PETpla.net Insider 09 / 2013

TRADE SHOW PREVIEW 80 PET planet insider Vol. 14 No. 09/13 www.petpla.net Agr International Hall 11 Booth B40 Better management Agr International, Inc. will exhibit its range of products designed for the measurement and quality management of plastic containers and packaging. Its Process Pilot auto- mated management system interfaces with the PET bottle blowmoulder to provide precise material thickness distribu- tion management and defect detection, with hands-off blow- moulder control. Agr says that the system offers bottle pro- ducers the ability to aggressively pursue bottle lightweighting strategies. Its OptiCheck multi-camera inspection system offers a vision-based inspection solution for bottles and simi- lar containers transported on a conveyor line. It checks seal surface, sidewall, base and label defect detection as well as precision finish gauging. Versions of the modular OptiCheck system are available for both opaque and transparent con- tainers. www.agrintl.com More efficient PET recycling ProTec Polymer Processing will be exhibiting a range of services for material handling, including the planning and construc- tion of complete plants from silos up to process- ing machines, along with its technologically established and energy- efficient Somos brand devices and systems for drying, convey- ing and dosing pellets and regrind. Premiered at the K show will be Somos BB 500, a new gravimet- ric batch dosing system for up to four components with throughput rates up to 500kg/h. The Ohl process will be shown for the first time at the K. It enables washed flakes reclaimed from used PET bottles to be reprocessed into rPET, with an acetaldehyde content of ≤ 1ppm and overall material properties akin to virgin PET material, as certified by a “Non-Objection Letter” from the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) for direct contact with food. www.sp-protec.com ProTec Hall 9 Booth D60 Washing, drying and agglomeration Herbold Meckesheim GmbH’s stand will feature a range of machines, from shredders and granulators through to washing and separation lines. The company says that its new HVT mechanical dryer’s vertical rotor construction saves space and offers lower energy con- sumption than its predecessors. The show will see the launch of a new range of friction washers including the FA 60/300, which is designed to deal with 2 to 3t/hns/hr of film or four to 6t/h of rigid plastics. The companies granu- lators will be represented by two items: the SML 45/60 SB with forced feeding; and an example of the heavy- duty SMS series. Visitors will also be able to see an HV 50 series Plastcompactor, which is designed for continu- ous agglomeration of films, fibres, foams and dust, and a medium-range, vertical shaft PU 650 pulveriser. www.herbold.com Herbold Meckesheim GmbH Hall 9 Booth B42 Moretto Hall 11 Booth H57 Air control Italian company Moretto SpA will be exhibiting a range of control, management and monitoring systems. Of par- ticular interest to the PET field will be a dedicated variant of its Eureka dehumidification system, which is designed to use and monitor only the precise amount of process air required and thus optimise energy use. In the PET variant, the Flowmatik integrated automatic process air distributor, OTX thermal exchanger and Xmax dryers are calibrated to reduce airflow by over one-third, compared with standard systems, with consequent savings in pro- cess and heating energy usage. www.moretto.com