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Revisiting Kosan Crisplant’s Flexspeed Lpg Cylinder Processor

By Kaj Lehmkuhl, marketing coordinator, Kosan Crisplant

The future of lp gas cylinder filling arrived yesterday. Lpg cylinders in circulation add value for their owners, so it is only natural to acknowledge this and take it to the next level, and the next.

The goal of lpg gas cylinder refilling is to keep cylinders in motion through processing plants, maintaining a continuous flow to save time and resources and get lpg cylinders back into distribution channels. Time is money and money is profit.

The Kosan Crisplant Group introduced a new dynamic processing technology called Flexspeed in 2008, a technology that has now been refined even more. From the introduction line, the empty lp gas cylinders enter a series of patented double-action star wheels that smoothly guide the lpg gas cylinders onto the carousel and Kosan Crisplant’s Universal Filling Machines (UFM) without the use of stops and spacers.

Standard Flexspeed UFMs can handle all cylinder types with a 230-380mm body diameter and heights up to 600mm, covering all domestic lpg cylinders for which it makes sense to perform high-speed processing. The type of lp gas cylinder can be changed in a matter of minutes. This flexibility gives you the lowest cost possible per filled cylinder. High capacity equals low cost with Flexspeed.

The switch from one lpg cylinder type to the next is the only idle time you will find with Flexspeed. Looking at the lp gas cylinders being processed, you will never notice the actual high speed or any increase in noise level. You will find benefits in the high production output and cost savings.

The UFMs are mounted to the carousel on specially designed arms that automatically compensate for any bad positioning of the lpg cylinders. This avoids possible damage to the UFMs and guides and, as a result, prevents a carousel breakdown.

This mounting principle also makes it very easy and quick to take out a machine for service, repair or replacement, while the carousel continues the operation with the minimum of idle time. Many conventional carousel based systems stand idle throughout the service time, but not Flexspeed.

The lpg gas cylinders are dynamically refilled and check-weighed during one revolution on the filling carousel using a unique principle that not only trebles capacity, but accurately fills and checks before the lp gas cylinders are extracted to the ejection line by the rotating star wheels. The filling accuracy is the best on the market today; the most accurate, reliable and safe filling is achieved by the processing time gained from not having any idle running in the system.

The star wheels lead the lpg cylinders onto the leak detection carousel for dynamic leak testing. Using new and patented detection technology, the leak test is completed in seconds. All moving parts are carefully synchronised to maintain the continuous conveyance and processing of the lpg gas cylinders. In the rare event of anyone of these parts falling out of synch, the system will automatically stop and reset and then continue operating. Clearly Flexspeed is designed for high capacity filling facilities. However, as most parts and components are standardised, lpg cylinder fillers with no current need for Flexspeed capacity can also benefit from the by-products that come from the innovative development process that led to the birth of Flexspeed.

Contact Kosan Crisplant on +45 87 403000 www.kosancrisplant.com

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