PETpla.net Insider 09 / 2013

PREFORM PRODUCTION 36 PET planet insider Vol. 14 No. 09/13 www.petpla.net Coca Cola Amatil: preform and closure systems equipped with quality inspection systems from Intravis Continuous quality inspection of preforms & closures Intravis Hall 11 Booth A58 A dedicated mimic consisting of T-conveyor and refeed-conveyor enables the Intravis Sample-PreWatcher to continuously “sample” of the production stream of preforms, inspecting the item thor- oughly before finally delivering it to the correct transport bins. Coca Cola Amatil (CCA) is one of the largest bottlers in the Asia-Pacific region and one of the top five Coca-Cola bot- tlers in the world.It has operations in Australia, New Zea- land, Fiji, Indonesia, Samoa and Papua New Guinea. The company recently equipped all eight of its Husky injection moulding machines at its Eastern Creek, Australia, plant with quality inspection systems from Intravis. This contem- porary approach was intended to enable CCA to become an established producer of preforms and closures within a very short time. system inspects the top sealing sur- face (short shot, ovality, diameter, scratches), end cap (contamination, pin holes, bubbles, crystallisation, off- centre gates), preform body (coreshift, wall thickness, diameter, ovality, length, contamination) and weight. Colour deviations are checked by a highly accurate spectrometer. Combined CapWatcher and PrintWatcher CCA also installed three Cap- Watcher systems for the inspection of closures at its facility. Every closure is measured in real time through the CapWatcher. The integrated Print- Watcher inspects at the same time the print on top of the closures, automati- cally sorting out those with an imper- fect decoration. Due to the automated quality inspection system CCA gets the fast- est possible response time in any case of a systematic error during production and therefore could reduce significantly offline measurements. The share of recyclate can also be increased while all quality parameters are checked, including the average number of contaminations per pre- form. CCA now plans to equip other preform manufacturing sites with the Intravis inspection systems. www.intravis.com Sample-Prewatcher Every ten minutes, preforms of a shot are checked and are returned to the transport bins after inspec- tion. Intravis Sample-PreWatcher system is connected via Shotscope, Husky’s process and production monitoring software, to CCA’s central ERP (Enterprise Resource Plan- ning) system. The continuous long- term recording of quality data makes production efficiency and quality transparent. The Sample-PreWatcher Coca Cola Amatil recently equipped its Husky injection moulding machines with quality inspection systems from Intravis