KHS Innoclean Flaschenreinigungsanlage

This KHS Innoclean single-end bottle washer for returnable glass bottles was built in 2007. It cleans and de-labels empty bottles before filling: bottles are pushed into carrier-basket cells, run on heavy roller chains through a pre-soak, two pre-warming baths, the main caustic soak with under- and over-caustic label flushing, and three water spray zones, then handed back onto the bottle conveyor at discharge
KHS modernised the drive and operator station in 2022: Triple-i-Drive and a capacitive multi-touch panel with RFID login, detailed under Equipment. A KHS manual supplement dated November 2022 covers the upgrade
Machine type: single-end bottle washer (soaker)
Drive and control modernisation by KHS: 2022
Output range: 2,800 - 14,500 bottles/h
Design output: 13,200 bottles/h, 0.75 l glass bottle, 0.68 kg
Bottles across machine width: 19
Carrier baskets: 225, of which 217 loaded
Cell pitch: 105 mm; carrier chain pitch 169 mm
Bottle diameter: 54.0 - 89.5 mm (plastic cells)
Bottle height: 180 - 340 mm
Bath volumes: main caustic soak 23.0 m³, pre-soaks 0.9 and 1.1 m³, after-caustic 0.3 m³, spray zones 0.4 m³ each
Power supply: 400 V, 50 Hz, TN-S, 113 A nominal, 125 A slow fuse; control voltage 24 V DC
Water consumption: 3.56 m³/h, 270 ml per bottle
Compressed air: 1.0 Nm³/h at 3 bar
Overall dimensions: 11,040 x 4,470 x H 3,438 mm (incl. infeed table)
Conveyor heights: infeed 720 mm, discharge 1,690 mm
Weight approx: 33.5 t machine, 62.6 t operating
Largest transport segment: 4,410 x 4,100 x 3,370 mm, approx. 7.3 t
Triple-i-Drive: worm gearboxes with individual geared motors, each on its own servo inverter with synchronisation and individual overload protection
Original KHS documentation: operating manual, 2022 supplement, spare parts list
Overview
Nineteen bottles run across the machine width in 4,275 cells
output range and design output are given below under Technical data. At design output
total dwell time is 18.7 minutes
including 10.8 minutes of caustic contact
Technical data
Enclosure type 12
CE marked
Equipment
Servo-driven infeed and discharge segments with brake motors
Capacitive multi-touch operator panel
graphical interface with component views
RFID card reader
Gearbox monitoring with torque protection
Two pre-warming and main caustic immersion baths
with under- and over-caustic label flushing and bottle base spray-off
Automatic label discharge over a full-width sieve belt with brush take-off
Automatic level control and caustic dosing
sieve tub filtration and after-caustic circuit for long caustic service life
Three water spray zones
internal and external
with rotating fresh-water spray
Vapour extraction and plate heat exchanger
Siemens SIMOTION D and SINAMICS drive cabinet
Condition
Used
technically complete. Still installed and under power at its production site
photographs and video show it running
Availability
Immediately. The machine will be dismantled and relocated to Germany. Viewing by arrangement
dismantling
loading and transport can be quoted on request