SN LMS120 Ultra Clean filling in action: Filling of yogurt
The international family-owned company Ehrmann is one of the leading dairies with nearly 100 years of history. They are known for high quality, naturalness and tradition. For manufacturing, special emphasis is placed on best raw materials, modern processing and comprehensive monitoring. Ehrmann has state of the art production facilities with current proactive maintenance and periodical renovation.
The awarded MONSTER BACKE fruit curd and all flavored ALMIGHURT yogurt has been available as a stand-up pouch with centre spout for a long time. SN Maschinenbau GmbH was especially proud in providing Ehrmann as the first German dairy with a pouch filler in SN’s new ULTRA CLEAN execution. This execution is FDA, USDA and 3A dairy certified and satisfy to all international requirements for filling of fresh and liquid dairy products. Meanwhile Ehrmann Group is using three SN ULTRA-CLEAN machines.
In 2017 the most powerful LMS 124 SN machine was installed at the facility in Oberschonegg (Germany). It is a quattro machine with the total capacity of 13.200 pouches per hour (220 pouches per min!!)
Besides precise filling and high speed, the sterility and storage life are the major challenges when filling fresh, liquid dairy products into pouches. This is where SN`s concept is convincing. Currently three SN Ultra Clean FFS machines of the LMS series installed at Ehrmann today has achieved a product shelf life of 60 days.
The automatic hydrogen-peroxide sterilisation is integrated in the pouch making process and ensures sterility of the film and spouts. In combination with the state-of-the-art clean-room technology and a dosing system which was developed for aseptic filling, the entire filling process remains clean at all times. High importance given to design and achieve a machine with simple cleaning and maintenance schedules. All machine parts, including the filling area, can be cleaned and sterilised without dismantling.
With the series of the LMS 124 we serve the top segment of FFS high performance machines for filling of single serve pouches with spout. It does not matter if you need center or corner spouts, or radiuses or shaped pouches. The LMS machine is modular, flexible and offers many options.
Key Features
- Increased production cycles of 72 hours
- Certified according to USDA 3A sanitary standards 23-06
- Sterile air filter and laminar flow keeps the filling environment clean
- Hydrogen peroxide sterilization insures sterility of pouch material and spouts
- CIP and SIP capable dosing fillers allow for a hygienic process
- Increased shelf-life of your products 60 days in the cool chain