Understanding Barrel and Container Types and Capacities

For barrels and containers, you must define types for categorization. For each barrel or container type, you define a specific capacity. You store barrel and container types in the Barrel Type UDC table (31B/BT). You differentiate containers from barrels by adding a special handling code of 1 to each container type that you set up. The Special Handling field for barrels in the UDC table remains blank.

When you set up barrel and container types, you also define the total and fermentation capacity for the barrel or container. If you do not specify a fermentation capacity, the system uses the total capacity as the default value. The values that are specified in this program are used to estimate volume for virtual barrel tanks (VBT) or virtual container tanks (VCT).

You must set up a barrel type and capacity definition for the default VBT type that you define for the blend facility in the winery constants.