How To Choose A Hot Sauce(Chili Sauce) Filling Machine -Selection Guide
Basic Introduction:
Hot sauce, also known as chili sauce, is a popular condiment enjoyed by people worldwide.To meet the growing demand for hot sauce, manufacturers rely on efficient filling machines to streamline the production process. In this blog, we will explore the how to choose a hot sauce filling machine , includes selection factors, common challenges, alternative hot sauce filling machine types, advantages and disadvantages, as well as the other related packaging machine in hot sauce packaging system
What is hot sauce(chili sauce)
Chili sauce refers to a spicy condiment made from chili peppers, typically combined with vinegar, spices, and other ingredients. It adds a distinctive heat and flavor to dishes.
What will affect the selection of hot sauce(chili sauce) filling machine?
When choosing a chili sauce filling machine, several factors come into play, including:
- Viscosity: Unlike common liquid products, hot sauce tends to have relatively high viscosity. When choosing a hot sauce filling machine, you should pay attention to whether the machine can handle thick sauces without hesitation that the filling pipes will be blocked or cause inconsistent filling.
- Filling capacity: Manufacturers need to consider the required production output and choose a filling machine that can meet the required filling capacity per unit time.
- Packaging container: Common hot sauces on the market are packaged in bottles, jarsor bags. The size, shape and material of the container used for hot sauce affects the choice of filling machine. Different container types require different hot sauce filling machines.
- Budget cost: Manufacturers need to consider the cost-effectiveness of filling machines, including initial investment, maintenance and operating costs, to ensure compliance with their budget constraints. The hot sauce filling machine can be divided into semi-automatic type and full-automatic type. For manufacturers who are just starting to produce hot sauce, a stable and easy-to-operate semi-automatic hot sauce filling machine will be a good choice. For hot sauce manufacturers who are pursuing higher output, they are more inclined to choose fully automatic hot sauce filling machines
What challenges will we face when filling chili sauce?
- Uneven filling: Hot sauce viscosity may change with time or temperature fluctuations. This inconsistency can affect the accuracy and uniformity of filling. To solve this problem, we usually equip the storage hopper of the filling machine with an mixer or a pre-processing machine with mixing function (like mixing tank) to pretreat hot sauce before filling.The heater is also optional.These can ensures hot sauce will be filled evenly and accurately
- Particle blockage: Some hot sauces contain small pepper or spice particles. These particles can cause blockages or clogging in the filling machine.To solve this problem, we need to customize the filling pump, filling nozzles as well as filling hose. Take an example, for the piston pump, we will customized the rotary valve for larger pepper granule
- Sauce dripping: Viscous materials often exhibit high surface tension, and high viscosity can cause the sauce to cling to the walls of the filling nozzle or create a stringy flow.As the filling nozzle is withdrawn from the container, sauce will cling to the nozzle's outer surface, leading to dripping.For solving this problems, we will customized the anti-dripping filling nozzles, this can prevent sauce dripping efficiently
- Hard to clean: Hot sauce can leave stubborn residue on the filling machine, making cleaning a demanding task. The thick consistency and spice content of the sauce may require thorough disassembly, specialized cleaning agents, and extensive cleaning procedures to ensure proper hygiene and prevent cross-contamination.At the same time, we designed a piston pump filling machine that is easier to clean. See the video below for details:
- Multiple filling volume:Many hot sauce producers may produce hot sauce with various capacities in order to meet the different needs of users. If the difference in filling volume is not large, you can choose a piston pump filling machine with a suitable filling range according to your own production needs. If there is a large gap in the filling volume of hot sauce, we recommend choosing a rotor pump filling machine
Which machine can be used to filling hot sauce?
Based on the above factors, the common filling machines for filling hot sauce on the market are usually piston pump filling machines and rotor pump filling machines.
Application Range
Not only the piston pump filling machine, but also the rotor pump filling machine, they can be used to fill sriracha sauce, pepper sauce, chili sauce, peanut butter, fruit jam and other thick liquid or paste.
Piston Pump Filling Machine
Working principle of piston pump filling machine:
This type of machine uses a piston-driven mechanism to measure and dispense precise quantities of hot sauce.Some piston pump filling machine is suitable for thin liquid like juice, edible oil while some piston pump filling machine is suitable for thick liquid or paste like hot sauce, jam. They may look different in design, but the working principle is same
Advantage of piston pump filling machine:
①Precise volumetric filling, ensuring consistent product quantities.
②More affordable cost
③Well-established technology with a wide range of available models.
Disadvantage of piston pump filling machine:
The filling capacity of the piston pump is related to the stroke distance of the cylinder. If you have bottles of different sizes to be filled, and the filling capacity varies greatly, for example, 5ml and 1L, in this case, the piston pump will not be able to satisfy your filling needs.
Recommend Semi-automatic Piston Pump Hot Sauce Filling Machine
Main Feature
①This machine has a spiral mixer inside the hoppers. Some particulate in liquid tends to fall to the bottom, where it goes hard. The spiral mixer must scrape/lift the particles from the bottom.
②Machine parts in contact with hot sauce can be customized as food grade 304/316 stainless steel, the diameter of the rotary valve is 32mm, which ensures the smooth filling for hot sauce with particles.
③Compact machine design, multiple filling nozzles can be customized as production need.
Recommend Automatic Piston Pump Hot Sauce Filling Machine
Main Feature
①Machine parts in contact with hot sauce can be customized as food grade 304/316 stainless steel, the diameter of the rotary valve can be customized, which ensures the smooth filling for hot sauce with particles.
②Horizontal mixing hopper is optional, which can ensure that the hot sauce is as evenly as possible in the filling process, improves filling accuracy and filling quality.
③Multiple filling nozzles can be customized.
④Equipped with feeding pump, saves labor to pour filling material into hopper and can supply filling material in time.
⑤The filling speed can be divided into the speed of the initial filling stage and the speed of the end filling stage. The filling speed of the two stages can be controlled separately, which can prevent the material from splashing during the filling process and improve the filling accuracy.
⑥Controlled by servo motor, operator can enter certain number to set referenced filling volume by touch screen control panel, this is more convenient to debug and operate machine
Main Feature
①The piston can move down, inside filling material will be discharged easily, this is more convenient when cleaning filling machine.
②Machine parts in contact with hot sauce can be customized as food grade 304/316 stainless steel, the diameter of the rotary valve can be customized, which ensures the smooth filling for hot sauce with particles.
③Horizontal mixing hopper is optional, which can ensure that the hot sauce is as evenly as possible in the filling process, improves filling accuracy and filling quality.
④Multiple filling nozzles can be customized.
⑤Equipped with feeding pump, saves labor to pour filling material into hopper and can supply filling material in time.
⑥The filling speed can be divided into the speed of the initial filling stage and the speed of the end filling stage. The filling speed of the two stages can be controlled separately, which can prevent the material from splashing during the filling process and improve the filling accuracy.
⑦Controlled by servo motor, operator can enter certain number to set referenced filling volume by touch screen control panel, this is more convenient to debug and operate machine
Main Feature
①Machine parts in contact with hot sauce can be customized as food grade 304/316 stainless steel, the diameter of the rotary valve can be customized, which ensures the smooth filling for hot sauce with particles.
②Mixing hopper is optional, which can ensure that the hot sauce is as evenly as possible in the filling process, improves filling accuracy and filling quality.
③Back sides sealing, three sides sealing, four sides sealing can be customized according to production need
④Extra date coder can be equipped with to print batch number or production date.
Rotor Pump Filling Machine
Working principle of rotor pump filling machine:
Rotor pumps create a rotating motion to move the hot sauce from the supply tank to the filling nozzle. They are well-suited for handling thick and chunky sauces, including those with small particles. Rotor pumps provide excellent control over filling accuracy and are highly reliable.
Advantage of rotor pump filling machine:
①Versatility in small and large filling volume
②High filling capacity and filling accuracy
Disadvantage of rotor pump filling machine:
The sophisticated construction and specialized components contribute to the higher cost of rotor pump filling machines compared to other filling machine
Recommend Semi-automatic Rotor Pump Hot Sauce Filling Machine
Main Feature
①Horizontal mixing hopper is optional, which can ensure that the hot sauce is as evenly as possible in the filling process, improves filling accuracy and filling quality.
②Machine parts in contact with hot sauce can be customized as food grade 304/316 stainless steel, the diameter of the rotary valve can be customized, which ensures the smooth filling for hot sauce with particles.
③Compact machine design, wider filling range is suiatble for small and large filling volume hot sauce.
Main Feature
①Controlled by servo motor, operator can enter certain number to set referenced filling volume by touch screen control panel, this is more convenient to debug and operate machine
②Horizontal mixing hopper is optional, which can ensure that the hot sauce is as evenly as possible in the filling process, improves filling accuracy and filling quality.
③Machine parts in contact with hot sauce can be customized as food grade 304/316 stainless steel, the diameter of the rotary valve can be customized, which ensures the smooth filling for hot sauce with particles.
④Wider filling range is suiatble for small and large filling volume hot sauce.Can be connected with automatic capping and labeling machine to realize automated production
Main Feature
①High working capacity, 60-130bags/min
②Controlled by servo motor, operator can enter certain number to set referenced filling volume by touch screen control panel, this is more convenient to debug and operate machine
③Machine parts in contact with hot sauce can be customized as food grade 304/316 stainless steel, the diameter of the rotary valve can be customized, which ensures the smooth filling for hot sauce with particles.
④Mixing hopper is optional, which can ensure that the hot sauce is as evenly as possible in the filling process, improves filling accuracy and filling quality.
⑤Back sides sealing, three sides sealing, four sides sealing can be customized according to production need
⑥Extra date coder can be equipped with to print batch number or production date.
Other Related Machine in Hot Sauce Packaging System
Automatic Screw Capping Machine
Use 4 rubber wheels to tighten bottle caps, it is suitable for screw-on caps.This automatic has wide applicaton range and easy to operate.
Automatic Metal Twist off Capping Machine
Designed for the metal twist off caps, this automatic capping machine is controlled by servo motor, it has high capping accuracy.Cap feed elevator is optional
Automatic Round Bottle Labeling Machine
Suitable for sticking self-adhesive stickers on round bottles, includes single side labeling, double side labeling and wrap-round labeling.
Complete System Of Hot Sauce Filling Machine
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