PETpla.net Insider 11 / 2015

PACKING / PALLETISING 28 PET planet insider Vol. 16 No. 11/15 www.petpla.net Joint engineering project by the Swiss partnership for the plastic packaging industry A harmonious foursome by Heike Fischer IMD AG and its Swiss partners PackSys Global AG, Hapa AG and M. Tanner AG presented their first joint project at the product launch at an international customer event in Brügg, a town located in the idyllic surroundings of Lake Biel in the Swiss Jura mountains. The two- day event titled “Swiss partnership drives innovation” started with an evening get-together, opened with a welcoming speech by Matthias Hermle, CEO of IMD AG. The following day was dedicated to launching the new products; the day began with the IMD AG bottle, closure, preform and barrier coating testing spe- cialist presenting the new vision control center V5. The system features a robust state-of-the-art touchscreen display- ing a complete overview of production, system setup, inspection and statisti- cal data in a fully integrated machine interface. Deviations and alarms make immediate corrective action possible in this intuitive user interface. Swiss Downstream Line – IMDvista & PackSys Global The vision control center V5 system is part of Swiss Downstream Line (SDL), a complete downstream system for closure production including slitting, folding and ispection. IMD vista technol- ogy joined forces with PackSys Global in creating SDL. Ueli Kobel, PackSys Global AG,Group Leader Sales Team Caps and Closures, identified the chal- lenges by merging two HMIs of different brands with the electrical components and switching some of the size parts with the known portfolio, while keep- ing the core process technology, major optional process and packing features the same. The decision for a post- moulding system came about from the strong request for slit tamper evidence (TE) bands due to reproducibility; all of the closures were cut by one knife, creating a combination with a folded TE band and easily adjustable break- ing performance such as on materials, neck design or carbonisation are seen also as major advantages on today beverage closures. The separation line between cap and TE band is thinner, lowering the risk on contamination in the thread area together with easier first opening detection and an extended drop zone for the TE band. A spark tester and camera system on a vacuum conveyor belt are integrated to the slitting and folding maschine, and the system includes electrical control. The Swiss Downstream Line is available in three sizes – 800ppm, 1,200ppm and 2,000ppm. IMDvista Closure Digital Print (CLDP) & Hapa AG Hapa AG is specialised in print- ing solutions; Peter Schkoda, Head of Sales FMCG, explained the IMD vista Closure Digital Print (CLDP) system. IMD vista’s Waterfall Sorter, vacuum conveyor and vision system for pretreat- ment, and digital UV injection inside redcube plus from Hapa AG are further examples of know-how and technology sharing in action. The redcube plus, a fully digital piezo inkjet printing module, uses drop-on-demand technology and is scalable to up to seven colors. Inte- grated in the CLDP system, it prints in high-quality CMYK on 1,500 closures per minute. This includes fast changeo- ver times in design formats, giving customers a high level of flexibility. The redcube plus includes an automatic cleaning and conserving system. The CLDP system has a small footprint. Hapa Inks are compliant with the Nestlé positive list in association with the Swiss ordinance on printing inks, EuPIA (European printing ink Asso- coation), FDA (Food and Drug Adminis- tration), CFIA (Canadian Food Inspec- tion Agency) and REACH (Regulation of the European Parliament). IMDvista PECO Lux presented by Matthias Hermle was another highlight at the product launch. This patent-pend- ing inline preform process monitoring system requires no additional space or perform orientation, making it easy to Swiss Downstream Line (SDL) F.l.t.r.: Marco Tanner, CEO M.Tanner AG, Beat Rupp, CEO Hapa AG, Matthias Hermle, CEO IMD AG and Manfred Zurkirch, CEO PackSys Global AG Closure Digital Print (CLDP)