PETpla.net Insider 09 / 2017

60 TRADE SHOW PREVIEW PET planet Insider Vol. 18 No. 09/17 www.petpla.net Hall A4 - Booth 321 motan-colortronic gmbh - info@motan-colortronic.de www.motan-colortronic.com LUXOR A 80-2400 ETA plus® considerably reduces energy consumption and protects materials. Drying has never been this efficient: ETA plus ® Shoot & cap The Swiss injection moulding system provider Netstal will be producing 38mm single-piece closures for milk bot- tles on an Elion 2200-1000. Shoot and cap: the HDPE clo- sures, which weigh just 2.8g, are produced in a 32 cavity mould from z-moulds and, thanks to the patented z-slides, they receive a fully-functioning tamper evident band in the mould. The cycle time is 4.0 seconds. Piovan provides the systems for drying the material and dehumidification. The water cooling is made available by EF Cooling. The PET granulate and the colour master batches are supplied by Total Polymers. The CapWatcher III from Intravis is used for the optical inspection that concludes the process. Together with Intravis, Netstal will, for the first time, pre- sent the integration of external peripheral data into the aXos machine controller. The most important product characteris- tics of the 38mm closures that are being produced live at the trade fair stand will be constantly analysed by the Intravis CapWatcher III. They will then be transmitted via Euromap 82/OPC-UA to the machine controller of the Elion 2200-1000 in the form of data packages and displayed immediately in the aXos machine controller. If needed, individual charac- teristics, such as the diameter of the closures, can also be displayed on the individually configurable dashboard, which allows machine operators to always keep an eye on them. That means corrective measures can be taken quickly. If implemented according to Industry 4.0, the operator will no longer have to actively take action since the injection mould- ing machine in a control circuit can self-regulate. Minimal changes to a product characteristic can be performed auto- matically within a defined process window. This allows for the sustained production of closures with the exactly defined product characteristic. www.netstal.com Bigger blow-moulding machines French manu- facturer 1Blow will be exhibiting its full range of blow-moulding machines, includ- ing its latest 1XXL, which is specifi- cally designed for the production of large containers. The single-cavity machine can produce bot- tles from five to 30 litres. It employs servo drives as standard on mould movement and on the stretching system, and also incorporates, as standard, systems to recover power and blowing air, in order to reduce costs. Its heating system has the capacity to handle thick preforms (>10mm) for both one- way and returnable containers. A neck orientation system is available as an option. Visitors to the stand will also be able to see demonstrations of preform blowing, utilising newAventics HP valves. www.1blow.com Hall A4 - Booth 350