PETpla.net Insider 05 / 2014

ON SITE 43 PET planet insider Vol. 15 No. 05/14 www.petpla.net Seven-up with Brandenburger Urstromquelle Brandenburger Urstromquelle, of Baruth, Germany, has invested in a new InnoPET Blomax Series IV stretch blow moulder, an Innofill DRV filling system, and an Innopack Kis- ters SP Advanced shrink packer. The KHS GmbH machines will be used primarily to bottle carbonated non-alcoholic bever- ages, such as water and apple spritzer, in 0.5l containers. The 28-cavity InnoPET can produce 63,000 PET bph. It is the 7 th KHS blow-moulder to be installed in the factory and the third Series IV model. The new machine’s specially-developed heat- ing module takes up only about half the space occupied by the equivalent unit in the Series III. KHS and Brandenburger Urstromquelle developed a con- cept for the Innopack Kisters SP Advanced packaging system that enables the processing of narrower film widths, with the help of an integrated web control. The system features hygienic design, operator-prompted format changeover, and hot air nozzles in the shrink tunnel area that can be adapted to different conditions. www.khs.com Romanian Quantum upgrades with Sidel Romanian company Quantum Mineral Trading Company Ltd owns and operates two mineral water springs (FH1 and FH2M) in the Harghita Mountains. The company bottles natural mineral water and partially carbonated natural mineral water from the wells under the ‘Spring Harghita’ brand name. The company’s daily production capacity of more than one million litre is bottled in PET formats ranging from 0.5 to 5l. Its three existing production lines originally comprised one Sidel Uni- versal SBO6 and three SBO2F PET blow-moulding machines. After detailed discussion, it was decided to replace the ovens in the production lines with the more economical Ecoven, which cut electrical consumption by 45% while maintaining production capacity. At the same time, Quantum decided to adapt the existing bottle designs in order to reduce raw mate- rial consumption. The closure was changed from 1810 stand- ard to 1881, which led to material savings of 1.5g on four bottle formats: 0.5, 1.5, 2 and 2.5l. Testing confirmed that the new design had not compromised the bottles’ mechanical properties or performance. Although it requires fewer heating modules and lamps, the Ecoven reduces preform-heating time and uses power more efficiently. Savings on compressed air consump- tion compared with the previous generation of blow-moulders are also expected to benefit Quantum Mineral’s Total Cost of Ownership (TCO). www.sidel.com