PETpla.net Insider 11 / 2013

TRADE SHOW REVIEW 39 PET planet insider Vol. 14 No. 11/13 Vertical feeding Gassner, the cap feeding system specialist from Austria, claimed a world first with its presen- tation of a new technol- ogy for vertical feeding of preoriented closures, and further asserted that the system improves the entire feeding pro- cess in modern bottling plants. Its new system, named VertiLIner, uses the company’s patented SoftGrip technology on each and every closure to hold it without compres- sion. The system’s gentle handling is designed to avoid abrasion, dust, deformation and damage, as well as “angel hair”. SmartCheck, the special- ist in-line cap inspection unit, is integrated into the new systems, and the AseptiLiner cap disin- fection unit can also be incorporated. VertiLiner has a small footprint but still allows direct access to the feeding system for fast changeover, clean- ing, and ejection of defec- tive closures. www.gassner.co.at Palletising and de-palletising drinktec this year coincided with the 75th anniversary of Messrs. Schaefer. The highlight among the Schaefer exhibits was the newly developed MultiROB xS, a handling robot for palletising, de-palletis- ing, picking, sorting and repacking all kinds of products and packag- ings. A complete palletising and de-palletising operation for cases and 6 x 1.5l PET shrink packs was actively demonstrated on the machine. Along with the newly developed rotary unit, the Speed- Liner, the MultiROB highS palletising robot achieved an output of more than 500 layers an hour with a total layer building time of fewer than 7s. One exhibit that generated a great deal of interest was the modular system QualiPAL II pallet testing device for industrial, Euro- and Düsseldorf pallets with a high test output. Supplementing this is the CompactStack, a fully automatic stacking system for nested Euro- and Dudo pallets. www.schaeferpal.de