Digital multi-specification ultra-flexible filling machine is mainly used in the liquid food industry, including dairy products, beverage, alcohol, tea, water, edible oil, condiments, various sauces, etc. Among them, in the dairy industry, China’s per capita milk consumption is far behind the world’s average level. With the population growth and the improvement of urbanization, the dairy industry has huge space for development, and there is a huge incremental market for the corresponding equipment based on the existing 100-billion-yuan market capacity. However, the liquid food filling machine market is still mainly occupied by international brand manufacturers. With the advent of the era of personalized consumption, FMS flexible manufacturing demand is blowing out. Compared with the low flexibility of international manufacturers’ equipment, the digital flexible filling technology developed by Hangzhou Youngsun Intelligent Equipment Co., Ltd. provides customers with differentiated services, which will realize the opening and overtaking of domestic enterprises in this field.   

The 40,000 BPH beer production line project of Budweiser Lusaka factory, undertaken by Youngsun, underwent FAT (Factory Acceptance Test) at Youngsun’s Changxing production base from February 13 to 16, 2023. 

Kabunda Preston and Mulenga Tresford from Budweiser Lusaka project team; Tan Jinglai, Packaging Standards Manager from Budweiser APAC’s CAPEX team; Liu Tao, Equipment Reliability Expert, Lu Wei, Whole Line Integration Expert, and Zhang Yanjun, Machinery Maintenance Expert from Budweiser APAC; Christian Blatt, Global Sales Director of Youngsun Intelligence and the project team participated in the FAT work. 

Considering the particularity of the Budweiser Lusaka factory’s 40,000 bottles/hour beer production line project, Youngsun carried out the equipment installation and commissioning of the entire line before delivery at its Changxing production base in advance, which is the first time in China. 

For this project, Youngsun provides whole line pressure-free conveyors, bottle washer, pasteurizer, new automatic unpacking system combining crate packer and unpacker, robot and visual inspection, pallet circulation and inspection system, and robot marshalling system. Youngsun also provides intelligent and unmanned latest production technology for the whole line. Meanwhile, with the support of VSA, a new turnkey project model is created. 

During the FAT process, in accordance with Budweiser GTS FAT technical requirements, relevant equipment performance data verification, equipment safety and electrical standard inspection, single machine simulation operation, and whole-line linkage operation were carried out. In the end, the FAT passed successfully and received unanimous praise from the Budweiser Lusaka project team and the APAC team. 

At the same time, an in-depth discussion was made on the further cooperation between the two parties in various regions and aspects in the future. 

Congratulations on the complete success of ABI Lusaka project FAT. 

Also, we would like to thank the Technical Support Team of Budweiser APAC for their great support to ABI Lusaka project undertaken by Youngsun; based on the VSA strategic cooperation, both parties will lead the innovative development of intelligent manufacturing of China’s beer equipment and jointly promote “China’s intelligent manufacturing” to the world!