1. Wild Goose Canning 1750 55th St, Unit B, Boulder, CO 80301
Roger Walz
Beer Ambassador

2. Wild Goose Canning History
2005 – started as engineering design and product development firm with machine shop capabilities
2008 – solving canning problems for Boulder brewers
2009 – developed the WGC-100 linear, automatic canning system with proprietary filler, lid placement and seamer with capability of canning 27 cans per minute
2010 – 40 cpm; WGC-50 manual 6 cpm
2012 – 80 cpm
2013 – over 100 WGC Canning Systems installed worldwide

3. Wild Goose Canning Description of WGC Equipment
Semi-automatic depalletizer for full-height and half-height pallets
Twist-rinse system to rinse and “clean” cans coming off pallets
Linear canning system
CO2 purge to rid cans of air
Filling heads – designed to encourage laminar beer flow to minimize foam and low-fills
Lid placement – hands-free, sanitary placement of lids
Lid hold-down – to keep lids from floating off cans
Seamer – no-leak double-seaming
Rinse Tunnel & Air Knife – removes 99% of moisture from cans before packing
In-line Code Dating
X-Ray Low-Fill Detection
Pack-out Conveyors

4. Wild Goose Canning Flexibility Types of Cans WGC equipment can process
Ball, Rexam and Crown Cork & Seal
Aluminum and Steel
Beer, wine, cider, water
Can Sizes: ml, 250 ml, 500 ml, 12 oz, 16 oz, 19.2 oz, 24 oz
Can Ends: 200, 202, 206, 209, LOE, Super End
Printed cans, labeled cans, sleeved cans

5. Wild Goose Canning
Why WGC Canning Systems are Valuable to Craft Brewers
Small foot print
Low cost
Low labor-use to operate
Wide variety of can and lid sizes
Upgradable – from WGC-50 to WGC-100 to WGC-250 to WGC-500
Cans printed cans, labeled cans and sleeved cans

6. Wild Goose Canning
An engineered canning system for craft brewers