PETpla.net Insider 01+02 / 2011

TRADE SHOW PREVIEW 24 PET planet insider Vol. 12 No. 01+02/11 www.petpla.net Preforms and new bottle designs to the fore The PET-Verpackungen Germany presentation consisted of both stand- ard preforms with 28mm PCO 1810 neck finish and a range of new solutions in weight-reduced neck areas. On show too were a variety of new preforms PCO 1881 standard, as well as 38mm 2- and 3-start neck finishes. The company also offers multilayer preforms with tailor- made barrier solutions, designed for sensitive-fill goods. They are also producing PET bottles with capaci- ties ranging from 20ml to 5l on five single-stage and two two-stage installations. Possible applications range from water, CSD and spirits as well as applications in relation to the cosmetics and detergents sector right through to foodstuff applications. One new in-house development was a wide mouth jar for powdered milk/coffee creamer. In the health and beauty care packaging sector PET Verpackungen has come up with a bottle family for hand sanitizers. A further new development that the people at PET Verpackungen have developed on their own initiative is a small 0.2l champagne ‘piccolo’ bottle. www.pet-verpackungen.de Identifying foreign matter Heuft has put forward a form of technology specially designed for inspecting filled stock. The Examiner XO is devoted to identify- ing foreign matter on the base of the bottle. Particles of metal, stones and many other high-density foreign bodies on the base of a bottle can be detected by the tried and tested impulse-commutated X-ray technology that characterises the Heuft Examiner XO. Foreign matter of this nature can reportedly be reliably traced even in supposed “blind“ areas such as glass and PET bottles filled with beer, mineral water, apple juice and other transparent liquids. The system can achieve an output of up to 72,000bph. Together with the standard visual side wall inspection, the Heuft Examiner XO is able to scan the full volume of the container in the course of foreign substance identification. In addition to this, Heuft has unveiled a system for sorting empty bottles. The Heuft SX is intended to prevent extraneous empties from adversely affecting the degree of efficiency of a filling line. The bottle sorting system is able to recognise up to 500 different types of container and can distinguish between a very wide diversity of bottle shapes, colours and materials. The system can also detect closures, integrating structures as well as ceramic labels and any broken bottles. Any empty bottles that are of a different type, are still sealed or are faulty will be re-routed by the Heuft SX before they have a chance to adversely affect the efficiency of the line. Automatic teach-in of up to 500 different types is pos- sible and reproducible at the push of a button. The objective is to make it possible to change types quickly and ensure corre- sponding savings in time. www.heuft.com Beverage experts in Nuremberg The invitation extended to beverage specialists by Brau Beviale 2010 to visit Nuremberg, Germany, from November 10 -12, 2010 was the signal for the European beverage industry to turn out in force: 1,348 exhibitors and 32,617 technical and commer- cial management experts poured into the Nurem- berg Exhibition Centre. The next Brau Beviale is scheduled to place in the Nuremberg Exhibition Centre from November 9-11, 2011 – with an important new feature: The PETpoint, the PET segment at drinktec, will also feature at Brau Beviale in Nuremberg, starting in 2011. The background to the collaboration exercise is the exceptionally fast innovation cycle in this segment. The organization of the pavilion rests in the hands of the drinktec team in Munich (see also page 3). The PETpoint 2011 will be marketed as part of visitor promotion for Brau Beviale. This time we have also managed to track down one or two innovations in the PET added value chain within the beverages sector.