Industries / Dairy
Empty jug and bottle handling for dairy lines
Dairy runs fast and clean, on thin-wall jugs that need careful handling. CMD runs the empty side, moving milk jugs and bottles from the blow molder to the filler, while DCC Automation, whose roots are in dairy, takes the filled side. Between us, one group covers the dairy line end to end.
In summary
Custom Metal Designs builds the empty-container side of dairy packaging lines: milk jugs and bottles conveyed from the blow molder, through accumulation, to the infeed of the filler. The handling is sanitary and washdown-friendly, gentle on thin-wall containers, and built to hold rate on a fast line. Dairy is where the group's two halves fit most naturally, with CMD on the empty side and DCC Automation, historically a dairy company, handling conveying once the bottles are filled. CMD has built bottle-handling equipment since 1972 and is ISO 9001:2015 certified.
The problem
The problem on a dairy line
Dairy lines move fast and get cleaned hard, and dairy containers are thin-wall jugs and bottles that dent and tip easily. The empty side has to feed the filler steadily, survive frequent washdown, and handle light, awkward containers without jamming or scuffing.
- 01Custom Metal Designs: the empty side
- 02Handover at the filler
- 03DCC Automation: the filled side
Relevant capabilities
What fits Dairy
Sanitary, high-rate handling for empty jugs and bottles, feeding the filler.
Next step
Running a dairy line?
Tell us the container and the rate. We'll size the empty side, and the group can cover the filled side too.
Or call (800) 334-1777