PETpla.net Insider 04 / 2015

TRADE SHOW PREVIEW 36 PET planet insider Vol. 16 No. 04/15 www.petpla.net Sacmi | Hall 4.1 - Booth C41 Caps and quality control The focus of Sacmi’s stand at Chinaplas 2015 will be its CCM (continuous compression moulding) technology, which is used to produce single-piece caps for CSD, water, hot fill- ing and cold aseptic filling. Sacmi claims that its CCM press range has achieved absolute market leadership since its introduction and that there are more machines of this type in use around the world than the nearest injection technology models. The CCM 48SC on the stand will be equipped with a mould for the production of HDPE (high density polyethyl- ene) one-piece 29mm AB29W type still mineral water caps, which weigh just 1.35g and are specifically designed for the mineral water market. Sacmi maintains that CCM offers higher productivity, better cap quality and improved energy consumption, as the technology allows the process to be completed at lower temperatures. The press on show will be equipped with Cool+, the com- pany’s ‘enhanced cooling’ mould which features a dual cool- ing circuit that acts closer to where it’s needed. Sacmi says that a 48-mould Cool+ can make 2000 caps/min, because of a cycle time that is 35% shorter than alternative solutions. The machines can be integrated into existing quality control systems or can be supplied with either standalone quality control systems and/or ones installable on alternative tech- nologies, such as the CHS (cap handling system), which can inspect up to 3000 caps per minute. Visitors to the Sacmi stand at Chinaplas will also be able to study the company’s integrated solutions for the bever- age & packaging industry and to meet representatives from Sacmi Shanghai and Sacmi Nanhai. www.sacmi.com Starlinger | Hall 9.2 - Booth C41 Recycling of film and fiber production scrap, melt fine filtration, and bottle-to-bottle recycling- Starlinger at Chinaplas Starlinger will present its recoSTAR dynamic recycling line, an automated solution suited for the processing of films and sheets. It operates both off- or in-line with the production unit and is equipped with a Smart feeder that pre-dries and compacts the material before extrusion. During the process, speed and friction are automatically adjusted to the input material to achieve perfect mate- rial preparation. Up to 80% of the recycled granulate can be reused in film production, maintaining the same film strength and comparable physical properties, and mini- mising gel formation. The specially-designed cascade filtration system enables a fine filtration down to 25 μm to meet the high requirements in the polyester fibre and filament industry. Equipped with a heavy-duty single-shaft cutter arranged parallel to the extruder, the recoSTAR universal recycling line enables the processing of hard-to grind materials such as tapes, filaments, fibres and start-up lumps. The recoSTAR universal can be equipped with an extruder vacuum unit in order to extract volatile contaminants such as spin finish and reduce viscosity loss in the melt. Due to increasing demand of recycled content in bev- erage packaging, bottle-to-bottle recycling continues to be on the rise. The recoSTAR PET iV+ technology developed by Starlinger recycling technology yields recycled PET that has properties like virgin material and decontamina- tion values which allow its use for packaging with direct food contact. A number of national and international certi- fications – among them several FDA non-objection letters and brand owner approvals – underline the fact that rPET produced using the Starlinger iV+ process is suitable for packaging with direct food contact and satisfies even the highest safety standards of the brand owners. www.recycling.starlinger.com