PETpla.net Insider 06 / 2017

PREFORM PRODUCTION PET planet Insider Vol. 18 No. 06/17 www.petpla.net 13 PREFORM PRODUCTION 13 Design to highlight product origin Deciding what drink to buy takes a customer only a few seconds. One of the crucial points in attracting a potential buyer’s attention is the appearance of the PET bottle. PET Technologies does its best to satisfy all the wishes of their clients, taking into account both the product and the region. Recently PET Technologies has implemented several national style projects. While cooperating with Akatsiya, a local mineral water pro- ducer in the Ukraine, the main task in the bottle design was to connect the trademark with the Ukrainian style, way of life, national traditions and customs. As a result an origi- nal design was developed for 0.5 and 1.5l bottles. The larger bottle was decorated with the authen- tic rhombic ornaments typical of Zakarpattia, a region in western Ukraine. These ornaments symbol- ises wealth and fertility. The rhomb with a point in the centre, shown on the bottle, stands for the crops in the field and wellbeing. The 500ml bottle ornament reflects success, wealth and personal growth. For the Zambian company Trade Kings, PET Technologies developed 500ml and 330ml CSD bottles prototypes by reducing the PET bottle weight whilst maintain- ing its high strength properties. For PET Technologies, prototyp- ing of the bottle is very important because it is the only possibility for the customer to observe the new PET bottles right from the start and evaluate whether they meet the desired technical, visual and dimensional parameters. Reduction of the PET preform characteristics helps the manu- facturer to save money and as a result can help make the final product price competitive. The Jermuk Group of Georgia told PET Technologies that they would like to switch from 48mm to 38mm Bericap preform to produce 3.0 and 5.0l PET bottles. The shift was done with PET Technologies automatic stretch blow moulding machine APF-5. Thus, the use of the 64g Bericap preform (38mm) instead of the 85g (48mm) saves up to 90t of PET material per year (amounting to US$ 135,000 according to the customer). With the automatic blow moulding machine APF-5 it is possible to produce 1600bph with a bottle volume from 3 to 10 litres. The two independent blowing units support both neck standards. As a result, the PET bottles decorated with pictures of mountains produced on the APF-5 blower highlight the natural origin and picturesque envi- ronment around the plant. PET Technologies experience in PET bottle designing, production and laboratory tests provides the possibility of implementing original projects that highlight product origins and at the same time reducing production costs. www.pet-eu.com PREFORM special