PETpla.net Insider 11 / 2012

TRADE SHOW PREVIEW 44 PET planet insider Vol. 13 No. 11/12 www.petpla.net Beer barrels for Russia At Brau Beviale Siapi representa- tives will be avail- able for information about their range of services and machin- ery. Their portfolio is extensive and includes the design and prototyping of new containers and bottles; blow-moulding machines for containers between 100ml and 40l and an output range between 150 and 24,000bph and for wide mouth containers with a mouth diameter of up to 180mm and 12l capacity. Also featured will be heat set configured blow-moulding machines for hot filling containers; preferential heating for special bot- tles; and finally automatic handle insertion (HandleMatic 360°)moulds. In the sector of large containers for beer Siapi has recently designed different formats for the Russian and CIS beer market. The recyclable PET barrels with capaci- ties of 1,7l, 2,5l and 5l, and a weight of 39g (1,7l), 50,5g (2,5l), 102g (5l), are produced on Siapi’s linear stretch blow-moulding technology SX and SE. www.siapi.it Siapi Hall 5 | Booth 415 Labels for bottle-to-bottle recycling CCL Label Meerane GmbH in Ger- many has developed a special wash-off pressure sensitive label. The self-adhe- sive label material construction (LD-PSL) is designed for easier separation of the label from the actual beverage container during the washing process, for example whilst bottle-to-bottle recycling (B2B). The removal of these labels is based upon the same principle as the Wash-Off labels available from CCL. As part of the conventional B2B recycling method, the hot water in the water bath causes the labels to shrink which then can be sepa- rated from the PET flakes without leaving any residual ink or adhesive whatso- ever. Whilst the PET flakes sink to the bottom, what is left of the labels swims to the surface enabling easy separation. A 2-layer construction is used for these labels which ensures that all inks are safely enclosed between the two plastic film layers. The result is that no con- tamination or discoloration of the water bath or the bottles / flakes will occur. The material construction has been author- ised and certified by an independent laboratory which operates under the aus- pices of the Association of Postconsumer Plastic Recycling (APR). The LD-PSL labels can be applied by standard pres- sure sensitive labellers. www.cclbeverage.com Energy efficient pack drying The Allgäu company, Gesete GmbH, will showcase its newest developments in the pack drying systems). The focus this year lies on a fan technology system incorporat- ing major energy savings which replaces the existing expensive compressed air applications. Also on show will be a very wide range of blow-off units, ranging from simple flat caps to airknife systems and closure drying units, that are developed and manufactured by Gesete. The drying and blow-off systems are loaded with Paxton heavy duty centrifugal fans or Becker side channel compressors. In addition, this year the well-established bottle and pack drying system Compactline, designed for the low to mid-perfor- mance range as well as for drying the closure and the neck of the bottle, will be on show together with the Highline system for high performance lines. The visitors will also be given information about the Labelblow blow-off system. This relates to an alter- native developed specially for removing sleeve labels which is used in numerous beverages companies (such as, for example, throughout the Hassia Group) by way of a replacement for highly cost-intensive compressed air applications. In addition to the more familiar systems, Gesete now also offer components that can be installed by the user himself. www.gesete.de Gesete Hall 7 | Booth 320 CCL Label Hall 5 | Booth 320