High productivity, low consumption & sustainability
Sipa, hall 13 – booth B11
Sipa will be showing its wide expertise in PET container design and production technologies at the K show, focused on sustainable solutions based on reduced consumption of utilities and virgin fossil-based materials, and increased use of rPET and alternative resins.
Visitors to the Sipa stand can take part in a “full immersion” experience of what is possible in PET, rPET and new resins, through use of live production demonstrations and live links to remote operations. They are intended to give a deep insight into the company’s capabilities in providing customised solutions with the flexibility to adapt to fast-changing markets, across diverse technologies. Sustainability and digitalisation will be among key focus points.
Single-stage ISBM technology
Running all through the show will be a single-stage ISBM (injection stretch-blow moulding) system which Sipa will be using to demonstrate how flexible the technology can be in production of a wide variety of high-quality containers – in this case, cosmetic bottles. The ability to respond to fast-changing customer and market requirements is more important than ever today, especially with the current substantial shortfall in availability of glass bottles. Based on the above, quick changeover is one of the key elements for a successfull growth and ESC SP is equipped with a state-of -the art feature for quick, easy and safe tooling change. The fact that the company has an extensive in-house mould design and production is an additional advantage for the customer.
Injection mould making
Sipa will also demonstrate its ability to develop and produce high-performance, high-cavitation preform injection moulds. On display will be one of the highest worldwide cavitation moulds. It has been optimised to enable the highest preform production rate, especially when it runs on the XForm high-performance injection moulding system, says the company. Also important for the future will be Sipa’s capacity to respond to customer calls for design modifications driven by changes in legislative requirement for bottle caps, which are likely to affect bottle neck designs.
Sipa’s preform moulds incorporating a system for keeping injection moulds ultraclean, even when processing post-consumer recycled PET, will also be demonstrated. Videos will introduce Xactive-Cleaning for hot halves and Xvacuum-Cleaning for cold halves. These are systems that have been developed to avoid the accumulation of dust generated above all during processing of rPET. Xvacuum-Cleaning takes care of residues accumulating in recesses of the neck area of the preform mould. Both serve to extend maintenance intervals and enhance the ability of an injection system to process high levels of rPET is enhanced.
Digital innovation
A zone on digitalisation will feature the latest solutions in the technical services package, called the Echo System. This makes it possible to have full control of system performance, increasing efficiency and optimising costs. It allows users to access information on any of the company’s machines anywhere in the world, at any time.
Sustainability
Capabilities at the service of downstream partners to reduce consumption of materials, energy, water, and compressed air will also be highlighted, as well as the proficiency to create containers that use the highest possible levels of not only rPET but also alternative resins. It is of importance to the company that the materials are not only recyclable in theory, but also in practice.
Sipa is also shining the light on AWArPET, the new brand to communicate the company’s approach in the design and production of primary and secondary packaging according to environmental affairs. The company’s product design experts are involved in the development of thousands of new packaging designs every year, and in all of these, they are guided by the three Rs – Reduce, Reuse, Recycle.
