Filling machine

There is a BV Fill Jet in our small store. No serious problems after

2 1/2 years, although recently it seems to be adding more air to the wine as it bottles. A new one is being ordered. Apparently the filling head has been improved.

According to the catalogues that I have seen, the Enolmatic has MANY MANY parts, whereas the Fill Jet is fairly simply.

Our Fill Jet did not come with a maintenance manual or parts list or much documentation at all. There are a couple of inexpensive parts that have worn and required replacement. Also there is a small spring and ball bearing that are easily lost/misplaced, so it is a good idea to have spares.

Steve

Thanks Steve for sharing your experiences. I would like to read more about that. There's probably others winemakers who use this type of bottling device ?? What everyone use ?? I need more idea please... Séb

---snip I have tried what you looking at. But at only 150g/year I bet you are up to barrel size containers. If you do not have them stored for natural gravity flow, you have to engage a pump to fill the reservoir. Now you are engaging lots of equipment that have to be cleaned etc. At this point you may as well fit a stop directly to the pump, which is how I have ended up. I go through the use of the iris on the floor corker with a S/S tube fitted with a flow control sensor that shout down the pump when full @ 15 sec. Pull it out of the iris, insert a cork and seal. I use the same pump to move wine between barrels. This is a bit slow since the diameter is really too small. But it works fine and you can leave it alone and let it do its thing as long as you have some form of a strainer on your intake. I made one from a S/S strainer. This so that larger oak pieces from your barrels that can dislodge from toasting and float loose can't clog you up.

Also I found it tedious to clean the filler for just small fillings and it now rest on one of my shelves as another conversation piece.

SG Brix