We're in the process of getting a 4-head 1995 era Meheen filler going, and the thought occured to me that with all the great breweries bottling great beer on these machines, there must be wealth of knowledge on the little tricks that make them hum. In the spirit of one brewer helping another, let's get a dialog going that will help future brewers fine-tune their machines. To make an analogy, the Meheen fillers are to bottling as Linux is to Microsoft. They are relatively simple, the construction is open and many of the parts are locally available, instead of shipping from Germany or Italy.
One of the issues we are having already is consistent bottle feeding and positioning. After spending several hours adjusting the feed plate travel, we thought we had it set, only to bend all of the flimsy plastic fill tubes the very first time we put it into auto operation.
Also, has anyone replaced the plastic fill tubes with something stronger, like stainless tubing?
The guys at Meheen have been fairly helpful, but I understand that there is no reason why they should spend hours talking to me on the phone about a 10 year old machine. But with all the knowledge out there, I figured some creative brewers have improved on the basic design and would be willing to share their tricks. If we figure out any we'll post them here!
Cheers,
Linus Hall
Yazoo Brewing
Nashville, TN
One of the issues we are having already is consistent bottle feeding and positioning. After spending several hours adjusting the feed plate travel, we thought we had it set, only to bend all of the flimsy plastic fill tubes the very first time we put it into auto operation.
Also, has anyone replaced the plastic fill tubes with something stronger, like stainless tubing?
The guys at Meheen have been fairly helpful, but I understand that there is no reason why they should spend hours talking to me on the phone about a 10 year old machine. But with all the knowledge out there, I figured some creative brewers have improved on the basic design and would be willing to share their tricks. If we figure out any we'll post them here!
Cheers,
Linus Hall
Yazoo Brewing
Nashville, TN
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