Ask for three separately priced equipment scopes
Request a core washer-filler-capper price, then a separate subtotal for returned-bottle preparation, then a subtotal for optional finished-bottle handling. Keep the same bottle, cap, BPH, washing program and currency across all three. This reveals whether a low headline price leaves essential work outside the offer.
- Core machine: identify included loading, washer, filler, cap feeder, capper and controls
- Returnable preparation: identify inspection, decapper, external brusher and any approved pre-wash or leak test
- Finished-bottle handling: identify conveyors, bagging, rack loading or palletizing actually required
- Ask for inclusions, exclusions and buyer-supplied work beside each subtotal
- Use the downloadable worksheet to send the same requirement to each supplier
Turn equipment price into a delivered project budget
Start with the selected equipment subtotals, then add any excluded packing, freight, insurance, import charges, local transport, site connections, installation travel, commissioning and initial spares. Do not add a charge twice when it is already included. Tax and import costs depend on the destination and should be confirmed locally; this page does not estimate them.
- Write the named delivery place and agreed trade term next to the equipment total
- Separate one-off purchase and installation costs from recurring operation
- Identify currency, quotation validity and payment milestones
- Mark every unpriced required item as open rather than zero
Machine and process factors
Required BPH, bottle type, number of confirmed wash stages, filling configuration, cap feeding, decapping, brushing, inspection and leak testing shape the core equipment.
- Capacity and bottle range
- Returnable preparation
- Washing logic
- Cap and inspection scope
- Material requirements to be confirmed
Automation and handling factors
Manual or automatic loading, unloading, conveyors, bagging, rack loading and palletizing change labor and investment together. Select modules from the operating model rather than a desire for maximum automation.
- Empty-bottle loading
- Full-bottle lifting
- Bagging and handles
- Rack or pallet handling
- Future expansion
Factory and technical factors
Voltage, frequency, electrical requirements, factory layout, water treatment, sanitary piping, compressed air and drainage can change design and site work. Unconfirmed values should remain open items.
- Country electrical supply
- Water and drain boundary
- Factory dimensions
- Component requirements
- Documentation language
Commercial and delivery factors
Destination port, freight term, export packing, inspection, FAT, spare parts, installation, commissioning and training must be compared beside the equipment price.
- Incoterm and destination
- Packing and shipment
- FAT scope
- Installation and travel
- Spares and service boundary
Information needed for a quote
Send the bottle and cap basis, required BPH, bottle path, factory and utility information, destination and any module or support requirement. Unknown items can remain marked “to be confirmed.”
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