An automatic filling machine guides, cleans, fills, caps and then releases bottles in an automatic bottle packaging line, such as a filling, capping, and labeling line. They can be programmed to reliably fill each bottle with a specified and precise volume of product and remove the necessity for an operator in the filling line. With high accuracy automatic filling machines fill bottles quickly and precisely. They can fill a wide variety of products, from light liquids to thick liquids with a viscosity.