum, perfume and lipstick filling with matching capping and labeling; clean material contact throughout. | Bench to mid-speed configurations; quoted per configuration. | Jars, dropper and pump bottles, compacts |
| Vial and small-dose lines | Small-dose filling with tight tolerance, stoppering or crimp capping, and external cleaning — a compact line format for pharma and diagnostics. | Dose accuracy, not raw speed, drives the layout; quoted per configuration. | Glass vials and small-dose bottles |
| Powder canning lines | Powder dosing into cans, lid placement and can seaming in sequence — the milk-powder and protein-powder format. | Set by dosing accuracy and seamer speed; quoted per configuration. | Round cans and composite canisters |
What decides a line before any machine is chosen
- Target output with realistic efficiency — rated station speed is not line output; layout, accumulation and changeovers decide how much of it survives. Our guide walks the calculation:
- Sizing a Packaging Line: How to Convert Rated Speed into a Defensible Machine Count and OEE Assumption
- How to Lay Out and Integrate a Packaging Line So Real Throughput Matches the Plan
- Belt, Tabletop Chain or Air Transfer Conveyors: What the Evidence Can and Cannot Settle Before You Specify
- Checkweighers and Metal Detectors on a Packaging Line: How to Specify, Cost and Select When Sensitivity Data Is Not Published
- Choosing a Date-Coding Technology (CIJ, Laser, TTO, Thermal Inkjet): What the Evidence Can and Cannot Settle
- Robotic vs Conventional Palletizers: What the Evidence Can and Cannot Settle
Planning the rate: bottleneck, accumulation and realistic output
The published line-speed guide carries the arithmetic; the planning habits behind it are worth restating, because they decide whether the quoted rate survives contact with a real shift:
- The line runs at its slowest station — station nameplate speeds do not add, and the effective line rate is the slowest station's rate under your product and container, not anyone's catalogue figure.
- Accumulation buys uptime — buffer capacity between stations decouples micro-stops; where there is no accumulation, one jammed bottle stops everything downstream. Where the buffers sit is a layout decision made before machines are ordered.
- Plan on efficiency, not nameplate — changeovers, cleaning and micro-stops are why planned output is discounted from rated speed; the discount is estimated from your shift pattern, not assumed away.
- Rate claims are condition-bound — the same line fills a different rate for thin water and viscous honey; we quote a rate per configuration, against the container mix you actually run.
Integration order: layout, utilities, guarding and acceptance
- Layout first — the container path, transfer heights and buffer positions are decided before individual machines are ordered; our line layout and integration guide walks the sequence.
- Utilities per station — air, power and drainage demands differ station by station, so site readiness is surveyed before shipment; the checklist is in our site readiness guide.
- Guarding as a line topic — whole-line guarding, interlocks and access zones are designed across the layout rather than bolted on per machine; the requirements sit in our safety standards guide.
- Acceptance twice — factory acceptance before shipment and site acceptance after installation, each with agreed criteria per station; what that process looks like is set out in our validation and FAT/SAT guide.
Published machines in this family
Every complete line published in the catalogue today carries field-level sourced specifications on its own page:
- ZONESUN Full-Automatic Filling, Capping & Labeling Line
- ZONESUN ZS-FAL180Z4 Automatic 5L Oil Filling Capping Labeling Line
- ZONESUN ZS-FAL180F6 Corrosive Liquid Packaging Production Line
- ZONESUN ZS-FAL180V14 Automatic GMP Vial Filling Production Line
- ZONESUN ZS-FAL320 Automatic Milk Powder Filling and Nitrogen Flushing Can Sealing Line
- ZONESUN ZS-FAL180G10 Automatic Paste Filling and Capping Line with 4-Head Servo Filler
- ZONESUN ZS-FAL180G7 Automatic Powder Spices Coffee Production Line
- ZONESUN ZS-FAL180X11 Perfume Bottle Filling and Crimping Production Line
The published filling-capping-labeling line integrates bottle unscrambling, liquid filling, capping and labeling, rated 20-60 bottles/min for containers Φ20-160 mm × 30-300 mm — the figures live on its own page with their source table, as they do for every other line in the list. Other line compositions from the scenario table above are quotable; each is specified station by station before a number is quoted.
What we need to quote a complete line
- Product and its handling properties (viscosity, flow, dose size)
- Container drawings and material for every size in the mix
- Target output in units per shift or per hour, with the efficiency you plan around
- Available floor space and the layout constraints around it
- Which stations you already own and which the line must add
Supply through own production plus outsourcing
PackHub fulfils whole-line requirements through own production plus a vetted outsourcing network, so a line is composed station by station rather than capped by one factory's catalogue. Standalone stations, monoblocks and complete lines are all quotable; whichever factory builds it, PackHub stays the one counterparty for specification verification, pre-shipment inspection and export.