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heated. Since the expansion of measuring system is designed to it, olive oil and speciality bever-
the liquid product is typically provide hands-free, automated age and food containers where
much greater than the expan- volume measurement of glass volume measurement is critical.
sion of the glass, the amount containers, on the plant floor or The SPT2-Volume is an
of head-space in the bottle will in the laboratory. This system extension of the industry lead-
decrease. Corresponding to this offers a cost-effective alterna- ing Agr SPT2 product line. Built
decrease in head-space, is an tive to the hand measurement of upon the same testing platform,
increase in the pressure inside bottles this system shares many of the
the bottle that is created by the This new system was devel- popular features, including a rug-
compression of the head-space oped to meet the needs of glass ged stainless-steel framework,
gas by the expanding liquid. In container producers and brand
extreme situations, if the head- owners that need fast and pre-
space is totally consumed by the cise volume measurement but do The SPT2-Volume system’s
expanding liquid, then hydraulic not require pressure testing. This positive-displacement
pressures will be created which product is particularly applica- method offers a number
are substantially greater than any ble to the producers of non- of advantages over traditional
bottle is designed or manufac- pressurized ware, including spir- laboratory methods for
tured to endure. measuring volume
Thus, it is imperative that the
overflow volume of a glass con-
tainer be accurately monitored
during production. This will
assure that the volume of the
liquid product matches the label
and will avoid problems with
insufficient bottle head-space.

MEETING VOLUME
MEASUREMENT NEEDS IN A
PRODUCTION ENVIRONMENT
Volume measurement on a
meaningful representation of
production continues to be a
challenge for many bottle manu-
facturers. Measuring fill point
and overflow to verify fill level
requirements can be time-
consuming and occupy limited
manpower resources that could
be more effectively utilized in
other ways within the plant.
Costly and tedious as this testing
may be, diligent sampling and
volume measurement of bottle
production is a necessity.

SPT2-Volume system for
hands-free, automated volume
measurement
With the recent market intro-
duction of the new SPT2-Volume
system from Agr International,
the days of dealing with the
drudgery of volume measure-
ment could finally be a thing
of the past. The SPT2-Volume

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