PETpla.net Insider 08 / 2017

CAPS & CLOSURES 22 PET planet Insider Vol. 18 No. 08/17 www.petpla.net Compression technology for the North American and Caribbean closure market Major order and installation completed for a complete system capable of processing 2,000 caps per minute, with high quality, lower costs and increased process efficiency. These key advantages have now led one of the industry’s key players in the North American and Caribbean water market to choose Sacmi compression technology. Already a major supplier of pre- forms to some of the most important beverage players in North America and the Caribbean, the customer chose to enter the closures market, selecting Sacmi compression technol- ogy. The advantages include the abil- ity to manufacture caps with different designs using the same mould. This is because the thickness of the top wall can be changed via the operator interface. The Sacmi Continuous Compres- sion Moulding (CCM) lets manufactur- ers cover the entire cap range on the market thanks to the versatile variety of available designs. Offering intrinsic advantages in terms of productivity, energy savings and reliability, this technology operates at lower tem- peratures, thus reducing on-material stress and extending the working life of both-machine and mould. Production capacity The supplied solution – a CCM 48SC – is designed to manufacture 26mm water caps at an output of 2,000 caps per minute with a cycle time of 1.44s. Compared to alternative solutions such as injection, the tech- nology enables lighter and high per- formance caps to be manufactured, whose weight and other para-meters can be modified easily via the opera- tor interface. Mould with doubled in-mould cooling system The supplied solution is also equipped with COOL+ moulds. These constitute a highly developed boosted cooling system (i.e. more uniform, faster cooling), optimising the process CAPS & CLOSURES and improving product quality. Installable across the entire range of CCM Sacmi presses, COOL+ actually doubles the in-mould cooling circuit. The result: the cooling liquid flows closer to the inner wall of the cap and therefore reduces the cooling time that can have a considerable impact on the total process time. Major advantages are also to be had in terms of flexibility and ease of main- tenance. CCM technology represents a major investment choice for the cus- tomer, who was quick to grasp the advantages it offers in terms of lower production costs and higher quality output. Designing the cap One key element in the customer’s purchase decision was Sacmi’s Clo- sures & Containers range of services, amongst which the assistance needed to ensure the cap responds perfectly to customer specifica- tions. Certified by interna- tional bever- age play- ers, Sacmi packaging laboratory is fully equipped to provide customers with close support right from the design stage (e.g. via advanced seal tests on the cap and cap-bottle system) and throughout the working life of machine and mould. Sacmi says, the order reaffirms its standing in this industry, thanks to their state of the art technology and worldwide installed machines (more than 1700) that make CCM a most competitive single-piece cap manu- facturing solution. www.sacmi.com