New filling machine keeps it green

Stevens Industrial Services has made a further investment in its environmentally sound products policy with the installation of a new filling machine that obviates the need for CFC propellants.

Stevens Industrial Services (SIS) has made a further significant investment in its environmentally sound products policy with the installation of a new filling machine that obviates the need for CFC propellants.

The Works range of weld spatter control products will now be filled into cans using compressed air, making SIS the first anti-spatter supplier to use this specially designed dispenser.

The Works range is also environmentally sound because it does not contain the health-damaging and carcinogenic chemical, dichloromethane, unlike many other spatter control products on the market.

"This machine marks a great improvement to the Works range", commented Graham Stevens, Managing Director of Stevens Industrial Services.

"The products are now even more environmentally friendly, do no damage to the ozone and are safer to use.

They can also be filled much more quickly and easily to satisfy growing demand".

The new dual chamber system, which is now in operation, can fill both compressed air single chambers and compressed air dual chambers for a "bag-on-valve" system within the aerosol.

Once emptied, the Works containers can now be safely disposed of in normal refuse.

This new machine uses "under the cup" crimpers, making it suitable for use with compressed gases, such as those within The Works range.

These crimpers are equipped with a tandem crimp cylinder that ensures high crimp power even with low air pressure.

Product metering is controlled using mechanically operated product filling nozzles.

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