The Pilot Line

Scale With Confidence

Belvac’s Pilot Line is an unparalleled asset that enables the creation and testing of new container designs. This state-of-the-art facility allows for the exploration and development of innovative packaging solutions, ensuring that Belvac remains at the forefront of industry advancements. Available services on the Pilot Line are extensive and designed to maintain and elevate customer’s operational efficiency. These services include label validation, down gauging, light weighting, and more.

Small-Scale Production Mimicking Real-World Manufacturing Conditions
Enables Businesses to Identify Potential Issues Before Committing to a Full-Scale Rollout
Mitigates Risks with Large-Scale Production Investments
Ensures While Scaling Up, Processes are Efficient and Effective as Possible

Supports the Design and Testing of New Containers and Tooling
Production of Market-Ready Samples for Conducting Thorough Consumer Research
Engineered to Support Extensive Research and Development Testing
Experiment with Different Coatings, Inks, and Light Weighting Materials

By facilitating such comprehensive testing, the Pilot Line ensures that Belvac’s customers can optimize every aspect of their product, from durability and aesthetics to cost-effectiveness and sustainability

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Pilot Line Quality Analysis Lab

Buckle Guage

Measures pressure required to reverse the dome on beverage cans, and it also measures the can height growth when the cans are exposed to sustained internal pressure.

Front End Guage

The Front End Gauge measures can height, mid and top side wall thickness, and dome depth on un-necked, trimmed beverage cans.

Axial Load Guage

Measures the maximum force which can be applied in the axial plane before deformation or can collapsing.

Back End Guage

Non-contact measurement of key dimensions on finished beverage cans, including internal base reforming parameters.

Metal Exposure Rater

The Rater checks lacquer/coatings integrity on cans and ends using the industry standard conductivity test. A small, safe voltage is applied between an electrolyte (conductive fluid) inside the can and the body of the can.