PETpla.net Insider 09 / 2014

EDITOUR REPORT 14 PET planet insider Vol. 15 No. 09/14 www.petpla.net As regards the six-packs, we were amazed to find that there is an alternative here. A Krones packing / strapping machine for six packs has been in operation here for the past two years. The line was installed here even before its official launch. The six-packs are no longer shrink-wrapped but held together by means of strapping, as it is called. According to Luca Bordogna, the savings in PVC foil amount to 28g in weight when replaced by the strapping, which weighs a mere 2g. In addition, combination options of this type enable the bottles to be arranged differently and at the same time permit 15% more bottles to be accommodated on the same pallet. This means that, instead of 504 1.5l PET bottles, 576 bottles can now be accommodated on one pallet. The preforms come predominantly from Garda Plast Italy and the one piece plastic caps from CDS Holland. Plastic closure weights  For still water 2.0g  For sparkling water 2.5g Preform Weights  0.5l still water 12g  1.0l CO 2 and still water 22g  1.5l CO 2 and still water 27g Finally, we take a look at the new Vito 1920 compres- sor in operation. Two old compressor lines, each with a capacity of 1260m 3 /h were shut down.The Vito compressor, with a capacity of 1920m 3 /h, has now taken over the job of supplying two Sidel stretch blow moulding machines with compressed air and has so far been running for 1,500h. The stretch blow moulding machines are supplied via a 3,000l pressure accumulator. We noted that the system pressure shown in the in the accumulator was 24bar and that the blow moulding machines are supplied at a working pressure of only 20bar; this saves energy. You learn something new every day. We took our leave of all participants and resumed our journey in the direction of Lake Garda. www.siadmi.com www.fontipineta.it Here in Clusone we find the new Sidel line arranged in block format. What this means is that the stretch blow moulding machine and filler units are directly connected to one another without buffers. The stretch blow moulding machine has twelve blow stations and transfers the 0.5l PET bottles for still water to the filler module on comple- tion of the blow moulding operation. The blowing pres- sure is only 20bar at a blowing temperature of 120°. For this reason and in the interests of enhanced stabilisation, the bases of the PET bottles are cooled from the outside with water during transfer into the filler module. The filler module itself has 72 filler valves and a filling pressure of 3bar. The line capacity is 27,000 PET bottles per hour. The downstream equipment comprises an Arol capping machine, a labeller from Krones. The shrinking tunnel and the palletiser are sourced from Acmi Italy. All the remaining PET lines are a combination of Sidel stretch blow moulding machines with 14 blow stations and Simonazzi filler machines, likewise with capacities of 27,000 PET bottles per hour. After filling the PET bottles are packaged in PVC shrink foil with a handle made from PET material.  Six-pack 1.5 and 0.5l PET bottles  Twelve-pack 1l PET bottles  24-pack 0.5l PET bottles F.r.t.l.: Luca Bordogna, Managing Director, Silvia Sangiorgi, Customer Relations Manager Siad, Cristian Magoni, Technical Director, Manuela Teocchi, Market Analyst & Head of Pro- ject Development, in front of the Krones packing / strapping machine with a six-pack of 0.5l water bottles in their hands.