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Utah Distillery Opts for Bottling Upgrade

From hand filling and labeling to a fully enclosed rinse/fill/cork solution with a ‘de-dusting’ component, High West Distillery is making its mark in the whisky category.

The 14-station rotary filler runs at a steady 35 bottles/min when 750-mL bottles are in production.
The 14-station rotary filler runs at a steady 35 bottles/min when 750-mL bottles are in production.

Manual filling and labeling was the method of operation until the 2019 commissioning of a Fogg Filler rinser/filler/capper.  “We had a very small footprint in which we needed to fit our packaging line,” says High West founder David Perkins. “Fogg was able to incorporate the rinser, filler, and capper in one chassis, which made all the difference in the world. Three separate machines was not going to work.”

A pressure-sensitive labeler from P.E.Labeller applies either front-and-back or full-wrap labels.A pressure-sensitive labeler from P.E.Labeller applies either front-and-back or full-wrap labels.

The Arol capper—actually a corker—notes Perkins, is also new to the semi-automated line. So are the following:

• a P.E.Labeller pressure-sensitive labeler from that applies either front-and-back or full-wrap labels

• a 3M case taper

• a tamper seal applicator from ColloPack

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