Rapak North America (rapak.com), part of DS Smith Plastics, has launched the Autokap 1700 series, a small footprint liquid filling machine that holds the bag fixed during the filling process. The machine is ideal for hot and cold, fresh and stable liquids.
The fixed fill head on the Autokap 1700 filling machine for Bag-in-Box is a departure from the 1200 series machine, in which the bag raises and lowers during the filling process. When using the Autokap 1700, since the bag is in a fixed position, the cap gripper and fill nozzle raise and lower as required to fill and recap the bag.