Sacmi @ fdt Johannesburg: complete PET processing solutions
FDT Africa 2018, the biannual event dedicated to food & drink technology to be held from 4 to 6 September in Johannesburg, will see Sacmi with a complete range of solutions for the closures and beverage industries. The Group has many years’ experience in the country through its Sacmi South Africa branch, which provides sales support and assistance. Sacmi’s focus will be on the latest technology for the industry, from compression technology to complete, integrated pellet-to-pallet PET processing solutions.
Taking centre-stage on the Group stand (a 30m2 exhibition area, booth n°145) will be Sacmi’s cap and preform manufacturing machines which – via the automatic CPB Link magazine – integrate downstream with complete blowing, filling and container labelling solutions. This is the new Sacmi HeroLine, which is said to provide good logistic efficiency, to reduce consumption and optimise production performance. Also available in the new HeroBlock configuration (the compact, high performance all-in-one quadblock that combines the blowing, filling, capping and bottle labelling stages), this solution is claimed to represent the very best from Sacmi.
Sacmi will also inform about transferring the advantages of compression technology to container production. A key example is CBF (compression blow forming), a solution that lets manufacturers produce lighter, better-performing containers of higher quality at lower cost. This solution combines the characteristics of alternative technologies and is gaining ground on all the world’s key markets, especially in the dairy and pharma sectors.
Lastly, inspection and quality control systems continue to play a crucial role. Based on a shared software platform developed by the Group’s Automation & Inspection Systems Division, these systems are configured to give customers total quality control at every stage of production. They also allow for implementation of advanced remote control functions via any corporate network-connected device.
