Closures removal solution for returnable bottles
While reuse and recycling schemes for beverage packaging are seen as efficient tools for reducing the environmental impact of packaging systems and for increasing resource efficiency, effective preparation of bottles PET and glass bottles is important. Arol Group’s Arol Reverse is offered as a solution for unscrewing of pre-threaded plastic caps and threaded aluminium caps from glass and refPET bottles.
The company says that Arol Reverse equipment, with between three and 30 heads, delivers safe unscrewing of caps with diameters of 28-38mm, at up to 60,000 caps/hr (1,000 caps/minute). The machine’s decapping heads are made entirely of stainless steel; special handling parts, including discharge piping and containers, can also be supplied in stainless steel, to prevent scratching of rPET bottles and extend component life. It can identify bottles that do not have caps; its ‘no decapping’ feature prevents bottle neck damage.
The machines are equipped with advanced inspection systems to identify height variance at input and detect caps at discharge.
Arol Group says that Arol Reverse is designed for quick format change and is flexible enough to be adapted to conditions in any plant.
Arol is part of Arol Group, which includes Unimac-Gherri, specialist in filling and capping of glass, metal and plastic containers with twist-off and pre-threaded caps for dense, semi dense and pasty food products; Tirelli, which is focused on packaging equipment for the cosmetics industry; and Maca Engineering S.r.l, a specialist in the design and manufacture of machines for production, assembly and cut of aluminium and plastic caps and closures.
