PETpla.net Insider 11 / 2010

PET products 42 PET planet insider Vol. 11 No. 11/10 www.petpla.net Energy-saving cap feeder Sidel has launched a new range of cap feeders, named Aidlin Eco, which it says are designed to consume as little as one-tenth the electricity used by traditional models. The new feeder does not use air for any functions, including cap propulsion and off-spec products. However, the company claims that Aidlin Eco is capable of producing flat caps at a rate exceeding 120,000/h – more than five times the speed of its predecessor, the Aidlin Premier. The well-established cap orientation principle is maintained. Caps are carried from a large storage hopper towards an adjustable speed bump by cleats, linked together by an articulated chain. The speed bump inclines the cleats and grav- ity makes poorly oriented caps fall out. The chain has a lateral curvature; after the speed bump, the caps enter a corridor that guides them to a wheel for sorting and elevation. Any units that are poorly oriented or missing tamper-proof rings are auto- matically ejected via a magnetic finger system. On-spec caps are continuously con- veyed by the wheel, which is equipped with a brushless motor, and then elevated in a vertical column to the required height and direction in order to feed the capper. The new range’s electricity consumption, including the off-spec cap ejection system, has been cut by 90%, compared to standard compressed-air cap feeders, and by 50%, compared to the ventilated-air cap feeder. The installed power is 0.7 kW. www.sidel.com W. Amsler Equipment’s ‘one-stop shop’ for liquid filling machinery W. Amsler Equipment Inc., the Canadian manufacturer of all-electric, reheat stretch-blow moulding machines and related equipment, has expanded its custom line of filling equipment with the announcement of a single-source service for turnkey filling operations. The company’s solutions are targeted for tight manufacturing foot- prints, expansion of existing filling lines, and turnkey operations. Amsler produces equipment for a broad range of liquid filling applications including beverage, edible oil, household cleaners, and pharmaceuticals. Its rotary monoblock filling lines are made of stainless steel and all rinsing, filling, and capping operations are enclosed. The unit can be built with Hepa filtration and serve as its own clean room. Filling lines can be set up independently or inline with an Amsler linear or rotary blow moulder. Other equipment available includes, bottle unscramblers, labellers, shrink bundlers, stretch wrappers, date code printers, palletisers, and other down- stream packaging solutions. www.amslerequipment.net Quadrel’s track-and-trace barcode labeller American company Quadrel Labeling Systems has launched an integrated track- and-trace system that prints a serialized EPC code on each bottle, while labels are printed with another EPC barcode. The codes are captured and automatically uploaded into a Video Jet (ePedigree) database for full tracking of each unit. The Versaline system features Allen Bradley controls, Emerson servo motors, Cognex vision and Videojet printing, and ePedigree technologies. Quadrel says that it can be used for front/back, wraparound and custom applications. o. www.quadrel.com Moretto S.p.A. Via dell’Artigianato 3 - 35010 Massanzago (PD) ITALY Tel. +39 049 93 96 711 - Fax +39 049 93 96 710 www.moretto.com The most ambitious project in the history of the dehumidification. Drying Revolution designed by Moretto Hall 5 - Stand 5B58