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Roller Retrofits: 95% Fewer Moving Parts & 20% of the Cost
The retrofit takes advantage of the existing frames to become your primary structure and mounting points for the drop-in brackets that CODI manufactures.
Dan Welch
2 days ago7 min read


Wet Cardboard Stinks. Get a Can Warmer.
Cans exit the warmer roughly 20°F warmer than when they entered, above the dew point, and that is all it takes to keep the packaging dry.
Dan Welch
6 days ago5 min read


What Matters in Used Equipment: What You Buy, Who Built It, and Who Services
When considering used equipment, three things matter: whether the machine is built to last, whether the company that made it is still around and engaged, and whether you can get real service when something comes up.
Dan Welch
Feb 245 min read


Tunnel Pasteurization Is Your Secret Weapon for Beverage Shelf Stability (And Peace of Mind)
A quick starter guide to the pasteurization process for canned beverages
Dan Welch
Feb 99 min read


Manual Stacking Sucks: Automated Gantry Palletizers vs. Cobots for Beverage Lines
There are many challenges to packaging beverages, but one of the biggest and most overlooked is surprisingly common: using manual labor to stack cases on pallets. Think about it this way: A fully loaded pallet of packaged beverages often weighs 1,500–2,500 pounds. A ton (2,000 lbs) is equivalent to a small car or, for our outdoorsy friends, a large adult moose. Building that pallet typically requires 50+ repetitive lifts per pallet, often involving awkward reaches, torso rota
Dan Welch
Feb 34 min read


Have You Outgrown Codi? We Doubt It!
By: Jake Weesner, Codi Lead Operator/Trainer Scaling Your Beverage Production with High-Speed Canning Equipment I don’t need to tell anyone at this point but craft beer has, well, it’s changed quite a bit in the last few years. Some blame the market, some blame tariffs, some blame trends, but the fact of the matter is it changed, and we are all trying to find footing. I heard someone recently giving their best version of the bubble theory, and while they spoke I internally re
Dan Welch
Jan 74 min read


Codi Automation: Reducing Winery Labor Costs with Automation.
The wine industry is navigating a difficult period. Declining per-capita consumption, excess inventory sitting in tanks, demographic shifts in how consumers buy alcohol, and tighter access to credit are forcing wineries to rethink how they produce, package, and ship product. At the same time, labor challenges and demand patterns are less predictable than they were even five years ago. In this environment, large, inflexible capital projects are harder to justify. What wineries
Codi Mfg Inc.
Jan 63 min read


Aluminum Can Sizes, Shapes, and their role in Beverage Packaging
How Aluminum Cans Shape Production, Packaging, and Customer Experience According to Wikipedia , approximately 480 billion aluminum cans are produced globally each year, making aluminum cans one of the most ubiquitous forms of beverage packaging. Despite their simple appearance, modern aluminum beverage cans are engineered products. Every aspect of a can’s design—height, diameter, wall thickness, and body profile—directly impacts how the product is filled, conveyed, packaged,
Codi Mfg Inc.
Dec 18, 20255 min read


The Ultimate Guide to CIP for Codi Fillers + Brewery Cleaning Tips
By: Jake Weesner - Codi Field Technician The Importance of CIP in Brewery Production The CIP process is quite possibly the most important step of the production process, whether we're talking about a wort kettle, keg, bright tank, or your Codi Filler. Let's use a brewery model for the main example, and majority of our examples throughout. The brewing team can spend 3 months sourcing ingredients, have a good old 12 hour brew day, then the beer spends 37 days in a fermenter ano
Dan Welch
Dec 1, 20258 min read


Beginners Guide to Counter Pressure Canning
By: Jake Weesner - Codi Field Technician What is Counter Pressure Filling for Beverages? Counter pressure or Isobaric filling is a technology used by all large scale beverage producers to package liquids. It is the preferred method because it gives the operator complete control over the atmosphere inside the can during the fill process. The method involves a series of valve operations and pressurization that allows faster filling while simultaneously preventing oxygen absorpt
Dan Welch
Dec 1, 20254 min read
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