{"id":13,"date":"2026-10-08T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-08T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/llfgrease.com\/news\/new-filling-line-adds-6000-tpy-capacity\/"},"modified":"2026-10-08T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T09:00:00","slug":"new-filling-line-adds-6000-tpy-capacity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/llfgrease.com\/news\/new-filling-line-adds-6000-tpy-capacity\/","title":{"rendered":"New Filling Line Adds 6,000 t\/year Capacity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Our third automated filling line went live this month, adding 6,000 tons of annual filling capacity and bringing total plant capacity to 26,000 t\/year. The line is dedicated to export packaging: 0.4-180 kg pails, kegs and drums.<\/p>\n<h2>What the new line does<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Automated pail handling:<\/strong> Empty pails are denested, purged with nitrogen (for oxygen-sensitive polyurea products), filled by mass-flow meters, and lidded &#8211; without manual touch. Fill accuracy is &plusmn;0.2%.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Drum and keg filling:<\/strong> 50-180 kg formats for industrial distributors, with palletisation handled by the existing robotic cell.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Inline check-weigher:<\/strong> Every container is weighed; anything outside tolerance is automatically rejected and reworked.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Label + batch coding:<\/strong> Thermal transfer printing of customer labels (for private label orders) plus laser batch coding, all captured in our traceability system.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Why it matters for our customers<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Shorter lead times in peak season.<\/strong> Q3-Q4 is peak export season, and filling was our bottleneck &#8211; the third line removes it. Standard lead times during peak drop from 25-30 days back to 15-20 days.<\/p>\n<p><strong>More private-label headroom.<\/strong> The line was built with changeover speed in mind: switching pail size or label takes under 30 minutes. Distributors running their own brands get shorter runs without a price penalty.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nitrogen purge option.<\/strong> Polyurea and specialty greases now ship with an inert atmosphere in the headspace, extending shelf life in hot-climate warehousing &#8211; relevant for our Middle East and African distribution partners.<\/p>\n<h2>Capacity picture after the upgrade<\/h2>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<th>Line<\/th>\n<th>Focus<\/th>\n<th>Capacity<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Line 1 (2009)<\/td>\n<td>Small packs, 0.4-15 kg<\/td>\n<td>6,000 t\/y<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Line 2 (2018)<\/td>\n<td>Bulk drums, cartridges<\/td>\n<td>8,000 t\/y<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Line 3 (2026, new)<\/td>\n<td>Export pails\/kegs\/drums<\/td>\n<td>6,000 t\/y<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Kettle capacity (separate)<\/td>\n<td>Production, all lines<\/td>\n<td>26,000 t\/y total<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p>Existing customers: your account manager will confirm the new lead times on your next order. New buyers: the factory floor video walkthrough now features the third line &#8211; request it with your sample.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our third automated line is now running for export pails and drums.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-company"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/llfgrease.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/llfgrease.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/llfgrease.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/llfgrease.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/llfgrease.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/llfgrease.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/llfgrease.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/llfgrease.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/llfgrease.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}