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Level filling machines

Many liquid manufacturers struggle to maintain consistent fill levels when working with multiple bottle shapes and glass containers. Filmatic’s level filling machines is engineered specifically for these environments, delivering stable fill heights that enhance product presentation while supporting efficient, automated filling operations.

Level filling is the most widely used technology in liquid packaging. If you’ve ever picked up a bottle of water, juice, or milk from a store shelf, there’s a good chance it was filled using a level filling machine. At Filmatic, we’ve been manufacturing these systems for 46 years, helping manufacturers grow from their first production line to filling millions of bottles annually.

Filmatic level fillers are commonly used for products such as water, milk, juice, ice tea, and edible oils, where consistent fill lines and stable product handling are essential.

What is Level Filling? Level filling is straightforward: every bottle fills to the exact same visible height, regardless of slight differences in bottle size. This creates perfect shelf appearance and ensures consumers see consistent product levels in every container. The technology works through gravity where liquid flows into bottles until it reaches a preset level, then automatically stops.

Why Manufacturers Choose Level Filling:

  • Visual Consistency: Every bottle looks identical on shelf, critical for brand perception
  • Proven Reliability: Simplest filling technology with fewest moving parts
  • Easy Maintenance: Mechanical operation means straightforward troubleshooting
  • Product Versatility: Handles everything from water to milk to edible oils
  • Scalable Production: Same technology works from 3,000 to 36,000 bottles per hour

Range of Level Milling Machines

We manufacture six models of level filling equipment. Each of these models serves specific production needs, from startups to high speed operations. The technology is the same, proven level filling principles refined over 46 years. What changes is capacity, features, and the production environment each range is designed for.

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Bottles: 250ml – 5 000ml

Machine Model – FRL8-LS3-E1

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Our newly designed E-range rotary level filler with the same production functionality as the fully automated rotary level fillers, only at a lower initial and running cost in the long term, specially designed for customers that wishes to enhance their production from using semi-automatic filling machines to fully automated filling machines.

Designed to handle plastic (HDPE, PVC and PET) bottles ranging from 250ml up to 5 Liter bottles, capping performed either by a safety frame mounted waterfall unscrambler, or a vertical- or horizontal unscrambler as the second option, ranging from 28mm to 46mm cap sizes.

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Bottles: 250ml – 5 000ml

Machine Model – FRL8-LS-FB-N1 | FRL12-LS-FB-N1
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Fully automatic Rotary Filler Capper, equipped with a HMI Interface for ease of operation.

With machine configurations including a 8 and 12 Head Rotary Level Filler, either neck handling or base handling, we at Filmatic promise to provide our clients with the needed flexibility and the luxury of choice in providing more than one filling and capping solution.

Suitable for filling non – viscous products such as water, milk, juice, ice tea, etc.

Web FRL20 T N2 Rotary Level Filler

Bottles: 250ml – 5 000ml

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Screw Capping- FRL10-LS-B-N2 | FRL12-LS-B-N2 | FRL20-LS-B-N2

 

Foil seal: FRL12-T6-N2 | FRL20-T10-N2

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Fully automatic Rotary Filler Capper, equipped with a HMI Interface for ease of operation.​

Specially designed for filling HDPE bottles that requires to be sealed using foil heat sealed application.

Designed and tested single or double foil punch capper in conjunction with the Rotary Level Filler.

Machine configurations includes a 12 and 20 Head Rotary Level Filler, base handling.

Suitable to fill products such as drinking yogurt, maheu, flavored milk, juices etc.

Web FRL45 LS B N4 Rotary Level Filler

Bottles: 250ml – 5 000ml

Machine Model – FRL18-LS-B/N-N4 | FRL24-LS-B/N-N4 | FRL30-LS-B/N-N4 | FRL36-LS-B/N-N4 | FRL42-LS-B/N-N4

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Fully automatic Rotary Filler Capper, equipped with a HMI Interface for ease of operation.

​Machine configurations includes a 18, 24, 30, 36 and 42 Head Rotary Level Filler, either neck handling or base handling. Accommodating up to 3 different cap types and/or sizes such as 28mm, 38mm flat screw cap and 28mm sports cap.

Suitable for filling non – viscous products such as water, milk, juice, ice tea, edible oil (by adding vacuum valves) etc.

Web FRL36 LS N6

Bottles: 250ml – 5 000ml

Machine Model – FRL30-LS-B/N-N6 | FRL36-LS-B/N-N6 | FRL48-LS-B/N-N6 | FRL60-LS-B/N-N6 | FRL66-LS-B/N-N6

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Fully automatic Rotary Filler Capper, equipped with a HMI Interface for ease of operation.​

Machine configurations includes a 30, 36, 48, 60, and 66 Head Rotary Level Filler, either neck handling or base handling. Accommodating up to 3 different cap types and/or sizes such as 28mm, 38mm flat screw cap and 28mm sports cap.

Suitable for filling non – viscous products such as water, milk, juice, ice tea, edible oil (by adding vacuum valves) etc.

Web FRL18 LS B N3 Rotary Level Filler

Bottles: 250ml – 5 000ml

Machine Model – FRL15-LS-B/N-N3 | FRL18-LS-B/N-N3 | FRL24-LS-B/N-N3 | FRL30-LS-B/N-N3 | FRL30-T15-N3 (Foil seal) | FRL30-T30-N3 (option for longer sealing time)

Fully Automated Rotary Filler Capper, available as flat screw capping or as a foil heat seal application, equipped with a HMI Interface for ease of operation.

Screw capping

Machine configurations include a 15, 18, 24 and 30 Head Rotary Level Filler, either neck handling or base handling. Accommodating up to 3 different cap types and/or sizes such as 28mm, 38mm flat screw cap and 28mm sports cap.​

Suitable for filling non – viscous products such as water, milk, juice, ice tea, edible oil (by adding vacuum valves) etc.

Foil seal

Specially designed for filling HDPE bottles that requires to be sealed using foil heat sealed application.

Designed and tested single or double foil punch capper in conjunction with the Rotary Level Filler.

Machine configurations consists of a 30 Head Rotary Level Filler, base handling.

Gravity fed, level filling solutions

This filling system is the most widely used on Filmatic’s rotary fillers.  Containers are filled up to a preset filling level.  The level is set with the use of removable spacers.  The valves are highly suitable for single strength products such as water and juice, and handle foaming products such as milk with ease.  Recent developments on the level filling valves include a redesigned bellow that can be CIP’d without the need for disassembling the valve.  

Vacuum assisted, level filling solutions

This filling system is most often used for slightly viscous products such as edible oil.  A low level of vacuum is generated in the unfilled container, assisting the product to be sucked into the container.  This solution is limited to the used of rigid circular containers. 

Piston fillers

For more viscous products, and products with a solid content, the piston filler is a very viable filling system.  Pistons filling machines are volumetric filling systems, meaning that a set volume is discharged into the container during every cycle. 

Weigh fillers

Arguable the most accurate filling solution available.  This is also the most technologically advanced filling solution and as such the most expensive.  This system is often selected where high value product is filled.  Filmatic recently developed a weight filling system specifically aimed at filling foaming product such as milk at a production rate that compares favourably with the production rate of level filling solutions.  The newly developed system makes use of a pressurised supply system and a continually variable flowrate filling valve to achieve high production capacity with low foam generation.

Time filling

On the most basic Filmatic filler, time filling is used, where a valve is opened for a preset time.  This filling system is very accurate if the product is homogenous and consistent.  It is a lower cost solution but with a definite place in the entry level markets.

About 

Filmatic has a rich history of 46 years supplying turnkey bottling equipment to a wide range of liquid consumer markets.

We have machine installations in 28 African Countries and are trusted by 7000 food and beverage manufacturers globally

 

Contact

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For any machine enquiries, quotes, or packaging equipment: sales@filmatic.com

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