Seven days from installation to the start of production: that was the clear target set by Pyraser Landbrauerei - and KHS kept its word. "It was successful open-heart surgery where nothing was allowed to go wrong," says master brewer Helmut Sauerhammer. The brewery had successively renewed its bottle cellar and invested in the KHS Innofill Glass DRS glass filler.

Those responsible in Bavaria were initially convinced by the consumption data and the low-oxygen filling process, which is essential for beer bottling. The patented KHS DRS-ZMS filling process consumes just 210 grams of_CO2 per hectoliter of beer. "We need considerably less carbon dioxide compared to the standard market value with equally good or even better residual oxygen values," says Mike Herrmann, KHS Sales Germany and responsible for the project.

Another special feature: Pyraser Landbrauerei screws aluminum caps onto its beer bottles. This would actually force more oxygen into the container due to the larger volume compared to classic crown caps - this would be disadvantageous for beer because the product ages more quickly. However, in order to minimize the oxygen input, the KHS glass filler sprays the aluminum roll-on caps with_CO2 into the capper. Thanks to this joint development with the brewery, the very good oxygen values in the bottle are identical to those with a crown cork closure.

Automated CIP caps
The Innofill Glass DRS also works with automatic CIP caps. "On the one hand, cleaning is considerably simplified due to the significantly lower operating effort. On the other hand, the resulting time savings also increase the efficiency of our production," says Sauerhammer. Manual intervention is reduced, as is the case with the tool-free format part change with the hygienic Quicklock. The program works automatically and at the touch of a button. Previously, employees had to apply the CIP caps to the filling valves manually. Now, cleaning processes can be preset at specific times. They start automatically and no manual intervention is necessary. In addition, potential contamination of the filler, which was previously possible by manually applying the CIP caps, is prevented.

Water consumption reduced
The ECO vacuum pump reduces water consumption through a separate cooling circuit, so that the Pyraser Landbrauerei brewery only uses 80 liters of water per hour instead of 800 liters.

With the Innofill Glass DRS, breweries benefit from the new technologies from the high-performance sector as well as from the clearly structured machine design, which considerably simplifies both operation and the entire production process. The Pyraser Landbrauerei brewery fills up to 26,000 bottles of beer or up to 24,000 bottles of soft drinks per hour - and has done so smoothly since commissioning, as Sauerhammer emphasizes. "I've never seen the first bottled product ready for sale in such a short time as in this case. We are delighted." as