PETpla.net Insider 09 / 2017

BOTTLING / FILLING PET planet Insider Vol. 18 No. 09/17 www.petpla.net 39 Bottleneck filling capacity Following these investments, the filling capacity was now the bottleneck in the production operation. NT was running a total of three rather elderly bottling lines:  a 12,000bph line for 1l bottles, featuring a Krones Contiform blow- moulder  a 6,000bph line for 2l bottles  a line for 5 and 10l containers Together, these lines handle 500,000l a day – not enough for NT. Which is why under its new manage- ment the company decided to double its capacity, and concentrate on a single line the filling operation for the 1l container, for which demand is highest. Following a transitional phase, all premium products, plus mixtures of rapeseed and sunflower oils, will also be bottled here in future. By block-synchronising the blow-moulder and the filler, NT has managed to down- size the weight of the 1l container to 16.5 or 18.5g – depending on the brand of oil involved. A L L A B O U T B O T T L E I N S P E C T I O N A 4 - 3 4 4 L I V E A T L I V E A T L A S V E G A S A L L A B O U T B E V E R A G E P A C K A G I N G I N S P E C T I O N W W W . I N T R A V I S . C O M S - 8 1 5 0