Everards Brewery
Central Conveyors completed a keg/cast filling system for Everards at the stunning new 70-acre brewery (Everards Meadows) in Leicestershire, UK.
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Everards produce a selection of ales here, including the much-loved 'Tiger Bitter'.
Central Conveyors were asked to design a bespoke keg and cast washing and filling line (and conveyor system) for the full production of the Everards beer brand, producing up to 90 firkins per hour. ​​
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What was involved in the design?
Specially designed system consisting of the following bespoke equipment:
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​Cask/ Keg loading start off process 2 x Plastic Modular conveyor system
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​Plastic Modular conveyor 1500mm wide with guide system to allow the cask/Keg to enter the washing plant in single file
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Cask/Keg external washers and label removal booth with automatic conveyor system
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​Gravity roller conveyor system cask accumulation area (awaiting removal by the operator) to load into the Cask/Keg
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Cask 3 station Internal washing unit 4- head with 1000 Litre tank
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​Mobile gravity roller unit storage for four casks to be used to transport casks from 4 station cask washing unit to the filling racking machine
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​Keystone press unit
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​Cask twin head counter pressure racking /filling unit with automatic cask plastic modular, twin stand, conveyor system & arrester
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​Cask-up ender, tipping mechanism
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​Cask-off plastic modular conveyor system 600mm wide
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​Powered roller conveyor 2400mm long stainless steel with 3 x lift transfer units
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​Cask 2 x position automatic conveyor system
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​Keg up ender tipping mechanism
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Cask plastic modular conveyor system, feed from up-ender tipper unit
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Powered roller conveyor 1600mm long, stainless steel, with 1 x lift transfer unit
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​Cask control panel