Hummus & Dip Filling Machine in Louisville
Automatic hummus and dip cup filling, sealing and cupping for Louisville food producers - up to 30 cups/min, +/-0.5% accuracy, CE/FDA/UL certified. From $45,000 USD.
Louisville's global air-freight hub gives it some of the latest shipping cut-offs in North America - a real advantage for perishable, cupped products. The SDH-R provides the retail-grade filling and sealing to exploit it.
Cup Filling & Sealing for Louisville Producers
A refrigerated dip made in Louisville inherits national reach thanks to the city's air-cargo infrastructure, but only if the cup survives the journey. The SDH-R applies its membrane seal at controlled temperature, pressure and dwell on every cycle rather than by hand pressure, and optional MAP nitrogen flushing takes refrigerated shelf life from 7-10 days to 30-45+ days - the combination that turns Kentucky freight access into a distribution advantage.
Why the SDH-R Suits Louisville Production
Servo-Driven +/-0.5% Accuracy
The volumetric piston meters by displaced volume, holding +/-0.5% fill-weight accuracy across smooth, whipped and chunky products - protecting net-content compliance and margins.
All-in-One Fill, Seal & Cap
One compact rotary machine denests cups, fills, applies a tamper-evident membrane seal and adds an optional snap lid - no separate sealer or capper required.
MAP Nitrogen for Retail Shelf Life
Optional nitrogen flushing extends refrigerated shelf life from 7-10 days to 30-45+ days - the range grocery distribution demands.
Certified, Food-Grade Build
Food-grade 304 stainless with CIP, CE/FDA/UL documentation and a 12-month warranty. Made in Calgary, Alberta by Alter Pack.
Hummus & Dip Manufacturing in Louisville
Louisville's food economy is shaped by an air hub. UPS Worldport at Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport sorts overnight freight through the middle of the night, which means a Jefferson County shipper can tender packages hours after the cutoff that applies almost everywhere else. That single fact has pulled time-critical distribution - medical, e-commerce and increasingly perishable food - into the metro.
The manufacturing side is older than the hub. Butchertown has processed meat since the nineteenth century and still does. Brown-Forman's distilleries and the wider bourbon economy have created a specialty food market that barely existed a generation ago: barrel-aged sauces, bourbon-smoked seasonings from producers such as Bourbon Barrel Foods, and distillery gift shops and Urban Bourbon Trail stops that will stock a well-packaged local product. Yum! Brands and Texas Roadhouse are headquartered here, which keeps foodservice development and supplier expertise close at hand.
New brands emerge from NuLu's East Market District, Logan Street Market and shared kitchens such as Chef Space in Russell, while I-64, I-65 and I-71 converge downtown for anything moving by truck.
The opening for cupped refrigerated dips is specific. Hummus, pimento cheese, beer cheese and bourbon-spiked spreads sell into both grocery and tourism retail, and Worldport makes overnight direct-to-consumer shipping realistic. What has been missing is packaging that survives a parcel network and carries a code date long enough to justify the freight - the job a hummus filling machine in Louisville has to do.
Why Louisville Producers Choose the SDH-R
Louisville's advantage is time: you can produce later in the day here and still make a national delivery tomorrow. The SDH-R gets specified because it protects that advantage instead of consuming it.
- Shelf life that pays for the freight. Optional MAP nitrogen flush moves a refrigerated dip from roughly 7-10 days to 30-45+ days. That is the difference between a product limited to Kentuckiana grocery and one you can ship to a customer in Denver or Charleston.
- Seals that survive parcel handling. Roll-film membrane heat sealing produces a tamper-evident cup, and a pre-cut or snap-on lid adds protection for a carton that will be thrown onto a Worldport belt at two in the morning.
- Afternoon run, evening tender. At up to 30 cups per minute on a dry cycle and 18-25 CPM in real production, a short afternoon run fits comfortably inside the window between filling and the last outbound - the practical case for a cup filling machine in Louisville rather than an outsourced pack.
- Small bourbon-country SKUs without chaos. Recipes held on the PLC/HMI and changeover in about 15 minutes make a limited barrel-aged spread or a seasonal beer cheese economically sane at case counts a co-packer would refuse.
Certified CE, FDA and UL and priced from $45,000 USD, it is a realistic first automation step. See the dip filling and sealing machine details or the full machine specification.
Delivery, Installation & Service in Louisville
Kentucky installations are delivered 8 to 12 weeks after order, built and tested at the Alter Pack plant in Calgary, Alberta. Service and parts for Louisville and the wider Ohio Valley come from our New Jersey service centre, which supports the eastern United States - and, fittingly for this city, a parts shipment can move overnight when a line is down.
We commission on your recipe. Beer cheese behaves nothing like hummus, and a barrel-aged spread carrying particulate behaves like neither, so piston setup, seal temperature and dwell are established on the product you will actually sell, in your cups, with your film. Where nitrogen flush is fitted, MAP settings are verified before sign-off.
Training is delivered on site: operators learn the HMI, recipe recall and changeover; the sanitation team learns CIP and the tool-free strip-down. Every SDH-R carries a 12-month warranty, and we recommend a starter spare-parts kit - film-path components, seals and gaskets - held at your plant so a dip filling machine in Louisville can be back in production the same shift. Begin with a Kentucky site review through the contact page.
SDH-R Specifications for Louisville Producers
Full specification of the SDH-R automatic cup filling, sealing and cupping machine.
| Specification | SDH-R |
|---|---|
| Throughput | Up to 30 cups per minute (dry cycle) |
| Real-world output | 18-25 cups/min depending on product, cup size & options |
| Fill range | 50 g - 500 g (2 oz - 17 oz) |
| Fill-weight accuracy | +/-0.5% (servo-driven volumetric piston) |
| Standard cup sizes | 4 oz, 8 oz, 10 oz, 16 oz |
| Custom cup sizes | 2 oz - 32 oz with matching tooling |
| Sealing | Roll-film membrane heat seal (tamper-evident) |
| Lidding options | Pre-cut lid | snap-on lid (pick-and-place) |
| Shelf-life option | MAP nitrogen flush - 7-10 days to 30-45+ days refrigerated |
| Filler stations | Up to 3 (base + drizzle + garnish in one pass) |
| Construction | Food-grade 304 stainless steel |
| Cleaning | CIP clean-in-place + tool-free strip-down |
| Controls | PLC + HMI with recipe storage |
| Changeover | Under ~15 minutes between SKUs |
| Certifications | CE, FDA, UL |
| Footprint | 44 x 52 in (1,100.5 x 1,315.5 mm) |
| Origin | Made in Calgary, Alberta, Canada by Alter Pack |
| Warranty | 12 months |
| Delivery | 8-12 weeks from order confirmation |
| Starting price | From $45,000 USD |
Manual vs Semi-Automatic vs Automatic Rotary Cup Filling
Which tier of cup filling machine fits your production stage (throughput varies by product, cup size and fill weight).
| Factor | Hand-filling | Semi-automatic / tabletop | SDH-R automatic rotary |
|---|---|---|---|
| Typical output | ~3-6 cups/min | ~8-15 cups/min | Up to 30 cups/min |
| Operators on fill & seal | 3-5 | 1-2 | 1 supervising |
| Fill-weight accuracy | Operator-dependent | Moderate | +/-0.5% servo volumetric |
| Tamper-evident sealing | Hand-applied lids | Separate bench sealer | Integrated membrane seal |
| MAP / extended shelf life | Not available | Rarely available | Optional nitrogen flush (30-45+ days) |
| Typical investment | Lowest | Moderate | From $45,000 USD |
SDH-R Configuration for Louisville
Products It Fills
Serving Louisville & Nearby
How the SDH-R Fills & Seals in Louisville
Fully automatic from empty cup to sealed, retail-ready product
Cup Denesting
Empty cups are automatically separated from a nested stack and placed into the rotary table carriers. The pneumatic denester handles round, square, and rectangular cups from 2oz to 32oz.
Servo-Driven Filling
The volumetric piston filler draws a precise dose and dispenses it into the cup. Servo control adjusts stroke length and speed per recipe, maintaining plus/minus 0.5% fill-weight accuracy. The PLC stores recipes for quick changeovers.
Membrane Heat Sealing
Roll-stock film is drawn across the filled cup and heat-sealed to create a tamper-evident, airtight membrane. Sealing temperature, pressure, and dwell time are individually controlled to match your film and cup materials.
Snap-On Lid (Optional)
A pick-and-place mechanism applies a consumer-friendly snap-on lid over the membrane seal - a two-barrier system providing tamper evidence and reclosability for grocery retail and foodservice.
MAP Nitrogen Flush (Optional)
Modified Atmosphere Packaging replaces headspace oxygen with food-grade nitrogen immediately before sealing, typically extending refrigerated shelf life from 7-10 days to 30-45+ days.
Cup Filling Machines in Louisville - FAQs
Yes. Hummus Pack ships the SDH-R to Louisville and across the Southeast region, supported by North American service centres in Alberta, New Jersey and California. Standard delivery is 8-12 weeks from order confirmation and every machine includes a 12-month warranty.
The SDH-R starts at $45,000 USD for the single-filler configuration. Price depends on the number of filler stations, MAP nitrogen flushing, lidding format and custom cup tooling. Contact us for a configured quote for your products and volume.
Up to 30 cups per minute in dry-cycle operation, with real-world output typically 18-25 cups per minute depending on product viscosity, cup size, fill weight and whether MAP nitrogen flushing is enabled.
Yes. The optional MAP nitrogen flush displaces headspace oxygen immediately before sealing, typically extending refrigerated shelf life from 7-10 days to 30-45+ days - the range regional and national grocery distribution requires.
Tzatziki, baba ganoush, labneh, guacamole, salsa, pesto, sour cream, cottage cheese, cream-cheese spreads, queso and cheese dips, aioli and other emulsified sauces, nut butters and tahini. Up to three filler stations allow layered and garnished cups in one pass.
Yes. The SDH-R is CE, FDA and UL certified and built from food-grade 304 stainless steel with CIP clean-in-place and tool-free strip-down, suited to HACCP and BRCGS-audited plants. It is designed and built in Calgary, Alberta by Alter Pack.
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