Bring confirmed finished-water evidence
Give the filling-equipment team the required finished-water specification and the qualified treatment supplier’s expected supply conditions. Raw-water testing and treatment selection remain upstream engineering work.
- Finished-water target
- Treatment supplier data
- Sampling and release point
- Local compliance owner
- Open technical assumptions
Calculate the filling-equipment demand
State product liters per hour, final-rinse use where applicable, cleaning demand and peak simultaneous use at the machine cell. The treatment supplier can then check recovery, backwash and buffer requirements outside the filler scope.
- Product liters per hour
- Final-rinse demand
- Machine cleaning demand
- Peak simultaneous flow
- Required buffer at handover
Worked example: 300 bottles per hour is not the pump specification
For illustration, 300 bottles/hour × 18.9 liters/bottle = 5,670 liters/hour of product water, or an average 94.5 liters/minute. At the same bottle rate with a 20L container, the product volume is 6,000 liters/hour: 330 liters/hour more. These calculations exclude final rinse, cleaning and losses and are not promised machine output.
- Use the approved actual fill volume, not just the container name
- Separate product water from washing and rinse consumption
- Obtain the filling-cycle demand profile for the selected machine
- Do not treat average hourly consumption as instantaneous peak flow
If fill results vary, compare the cycle with the supply record
Record the affected bottle or fill head, approved measurement method, target and measured result, time, machine cycle state and supply condition. A repeated low-level event or pressure change is evidence to investigate, not proof that it is the only cause. Ask authorized support to compare the water handover with the delivered filling system and approved settings.
- Keep bottle format and measurement method consistent
- Preserve exact alarms and timestamps
- Include other simultaneous water users
- Do not bypass a no-water interlock or change settings by guesswork
Define the handover condition
The quotation should state the required pressure, flow stability, temperature range if relevant, sanitary connection, product-water tank boundary and any permissive or low-level signal shared with the filler.
- Pressure and flow range
- Connection size and material
- Tank and pump owner
- Low-level or no-water interlock
- Sampling connection
Protect the local product-water loop
Coordinate the final tank, pump, sanitary piping and return or drain arrangement with the machine layout. Confirm hygienic access, drainability and responsibility at each connection.
- Finished-water tank boundary
- Supply piping route
- Pump and pressure control
- Sampling access
- Filler handover point
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.”
Request the Product-Water Interface List