PETpla.net Insider 04 / 2018

62 TRADE SHOW PREVIEW PET planet Insider Vol. 19 No. 04/18 www.petpla.net Solutions and complete turnkey operations for the bottle blow moulding industry Among the highlights which will be shown at the And & Or booth will be the bagging machine: Today Bagging is one of the most popular ways of packing bottles around the world, offering a wide range of benefits in the packing process: a signifi- cant cost saving compared to traditional corrugated box and tray. It often allows more bottles per layer, thus increasing the number of bottles packed in a pallet. The improved hygiene in products, being the bottles protected from human manipulation or cardboard contamination, of special importance in applications such as pharma- ceutical, cosmetic and food bottles. The automatic bagging machines producing self- made bags from rolls of thermo-shrinkable film (no need for preformed bags). With a small footprint, it is usually installed after the blower and the leak tester and finally it automatically arrays bottle layers and packs them into bags, by means of automatic film supply (rolls) without the need of an operator intervention. Quality control And & Or are also presenting the leak detection technology which is available with models that process from 1,000 up to 32,000bph for containers from 150ml to 20l. Great versatility, high sensibility and automatic calibration has made And &Or sys- tems a market reference. The LS Series a conveyor mount design can be integrated over the existing line conveyor. It is supplied with one or more heads, fix or mobile, depending on the production line output and bottle size. Optionally weight control or camera vision built-in systems can be included in the leak testing machine. www.andyor.com All-electric e-cap live on stage Highest degree of efficiency with the best quality and shortest cycle times: this is the daily challenge that the manufacturers of beverage caps face. For the production of 26mm caps with tamper-proof bands made from HDPE, Engel is presenting a state-of-the-art solution. At the core of the highly-integrated solution is an all-electric e-cap 2440/420 US injec- tion moulding machine, equipped with a 96-cavity mould by z-moulds (Austria). On the periphery, Engel integrates a dry- air system by Eisbär Trockentechnik (Austria), and an optical inspection system by Intravis (Germany) into the overall concept. To combine minimal energy consumption with process consistency and precision in the production of beverage caps, Engel relies on the all-electric high-performance machines of the e-cap series, which, with clamping forces of 120 to 460 US tons, were developed specifically for this market segment. With their high-performance servo- drives, the e-cap machines ensure the required plasticising capacity and maximises part production quality even when using the new high-strength HDPE materials with an MFI significantly lower than 2 or even 1g/10min. In spite of its impressive perfor- mance, the e-cap uses very little power and cooling water, even at high speed. The increased ejection and clamping forces help to achieve very short cycle times. www.engelglobal.com www.bericap.com Unique range of light weight screw and sports closures for light weight PET neck standards for water • Closures for all common neck sizes 26/22, 28mm (PCO 1810, PCO 1881), 29/25, 30/25 • Light weight Hexalite range allowing light weight neck • Still water closures suitable for N 2 dosing • Sports closures fulfill BSDA requirements • Boreseal systems for excellent tightness • Consumer friendly opening forces BERI CAP Technology for still water South Hall 19097 During the NPE, an all-electric e-cap injection machine equipped with a 96-cavity mould will be producing 26mm caps with tamper-proof bands in a cycle time of less than 2s. West Hall 3303