Machine Overview
| Machine type | Can filler and seamer monoblock |
| Products | Beverages, canned food, powders, pharmaceuticals, industrial fluids, skincare products |
| Output | Up to 1,200 cans/hour with variable speed control |
| Filling systems | Measuring cup, multihead weigher, liquid/paste pump, or auger screw |
| Seaming | Double- or triple-seam, hermetic sealing |
| Materials | SUS 304 stainless steel contact parts as standard; SUS 316 for products containing salt |
| Automation | PLC HMI control with No-Can No-Fill/Seal technology |
| Utilities | 380 V three-phase, compressed air, CO2 supply |
Configurations
A can fill-seam machine integrates a can filler and a can seamer into one monoblock, with the filling system chosen to match the product. The filling systems cover free-flowing powders through to liquids and pastes. If you are still deciding between a monoblock and separate filler and seamer, see the comparison below.
Not sure this is the right filler? Our filling machines page compares every filler we supply by container, product and output.
Doses free-flowing products by volume. Built for instant and ground coffee, baking powder and breadcrumbs. Granular products are dosed here or on the multihead weigher, never on an auger screw.
Weighs mixed or single products by weight rather than volume. Built for canned tuna, chicken, beef, vegetables, beans and soup mixes.
Pumps liquids or viscous products to volume. Built for fruit juices, tomato paste, cooking oils, beverage concentrates and condensed milk. Includes recirculation for hot-fill products to hold constant temperature.
Doses powders by a rotating screw. Built for milk and protein powders, soup mixes, cocoa powder, spices and baby formula. Auger filling is for powders only: the turning screw crushes granular products, so we check your product’s consistency before recommending a filling system. See our powder packaging machines.
Applications
Filling system and can format are matched to the product. These are the sectors we supply into most.
Beer (craft beer, lager and IPA), cider, hard seltzer, ready-to-drink cocktails, energy drinks, soda and other carbonated soft drinks, sparkling and still water, juice, kombucha, cold brew and other coffee drinks, tea, functional drinks and wine, where hermetic sealing and, for sensitive products, hot-fill recirculation both matter.
Tuna, sauces, baked beans, sweetcorn, soup, ready meals, pet food, coconut milk, jam, honey, dry foods, milk powder and baby formula, vegetables, fruit, meat and seafood, filled by the system matched to the product’s form.
Raw materials, powders, pills and medical supplies; and industrial fluids including petrol, oil, diesel, paint and lubricants.
Lotions, oils and shampoos, filled by the liquid and paste pump system and hermetically sealed for shelf stability.
Applications
Canned beverages. Hermetic sealing at speed:
Canned food. Solids, liquids and mixes:
Pharmaceutical and industrial. Regulatory-compliant construction:
The guides below cover the buying and running questions we are asked about most for canning machines.
Choosing: how to choose a canning machine
Cost: canning machine cost · canning machine ROI
Running: how a can seamer works · can seaming problems
For every machine in the range that fills liquid, and how the filler is matched to thin, foamy, hot or viscous products, see liquid filling machines.
Specifications
A can fill-seam machine is specified by filling system and target output first, can format second. Output runs up to 1,200 cans/hour with variable speed control. Beverage lines are configured for the common can sizes, including 250 ml, 330 ml, 440 ml and 500 ml.
Sizing the line. Filling system is chosen to match your product; can format, hot-fill requirements and integration with upstream or downstream equipment then shape the rest of the specification. Contact us to confirm the right configuration for your product and can size.
Contact parts are SUS 304 stainless steel as standard; products containing salt are built in SUS 316, which resists corrosion. Hot-fill products use a recirculation system to hold constant temperature; a CIP system sanitises the line in a closed loop.
A can fill-seam monoblock runs up to 1,200 cans per hour with variable speed control. High-speed beverage canning lines use an isobaric filler and seamer instead; the one on our energy drink canning line was specified at 100 to 150 cans per minute. Real output depends on can size and product; confirm on a trial with your product and can format.
| Parameter | Specification |
|---|---|
| Output | Up to 1,200 cans/hour with variable speed control |
| Filling systems | Measuring cup, multihead weigher, liquid/paste pump, or auger screw |
| Seaming | Double- or triple-seam process for airtight, hermetic sealing |
| Filling accuracy | Volumetric filling valve with inductive flow meter |
| Hot-fill capability | Recirculation system holds constant product temperature during downtime |
| Contact parts | SUS 304 stainless steel as standard; SUS 316 for products containing salt |
| Controls | PLC HMI with No-Can No-Fill/Seal technology |
| Sanitation | CIP (clean-in-place) with automatic centralised lubrication |
| Changeover | Automatic height adjustment, quick-change handling parts |
| Utilities | 380 V three-phase; compressed air; CO2 supply for pre-flushing |
Machine sizing and exact model configuration depend on your can format, product and target output — contact us to confirm the right configuration for your line. CE and other industry certifications are available on request.
Not sure which filling system suits your product? See the comparisons below, then send us your product and can format for a trial.
About our modelModel codes shown are machines we have supplied and configured for previous projects. Your machine is specified and configured to suit your product, output and pack format — not supplied off the shelf.
About the machine
A canning machine, also called a can fill-seam machine, integrates a can filler and a can seamer into one monoblock. Empty cans are centred in a differential pressure chamber, pre-flushed with CO2, filled to volume through a pneumatic valve checked by an inductive flow meter, then conveyed to the seamer where a lid is applied and rolled into an airtight double- or triple-seam.
We supply semi-automatic and automatic canning machines, including rotary seamers for continuous high-speed lines and vacuum seamers that draw air out of the can before the lid is seamed. We do not supply manual can sealers. Besides metal cans, a line can be configured for glass jars and composite cans.
The cycle runs in these steps.
Fill volume, seam pressure and, for hot-fill products, recirculation temperature are set per product and held in the machine controls.
The double seam is what keeps a can hermetic. A poor seam lets air in, causes leaks and shortens shelf life, so seam settings on a canning machine are checked against your own can and lid before handover.
A complete canned-food line runs from a can depalletiser and rinser through the filler, lid feeder and seamer, then fill-level and seam inspection, a retort, cooler and dryer, a labelling machine, a cartoning machine and a palletiser. We supply each machine in that line, so it can be specified as one project. For multipacks, the sealed cans feed a shrink tunnel.
A complete beverage canning line starts before the filler. On an energy drink line we configured, the syrup is dissolved, filtered, chilled and carbonated in a mixing and carbonation section, with a clean-in-place (CIP) system washing the tanks and pipework. Empty aluminium cans run from a can depalletiser and twist rinser to an isobaric can filler and seamer, which fills under pressure so the drink keeps its carbonation. Sealed cans then pass a can warmer, X-ray fill-level inspection, a can dryer and a laser coder, before a shrink sleeve labelling machine and a sleeve sealer and shrink tunnel bundle them into packs.
On that line, the isobaric can filler and seamer was specified at 100 to 150 cans per minute for 440 to 500 ml cans, and the twist rinser at up to 300 cans per minute. A canning line is quoted as one project, so each machine is sized to keep pace with the filler.
Can filling suits any product that benefits from hermetic, tamper-evident sealing across a wide range of viscosities.
Typical products are beer, soda and juice (for bottled or cupped juice, see the juice filling machine); canned tuna, soup and vegetables; and industrial fluids and skincare products.
For the finished can, see our shrink tunnel page for multipack bundling.
Can lines from the range: a full beverage canning line, rotary and linear can fillers, a filler-seamer, a stand-alone seamer and a large-container filler.
An automatic line filling and seaming energy drinks into cans, from empty can to sealed can.
A rotary filler fills cans on a turret, the layout for higher can outputs.
Cans travel in a straight line through filling and seaming, a compact layout for smaller plants.
One machine fills the can and seams the lid on in the same pass.
A seamer closing lids onto filled cans, used where filling is done on a separate machine.
A filler for large bottles and cans from 5 to 20 litres.
Comparison
Both fill and seal cans; the difference is whether the two functions sit in one machine or two.
| Monoblock | Separate filler and seamer | |
|---|---|---|
| Integration | Filler and seamer in one unit | Two separate machines, conveyor-linked |
| Footprint | Compact, single-source solution | Larger, more floor space required |
| Control | Joint PLC control, single interface | Separate controls per machine |
| Best for | Low to medium-speed production lines | Lines needing independent servicing or staged expansion |
Choose a monoblock for a compact, single-source solution on low to medium-speed lines; choose separate units where you need to service or expand filling and seaming independently.
Some products need to be filled hot to preserve them; others fill cold. The machine configuration differs accordingly.
| Hot-fill | Cold-fill | |
|---|---|---|
| Process | Product recirculated to hold constant temperature | Standard ambient-temperature filling |
| Equipment | Requires a recirculation system and CIP sanitising | Standard filling valve, no recirculation needed |
| Best for | Sensitive beverages, juices, dairy-based drinks | Carbonated drinks, water, most food products |
| Benefit | Preserves product through downtime | Simpler, lower-cost configuration |
Choose hot-fill for products that need heat treatment to preserve quality and shelf life; cold-fill is simpler and suits most carbonated and ambient-stable products.
Guides
These are the guides we send to anyone choosing a can filling configuration.
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Why us
A hermetic can seal protects a product through distribution, storage and shelf life in a way few other formats match, and a monoblock line does it without the footprint of separate machines. Because filling system and can format are chosen independently, the same underlying design covers beverages, food, pharmaceuticals and industrial fluids on one platform.
For the finished can, our shrink tunnel, labelling and cartoning pages cover what happens next.
Quotation
A can fill-seam machine is quoted to your product and can format, so the quotation is built from a trial run rather than a list price. Send us your product and can and we will confirm the right configuration and quote it.
Why us
Every can fill-seam machine we supply is installed and commissioned on your floor, with operator training, a spare-parts holding in Johannesburg and technical support once you are running.
Installation and commissioning.
We position the monoblock, connect the electrical, compressed air and CO2 supply, set fill volume and seam settings against your own product and can, and hand over once cans are filling and seaming consistently.
Operator training.
Your operators are trained on filling valve settings, seaming roller adjustment, CIP sanitising cycles, PLC operation, and the wear items worth keeping on the shelf.
Service, spares and support.
Filling valves, seaming rollers, chucks and lubrication system components are held in Johannesburg, with service across South Africa and into neighbouring SADC markets.
Choosing the right can fill-seam configuration comes down to these points:
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Questions
A machine that integrates a can filler and a can seamer into one monoblock, filling cans to volume and hermetically sealing them with a double- or triple-seam process.
Canned beverages (beer, soda, juice, coffee), canned food (tuna, soup, vegetables, meat), pharmaceuticals and powders, industrial fluids, and skincare and haircare products.
Measuring cup for free-flowing products, multihead weigher for mixed or single products by weight, liquid and paste pumps for liquids and viscous products, and auger screw for powders.
Hot-fill uses a recirculation system to hold sensitive beverages at constant temperature during filling and downtime; cold-fill is standard ambient filling for products that don’t need heat treatment.
A can fill-seam monoblock runs up to 1,200 cans per hour with variable speed control. An isobaric filler and seamer on a high-speed beverage canning line runs at 100 to 150 cans per minute. Real output depends on can size and product; confirm on a trial with your product and can format.
A monoblock suits low to medium-speed lines wanting a compact, single-source solution; separate filler and seamer units suit lines needing independent servicing or staged expansion.
Yes. Additional filling stations for products needing liquid addition, recirculation systems for hot-fill, and integration with shrink wrap, labelling or cartoning can all be added.
Routine care: clean filling valves and the CO2 pre-flush chamber, inspect seaming rollers and chucks, check the CIP sanitising cycle, and maintain the automatic lubrication system.
