PETpla.net Insider 05 / 2010

BOTTLING / FILLING 33 PET planet insider Vol. 11 No. 05/10 www.petpla.net For further information, visit www.khs.com/service . KEEPING YOUR LINE RUNNING IS WHAT WE STAND FOR. Long lasting, safe, and efficient: Original spare parts from KHS. milliseconds. No water is required and machine validation is easier, as it can be carried out without any biological indicator tests. Only doses delivered to caps need to be measured. Sterilbeam can treat multiple cap formats, sizes and geometry on the same line. It reaches up to 5 Log Reduction and is claimed to reduce operational costs by 1/3. It is an FDA approvable process. Vaporized hydrogen peroxide bottle sterilisation GEA Procomac’s HPstar is a VHP (vaporized hydrogen peroxide) aseptic sterilisation system that has been developed as an alternative to PAA for dedicated applications. The HPstar machine consists of three carousels (bottle heater, VHP steriliser and air rinser). After pre- heating with high-temperature sterile air, bottles are transferred to the VHP steriliser and sprayed with H 2 O 2 gas vapour, which is injected into bottles at 60°C and over 3,000ppm concen- tration. H 2 O 2 is continuously deliv- ered using a centralised manifold. An air rinsing carousel performs rinses bottles before they enter the filling machine, to eliminate any residuals. The HPSTAR carousels are placed within a new mini isolator, which uses less space and is easier to control because mechanical parts inside it are reduced to a minimum: there are no valves on the vaporiser and air rinsing carousels. Fifth generation aseptic filler GEA Procomac’s 5th generation of wet PAA-based aseptic filling bloc, Ecospin, offers consumption and investment cost optimisation through considerable reductions in rinsing time and footprint. www.procomac.it