PETpla.net Insider 04 / 2010

21 Conveyors for preforms and empty bottles Whoever would have thought that so many suppliers would be involved in this sector? When we put this topic alongside the others on the list of market surveys for the first time, we were thinking primarily of the usual suspects. “If we’re lucky, we’ll find ten suppliers”, we said to ourselves. Subsequent research quickly proved us wrong: the number of companies involved rapidly reached double figures. Our address department worked late into the night and over the weekend to make sure they got hold of every address and every contact – so a huge thank you to the team for their efforts. In the end nine companies responded to our questionnaire. We know from other market surveys that we have carried out that companies tend to be cautious in their responses, but our experience shows that, once a survey is repeated, at least twice as many companies as expected take the trouble to fill out the questionnaires. Whilst PETplanet insider has have made every effort to ensure that the information in this new survey is up to date no claims are made regarding completeness or accuracy. All data is as supplied by the manufacturers. 04/10 MARKET survey PET bottle-to-bottle recycling plants Caps and closures  Conveyers for preforms and empty bottles Preforms Preform moulds and SBM moulds 2-stage SBM machinery Preform and single stage machinery Resins and additives Filling equipment Compressors Company name SMI S.p.A. Postal address Telephone number Web site address Contact name Function Direct telephone number Fax E-Mail Via Piazzalunga, 30 24015 S.Giovanni Bianco BG - Italy 0039 0345 40111 www.smigroup.it Pietro Volpi Marketing Manager 0039 0345 40316 0039 0345 40209 info@smigroup.it Preform: from injection moulding machine into the box: Box-filling system (Yes/No) Yes Maximum drop from conveyor belt to base of carton (in cm) 120 cm In-line control (Yes/No) Yes Special features Main specifications: Easily accessible modular frame, which can be integrated into any production line. Frame and supports made of stainless steel AISI 304. Supporting feet and flat link chain made of plastic. Chain slip tracks, driving and idle wheels made of printed plastic. Covering system to protect products from external agents. Preform: from box into stretch blowmould- ing machine up to 60, 000 preforms/h Dumper (Yes/No) Yes Conversion to different neck diameters (No/ mechanical/electrical) (mechanical/ectrical) - In-line Control (Yes/No) Yes Special features See above mentioned point Bottle: from SBM to filler, air conveyor Air conveyor (incl. vertical) (Yes/No) Yes Purity levels (Which?) G3/F9/H14 Bottle format conversion Yes Conversion to different neck diameters Yes Special features Frame and supports made of stainless steel AISI 304. Possibility to regulate the air distributing system according to the bottle handled (by means of manual valves or by electronic control of the motors speed) Bottle body guides made of stainless steel and UHMW antifriction plastic.Bottle body guides to align the products in the conveyor trajectories. Supporting frames on the floor, on the wall, or on the ceiling e ejecting automatic system at the blowmoulder outlet. -Bottle inserting manual system at the blowmoulder outlet.. Automatic or manual change-over of the bottle body guides, according to the line requirements. Bottle storage systems Bottle up-ender (Yes/No) Yes Buffer systems capacity (number of bottles from to ) Depending on the bottle diameter Storage systems capacity (number of bottles from to ) Depending on the bottle diameter Palleter and de-palleter for empty PET bottles (Yes/No) No Special features See above mentioned point