PETpla.net Insider 04 / 2010

MARKET SURVEY 23 Krones AG KHS AG Sidel Posimat, S.A. Böhmerwaldstraße 5 93073 Neutraubling 49 9401 70-0 www.Krones.com Reiner Kahl Vice President of Division Conveyor Technology 49 9401 70-3065 49 9401 709-1-3065 Reiner.Kahl@krones.com Juchostr. 20 D-44143 Dortmund 49 231 569 0 www.khs.com Thorsten Kahe Manager Container Conveyors +49 231 569 1583 +49 231 569 1657 thorsten.kahe@khs.com Sidel Blowing & Services SAS, Avenue de la Patrouille de France, Octeville-sur-Mer, BP 204, 76053 Le Havre cedex 33 2 32 85 83 00 www.sidel.com Sylvie Rak Business Communication Manager 33 2 32 85 82 46 33 2 32 85 81 34 sylvie.rak@sidel.com Avda Arraona 23,P.O.Box 306 08210 Barberà del Vallès, Barcelona, Spain 00 34 93 729 76 16 www.posimat.com Maribel Rodríguez Area Sales Manager 00 34 93 729 76 16 00 34 93 718 88 56 maribel.rodriguez@posimat.com Preform conveyor in mass flow available not availabale Yes not availabale not availabale Yes not availabale Preform feeder Yes Yes Yes mechanical Mechanical Electrical Yes Yes Yes automatic change over at feed rail system via pneumatic cylinders, automatic elimination of the malfunction Failure detection cells Yes Yes (HW) Yes Yes F5, F8, H13(HEPA) Standard Gravi F5, OPA F8, DOP H12 Hepa filters, DOP efficiency at 0,3 microns: 99,9% automatic adjustable body guide rail via multi position cylinder (up to 12 positions) or stepless adjustment via linear motor Manually Yes, different automatic side guiding + adapted regulation Yes, even automatically automatic adjustable neck-ring guide rail via pneumatic cylinders, also in curves No Yes (automatic change over) Yes, even automatically Triangle chute, standard and enhanced hygienic design, easy replaceable neck-ring and body guide rail, high efficiency blowing unit, automatic pressure control, ultrasonic sensors x Range of mergers, dry lubrication on neck guide Double guide system to convey safely even very short neck bottles. Vertijet is the only conveyor able to go up or down from 0 to 90° with or without accumulation. No No Yes Buffer Table (1400x8000mm) Tailor made, upon customer demands and available room x Tailor made, upon customer demands and available room Exit system designed to handle lightweight delicate PET bottles. Great flexibility for different formats and frequent production changes. Yes Yes Yes Yes, depalletiser x up to 30,000bph Sweep-off depalletiser into a hopper, simple and more economical than conventional systems.