Cask unveils new canning line
Cask Brewing Systems is offering a new canning line that doubles the speed of its fastest machine.
Cask’s ACS X2 (Automatic Canning System X2) has ten CO2 pre-purge heads, ten fill heads, and two can seamers. This is twice the pre-purge, filling and seaming features of Cask’s ACS machine, which has been a hit with micro-canners since its debut in 2005.
The new machine fills and seams 75+ cans/minute and 190+ cases/hour and requires just two operators.
Peter Love, founder of Cask, said: “Our customers around the world are experiencing huge demand for their canned craft beer and it’s creating production pressures for them. Many of them are faced with outgrowing our machines and having to make a four, or five fold leap in price and a giant leap in size to buy the next level of canning gear.
“We created this faster, more advanced machine to help our customers keep up with their growth in a fashion that saves them significant money and space. Our focus has always been smaller breweries, the ACS X2 allows us to greatly expand that focus.”
The machine fills cans with an extremely low level of dissolved oxygen (15-20 parts per billion) that protects beer flavor and extends shelf life. The ACS X2 features a revamped seamer system and an improved operator interface, and can be adapted to various can sizes in just minutes. Other high performance options include an improved automatic pallet dispenser and a can pre-rinse feature.
“All of our machines give small brewers an affordable, small-scale way to package their beer in the best package there is for beer. They allow craft brewers to easily adopt the super portable, infinitely recyclable can and its ultimate protection from light and oxygen. Those benefits are hard for brewers to resist.
“Canned craft beer is the hottest craft beer package in the US and it’s now taking off in the other nations where we have customers,” added Love.
The latest information from the Brewers Association shows that 2014 sales of US canned six packs were up 97% compared to 14% growth of bottles.
