PETpla.net Insider 01+02 / 2012

BOTTLING / FILLING 29 PET planet insider Vol. 13 No. 01+02/12 www.petpla.net Energy reductions “We now demonstrably require 30% less energy than with our mono- blocked InnoPET Blomax Series III“, Mr Richmond says. It is worth men- tioning that the monoblock version put into operation in 2008 has a compara- tively lower capacity of 43,200 0.5l PET bph. The actual performance is in particular attributed to the integra- tion of a new heater module in the InnoPET Blomax Series IV, which roughly halves the heating time for the preforms in comparison to the InnoPET Blomax Series III. The pre- forms are heated using short-wave infrared radiation “Near Infra Red”. The preform heating process, which lasts only approx. 15s, the start-up time for the new InnoPET BIomax Series IV is extremely short. Filling still water without conductivity The Silver Springs company’s option was the stretch blow moulder InnoPET Blomax Series IV mono- blocked filling system. Here the deci- sion was made in favour of the same filler type as 2008. This is the elec- tronically-controlled normal pressure filling system Innofill NV, on which the non-contact filling via a free-flow filling valve ensures microbiological and hygienic safety. The Innofill NV operates on the principle of volumet- ric filling. On the Innofill NV, impel- ler measurement is used instead of magnetically inductive flowmetering. The prime benefit of this measur- ing method is that Silver Springs can easily bottle even demineralised water which has no conductivity. Rich- mond: “Using this filling system, we are optimally equipped for all aspects of consumer requirements in terms of non-carbonated water. In addition, the filling system allows us to process other non-carbonated beverages such as fruit juice beverages, flavoured water etc....“. According to Richmond, the new InnoPET BloFill monoblock, which has been designed for all aspects of the production and filling of PET bottle sizes of up to 2l, will continue to process primarily the 0.5l PET bottle packaging preferred by the consumer. This supplements the KHS monoblock supplied in 2008, which is integrated into a KHS turnkey line. This line also features an Innopack Kisters TSP 080 tray shrink packer which is still doing the company proud. Richmond has ordered two fur- ther KHS turnkey lines. The first is to manage the filling and packag- ing of up to 72,000 0.5l PET bottles. The second has a capacity for up to 35,200 PET bottles, and is conceived as a multi-functional line for a wide range of PET bottle variants. Both are to be integrated into a new Silver Springs subsidiary in Pennsylvania. As background information: until now, the main distribution area of Silver Springs lay in the south-east of the USA and therefore runs from Florida to Pennsylvania. Deliveries are car- ried out through all distribution chan- nels. This means that in addition to retail trade, products are supplied to the catering trade and to companies and households. In future, the inten- tion is to expand distribution right up to the Canadian border. www.ssbwc.com www.khs.com The Silver Springs Bottled Water Com- pany has achieved average annual sales increases of 20% within the past 10 years. 70% of the total PET bottle sales at the Silver Springs Bottled Water Company is achieved with the 0.5l bottle. Demineralised water which has no measurable electrical conductivity can be easily bottled. The Innopack Kisters TSP 080 packs 0.5l PET bottles in a wide range of for- mats. The standard format is 6 x 4.