Oh, that is our favorite question :) Calculations seem to be fairly easy however often important components are left unaccounted. In addition to the price of equipment itself you should also consider following costs: 

• Cans and cartons delivery and storage
• Additional labor
• Start-up and training
• Canning line crating and delivery
• Equipment maintenance and repairs
• And last but not least – your potential alternative profits. You can invest these money to expand of your production capacities or develop and scale-up your business in other ways

Of course, any calculations are subjective. In average case we can say that production of 15-20 thousand cans per month is a great match for SmartCan option. If you deliver 30-50 thousand cans a month or more – CanBot canning lines will be best suited your demands. 
In case your monthly production is lower than 15 thousand cans or you have a better alternative to invest your budget – we will be happy to provide you with our mobile canning service.

Yes, it is possible with our equipment! CanBot 6-1 modular canning line can be easily upgraded to CanBot 12-2 with additional fill nozzles and second seamer -  this will double your canning speed.

To achieve that first of all packaging equipment has to be thoroughly cleaned. All elements of canning line should have hygienic design to allow proper and easy cleaning without hard-to-reach areas, congested flow pockets, open regular threads etc. All materials should be rated to withstand contact with cleaning solutions.
Beverage taste, flavor and color are also seriously affected by contact with UV rays and oxygen, so you should ensure low TPO (total packaged oxygen) and DO (dissolved oxygen) pick-up during packaging.

Beverage oxidation during packaging depends on two factors: exposure to oxygen during filling process and total amount of oxygen that ends up inside a can after seaming (TPO). To minimize exposure to oxygen while filling: cans are purged with CO2 before filling, nozzles have valves at the end of the filling tube to prevent air getting inside the nozzle in between filling cycles and product is filled under foam. To decrease TPO most important factor is good “foam cap” that should extract all air from the can headspace and from under-lid pocket before seaming.
Truth is that no equipment can guarantee high quality results just by itself – proper settings and adjustments are also required. Having that in mind we designed and patented our foam control system – it allows to ensure filling under foam and perfect “foam cap” with a very wide range of temperature and pressure. With this system you can easily find right settings even without wide experience in canning and beverage preparation and achieve DO pick-up as low as 5-10 ppb (parts per billion).