Conditions Encountered In Filling Pressure Ware

Many beverages contain dissolved COZ which is held in solution by pressure above atmospheric. To fill these products into pressure ware calls for mechanical systems which operate at pressures above atmospheric. The bottles are thus subjected to varying conditions of internal pressure during their filling. Because the ware is usually warmer than the product, there may also be some thermal effect. The action of the filling machine and the closure application may introduce some mechanical loading. The extent and timing of these conditions depend somewhat on the type of the filling apparatus, but the general limits may be stated to give some estimation of the service demands on the ware during this particular operation.