PETpla.net Insider 10 / 2012

BOTTLE MAKING 27 PET planet insider Vol. 13 No. 10/12 www.petpla.net greatly reduced, because there is no conveying and the number of moving parts is limited.” Above all, this bottling line has enabled Refresco to increase its production volumes. After one year entirely devoted to the bottling of tea- based drinks in different formats 1l, 1.5l and 2l – this line is now also used for fruit juices, thanks to an optimised schedule. The end of line includes a double palletising island to ensure even greater flexibility for palletisa- tion. “Our line is equipped with two Sidel robotised end-of-line alterna- tives. They group bottles into batches of 2, 4 and 6, into four-packs with or without handles or into bulk pallets or half-pallets.” 100% dry With the start-up of this new bot- tling line in 2011, Refresco has gone all in with 100% dry aseptic bottling. This acquisition is based on expe- rience with the aseptic line at the Nuits-Saint-Georges site, which was installed a year before and which also includes a Combi Predis/Capdis FMa with dry decontamination for pre- forms and caps. Similarly, Refresco wanted to make its technological leap forward complete at the Saint-Alban site, abandoning wet decontamina- tion for cap sterilisation. “There was no reason to go with dry aseptic for CCT Creative Competence Technology GmbH Idsteiner Strasse 74 D-65527 Niedernhausen, Germany r.steinmetz@cct-systems.com www.cct-systems.com PET Molds Closure Molds Developments PET Systems Closure Systems ComPETCap ® Designs powered by CCTSystems ® for further information please contact us Design and Patents CCTSystems ® 3025 for still water CCTSystems ® 1810 for CSD (carbonated soft drinks) current design CCT design 5,05g 4,10g 3,92g 3,05g current design CCT design bottles and keep a wet treatment for caps. We wanted a 100% dry Combi,” explains Frédéric Thoraval. “Com- pared to conventional wet decontami- nation systems, it has the advantage of requiring no water infeed. With this line, the use of sterilising agents has gone from 42t of peracetic acid to just 6.7t. One year after its start-up in March 2011, the results have been positive. The line is still being ramped up. It runs 24h a day, six days a week. The production cycle times have been validated up to 120h between two cleanings. Carbon footprint With the implementing of the new line the company cut their energy con- sumption by 30% versus a traditional aseptic line. The bottles produced contain 50% rPET. All in all, Refresco saves more than 1,700t of CO 2 , 38,000m² of water, 2.5 million kWh and over 400t of virgin PET each year. In late 2011, Refresco France and Sidel received First Prize in the “Economical and Clean Technologies” category at the French government’s Prix Entreprises et Environnement (Business and Environment Awards). www.sidel.com  www.refresco.com ...ranging from mineral water and f a- voured water to RTD teas, sodas and fruit juices.