Beverage filling machine manufacturers compared on shared RFQ assumptions

1. Requirement review: Sample run

   Ask each manufacturer which filling principle is proposed for each beverage and carbonation condition. Still nectar, carbonated soft drink and beer-style counterpressure fill are different valve duties. Record product temperature and inlet pressure assumed during the trial, because foam and dissolved gas change with those two numbers. If the buyer cannot ship production beverage, write that limitation into the RFQ instead of substituting water without comment.

   Work envelope and footprint belong here as well: doors open, turret access, and space to remove product-contact parts. Connected load and three-phase supply must match the hall that will receive the skid. Compressed air demand and cooling water are utilities, not optional footnotes.

2. Site readiness

   Confirm whether rinsing and closure application are included in the offered machine or quoted as separate modules. List change parts for each bottle height in the family. Ask how foam loss and fill quantity will be measured together so a bidder cannot report mass fill from one run and visual foam from another. Upstream product feed and CIP connections should be marked as buyer-supplied, supplier-supplied or jointly designed; a generic “hygienic design” sentence is not a cleaning procedure.

   Installation, shipping, training and commissioning must be tagged included or excluded. Spare parts kits, PLC interface work and operator training hours are frequent gaps. FAT at the supplier and SAT at the plant are acceptance events with their own sample plans; they are not implied by sending this website form.

3. Owner acceptance

   The buyer accepts a quotation only after the comparison table shows the same bottle family, the same carbonation statement and the same inclusion list. We do not instruct the plant to sign. If a manufacturer declines a duty, that refusal is useful evidence, not a failure of this sourcing service. Read the Commissioning Guide when glass-bottle quotation items such as rinser and crown-cap application are still unresolved.

Internal notes that support this coordination: specify beverage behavior before choosing filling valves and compare quotations at the product-contact boundary. Those articles are procurement checklists, not laboratory reports.