PETpla.net Insider 11 / 2013

BOTTLING / FILLING 31 PET planet insider Vol. 14 No. 11/13 www.petpla.net ducing PET bottles of various sizes, a rinse-fill-cap monobloc, a rotary labeller, an LSK 35F shrinkwrapper, conveyor belts for moving bottles and packages and an automatic APS 3050P palletising system. For this project, SMI provided the customer with a turnkey system that includes, in addition to the aforesaid machines, various auxiliary equipment such as the compressor, control systems, etc. The line was added to other SMI machines already in operation in the Algerian bottling facility: an SR 10 rotary stretch-blow moulder, an LSK series shrinkwrapper and a handle applicator. In the “system engineering” study of the new complete 10,000bph line and following a careful analysis of its customer’s expectations, SMI pre- sented an integrated solution that includes the installation of SMI-pro- duced advanced technology machines together with some systems supplied by selected and reliable partners. The Algerian company had highlighted the need to be able to have more versa- tile and efficient production systems that would be able to quickly change pack formation by means of a few simple operations. All the machines F.l.t.r.: Emanuele Leggeri, SMI Service Area Manager; Fouad Attia, Société Source de Batna Production Manager; El Hassane Taaissat, SMI Sales Area Manager and Lamine Zerghina, Société Source de Batna Technical Manager. Salah Attia, Société Source de Batna Chairman and CEO supplied by SMI in this turnkey line, from the SR 6 blow moulder fitted with six moulds to the 48-valve filler, from the automatic packer to the palletising system, are equipped with an automa- tion and control system. This system coordinates the movements and func- tions of each line, in such a way as to create perfect synchronisation among all the machines in the line and an uninterrupted and linear production flow. In the Batna facility, the existing Smiform SR 10 stretch-blow moulder will be used for the single-size produc- tion of only the 1.5l PET bottle of still mineral water, while the new bottling line supplied by SMI will process 0.33, 0.5, 1 and 1.5l PET bottles of still and sparkling mineral water. In addition to all the machines that make up the new production plant, SMI has also designed the shape of the PET bottles for bottling sparkling water. Line management and automation The complete line makes use of an automation and control system that, combined with the use of sen- sors, coordinates the movements and functions of each line, in such a way as to create perfect synchroniza- tion among all the machines in the line and an uninterrupted and linear production flow. The automation and control system provided by SMI in Batna was commissioned with the support of Smitec, which for years has been involved in multi-axis automa- tion of industrial plants. Through the careful study of the line layout and the customer’s production requirements, Smitec has designed and assembled a technologically advanced hard- ware/software integrated system, called VLS (VaryLine System) Pro, for the management, automation and optimisation of the new bottling and packaging line. This is a Profibus fieldbus-based product, which allows the running of the inverter-controlled motors of the machines in the line and which incorporates, in a single control station, both the PC that controls the conveyor belts and the man-machine multi-language interface equipped with a touch screen and simple and user-friendly function keys. With its compact size, this control station can also be placed in the production sys- tem’s most strategic point. www.smigroup.it In addition to the line, SMI has also designed the shape of the bottles for sparkling water.