Drum Filling Machine
Behpoo drum filling machines fill 20 to 250 litre drums with solids or liquids, from 20 to 240 drums per hour. Weighing, flow metering and Coriolis measurement are available, with accuracy down to ±0.05%.
A drum filling machine fills rigid industrial containers to a defined weight or volume. The drum is positioned under the nozzle, tared automatically, then filled in a coarse and fine sequence before moving on to capping and labelling.
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Behpoo supplies both solids and liquids duty. Solids machines use platform weighing with a cut gate or two-stage knife gate for clean shut-off. Liquid machines use flow metering, Coriolis mass measurement or metering pumps, with bottom-up telescopic nozzles where foaming or viscosity is a concern.
Machines are supplied from manual stations up to rotary multi-head carousels, with ATEX execution to Zone 1 or Zone 2, sanitary execution for pharmaceutical and food duty, and auxiliary systems including nitrogen purging, drum heating and vapour recovery.
Upstream: storage tank or hopper with pump or valve and filter. Downstream: cap sealing, labelling, palletising and stretch wrapping.
Benefits & Features
- Drum sizes 20 – 250 litres, up to 250 kg fill weight
- Throughput 20 – 240 drums/hour
- Accuracy ±0.05% to ±0.5% depending on measurement method
- Gravimetric, flow meter, Coriolis and metering pump options
- Automatic bung location for tight-head drums
- ATEX execution to Zone 1 or Zone 2
- Sanitary SS316L electropolished execution for pharma and food
Product Range
| Type | What it is | Typical use |
|---|---|---|
| Economy Solids | Gravimetric weighing, top-down fixed nozzle, semi-automatic single head | Non-hazardous bulk solids — fertilizer, minerals, solid fats |
| Standard Liquids | Magnetic flow meter, top-down nozzle, Zone 2 execution, cap sealer | Industrial oils, coolant, antifreeze |
| ATEX Chemical | Coriolis metering, bottom-up telescopic nozzle, Zone 1, nitrogen purge, bung locator | Solvents, volatile chemicals, intermediates |
| Pharma / Food GMP | Coriolis, bottom-up, full-auto with robot, sanitary execution, N₂ blanket, RFID, CIP | API, excipients, edible oils, syrups |
| High-Volume Rotary | Volumetric metering, top-down, 6–12 head rotary carousel, in-line cap crimper | Single-product lubricant and base oil plants |
Available Options
| Option | Choices |
|---|---|
| Measurement | Gravimetric weighing · Flow meter · Coriolis mass flow · Metering pump |
| Nozzle | Top-down fixed · Bottom-up telescopic · Bung location + insertion · Vacuum-assisted |
| Automation | Manual · Semi-automatic single head · Full-auto with robot · Rotary multi-head |
| Shut-off (solids) | Butterfly / slide gate · Cut gate · Two-stage knife gate |
| Hazardous area | Non-ATEX · Zone 2 · Zone 1 · Sanitary FDA |
| Auxiliary systems | Nitrogen purging & blanketing · Drum heating · Cap sealing / crimping · Vapour recovery · Barcode / RFID tracking |
Technical Specification
| Parameter | Unit | Range |
|---|---|---|
| Drum size | litre | 20 – 220 |
| Fill weight | kg | 10 – 250 |
| Throughput | drums/h | 20 – 240 |
| Accuracy | % | ±0.05 – ±0.5 |
| Nozzle flow rate | L/min | 50 – 400 |
| Compressed air pressure | barg | 6 – 7 |
| Compressed air consumption | Nm³/h | 15 – 50 |
| Installed power | kW | 2 – 10 |
| Ambient temperature | °C | 5 – 45 |
| Product temperature | °C | Ambient to 80 (160 with heated nozzle) |
| Footprint L×W×H | m | 1.5×2×2.5 to 3×4×3.5 |
Areas & Application
Chemicals & Petrochemicals
Solvents, intermediates and volatile chemicals filled in ATEX Zone 1 execution with bottom-up nozzles, bung location and nitrogen purging.
Lubricants & Oils
Base oils, motor oils and coolants filled on rotary multi-head lines at up to 240 drums per hour.
Paint, Ink & Coatings
Viscous products filled with metering pumps and bottom-up nozzles that keep the discharge below the liquid surface.
Food Ingredients
Edible oils and syrups filled in sanitary SS316L execution with nitrogen blanketing against oxidation.
Pharmaceutical
APIs and excipients filled in GMP execution with electropolished contact parts, CIP connections and RFID batch traceability.
Options & Compliance
- MaterialsSS304 · SS316 · SS316L electropolished (Ra < 0.4 µm) for sanitary duty
- Hazardous areaATEX Zone 1 (Cat 2G) and Zone 2 (Cat 3G) execution
- EnclosureIP55 standard · IP65 chemical · IP66 pharma washdown
- Control interfaceProfinet · Modbus TCP · EtherNet/IP, with MES integration for batch traceability
- StandardsUN/DOT for hazardous goods transport · FDA CFR 21 and EU 1935 for food contact · ATEX 2014/34/EU · ISO 8573-1
Tell us your product, drum type and required throughput — we will propose the measurement method and configuration.