PETpla.net Insider 05 / 2012

TRADE SHOW REVIEW 35 PET planet insider Vol. 13 No. 05/12 www.petpla.net Recycling line recoSTAR PET iV+ Ongoing PET recycling innovation, quality and state-of-the-art technology, a full range of consulting services – brought to you by Starlinger. Visit us at: Starlinger recycling technology Open House, June 18-19 2012 Starlinger Factory 2, Furtherstrasse 47, 2564 Weissenbach, Austria 6WDUOLQJHU +HDG 2IßFH 6RQQHQXKUJDVVH 9LHQQD $XVWULD _ 7 ) UHF\FOLQJ#VWDUOLQJHU FRP ZZZ UHF\FOLQJ VWDUOLQJHU FRP _ $ PHPEHU RI 6WDUOLQJHU *URXS Blow moulding machine for 20l PET container Another company dedicated to PET is the Chinese company ZQ Machinery. Founded some 23 years ago, the machine supplier offers a wide range of rotary PET-stretch blow moulding machines to produce various containers, such as bottles for mineral water, carbonated drink, juice, milk, tea, edible oil, sauces, detergent, candy, and medi- cine bottles. The company claims to have delivered more approx. 200 rotary PET blowing machines to about 180 customers from 36 countries around the world. At the exhi- bition the company displayed an automatic blow moulding machine for the production of 20l PET container (2 cavities, 600-800pcs/h). www.cnziqiang.com Injection moulded closure system The Husky HyCap HPP 300 produced a 1.2g 29/25 light- weight water closure at a 1.85s cycle using a 72-cavity KTW beverage closure mould. Husky’s next generation HyCap system was running a 26/22 application at NPE earlier in the month at a 2.2s cycle. HyCap HPP incorporates a number of features that focus on improving ease-of-use. Its SmartStart and SmartStop features provide faster and easier startup and shutdown, and with the latest generation of Polaris Control, enabling a greater degree of fine tuning, particularly benefit- ing faster cycling lightweight applications. The new system also features a single interface for central control of the entire system, including hot runner temperature control and auxiliary equipment. In addition, Husky demonstrated its H-PET AE (all- electric) injection moulding system for PET preform manufac- turing, a complete,solution for lower volume preform produc- tion. The company also showed its new Ultra SideGate and UltraSync-E hot runners. Ultra SideGate provides an alternative for direct gating parts that cannot be effectively gated with a regular nozzle. UltraSync-E offers shot-to-shot and part-to-part consistency through precise stem closing to help eliminate vari- ability from the injection moulding process. www.husky.ca High-speed cap printer The Italian company Moss has showcased what it claims is the world fastest printing machine for bottle cap decora- tion. MO 2062 is a rotary dry-offset printer which is potentially capable of reaching a production output of more than 300,000 caps/h. The machine can also be upgraded to up to 4 colours or can be equipped with Pre-Print, a colour unit for the appli- cation of a white background. The Mo 2062 can be described as decoration “in continuous motion” without alternate move- ments. This is possible due to a large central drum with cap- holders which works with a mechanical synchronism with the printing head. The system features magnetic plate-holding cyl- inders, central printing roller with ceramic coating and a rotary drum with integrated vacuum for cap-holders. All machine and accessory functions are controlled by a PLC with digital Bus Field control system. www.moss.it