PETpla.net Insider 03 / 2011

25 Bottle-to-bottle recycling plants  Conveyors for preforms and empty bottles Caps and closures Preforms Perform moulds and SBM moulds Preform and single stage machinery 2-stage SBM machinery Compressors Filling equipment Resins and additives Suppliers of conveyors for preforms and empty bottles Last year, for the first time, we carried out a major sur- vey covering conveyor systems. This is a broad market featuring a number of operators and, in our initial foray in 2010, we successfully included all the key players. Now, in our second survey, we have gone one better. Whereas last year just nine companies featured, this year no fewer than 12 manufacturers are included. On the following pages you will find detailed information on the range of conveyors marketed by Dimark, Europool, GEA Procomac, Intec Solutions, KHS, Krones, Mcon, Posimat, Sidel, Sismatico, SMI, Zecchetti. For further details readers are recommended to get in touch directly with the contact persons specified at the individual com- panies. Whilst the publishers have made aevery effort to ensure that the information is up to date, no claims are made regarding completeness or accuracy. 03/11 MARKET survey Company name KHS Corpoplast GmbH Posimat, S.A. GEA Procomac SpA Postal address Telephone number Web site address Contact name Function Direct telephone number Fax E-Mail Meiendorfer Str. 203, 22145 Hamburg , Germany +49 40 67907-0 www.khscorpoplast.com Frank Haesendonckx Director Competence Center SBM +49 40 67907 475 +49 40 67907 9475 Frank.Haesendonckx@khs.com Avda Arraona 23, 08210 Barberà del Vallès (Barcelona) Spain +34 93 7297616 www.posimat.com Maribel Rodríguez Sales Manager +34 93 7297616 +34 93 7188856 sales@posimat.com Via Fedolfi 29, 43038 Sala Baganza, Parma, Italy +39 0521 839411 www.procomac.it Fabio Borrini Product and Sales Manager Packaging Division +39 0521 333752 +39 0521 333823 fabio.borrini@geagroup.com Preform: From injection moulding machine into box: Box-filling system No No Maximum drop from conveyor belt to base of carton (in cm) In-line Control Preform: From box into SBM machine up to 60,000 preforms/h Dumper (Yes / No) Yes No Conversion to different neck diameters (No/mechanical/electrical) mechanical In-line control (Yes / No) Yes Bottle: From SBM to filler, air conveyor Air conveyor (incl. vertical) (Yes / No) No Yes Yes Purity levels Hepa filters DOP at 0,3 micras 99,99% efficiency 99.99 DOP – photometric test method. Bottle format conversion Yes Yes, automatic Conversion to different neck diameters Yes Yes, mechanical / automatic avaialable Bottle storage systems Bottle up-ender (Yes / No) No Yes No Buffer systems capacity (number of bottles from …to…) taylor made, can meet any requested capacity Storage systems capacity (number of bottles from... to…) taylor made, can meet any requested capacity Palleter and de-palleter for empty PET bottles No Yes Yes, depalletiser