PETpla.net Insider 09 / 2018

MARKET SURVEY 30 PETplanet Insider Vol. 19 No. 09/18 www.petpla.net Filling inspection systems Company name Sacmi Imola S.C. Filtec Europe GmbH KHS GmbH Pressco Technology Inc Fogg Filler Heuft Systemtechnik GmbH Postal address Telephone number Web site address Contact name Function Direct telephone no. E-Mail Via Selice Provinciale, 17/A, C.P. 113 - 40026 Imola (BO), Italy +39 0542 607111 www.sacmi.com +39 0542 607111 sacmi@sacmi.it Osterrade 56, 21031 Hamburg, Germany +49 40 7393350 www.filtec .com Dr Joachim von Meyer Dir. Europe Africa Middle East +49-40-7393350 jvonmeyer@filtec.com Juchostraße 20, 44143 Dortmund, Germany +49 231 569 0 www.khs.com Mr Helmut Schmitt Project Man. Inspection Tech. +49 231 569 10124 helmut.schmitt@khs.com 29200 Aurora Road, Cleveland, OH USA +1 440 498 2600 www.pressco.com Mr Tom O'Brien (VP, Marketing) Sales & New Business Dev. +1 440 498 2600 sales@pressco.com 3455 John F. Donnelly Dr. Holland, MI 49424, USA +1 616 786 3644 www.foggfiller. com Ms Susan Lamar Media Ralations Manager +1 616 786 3644 slamar@foggfiller.com Am Wind 1 56659 Burgbrohl, Germany +49 2636 56 0 www.heuft.com Fill level control Infrared Yes Yes No No Gravity fill - it fills to a specific level Yes (over- and underfill + quantifiying and statistics per filler valve) X-ray Yes Yes Yes No Yes (over- and underfill + quantifiying and statistics per filler valve) Gamma No Yes No No No, because old technologie with no advantages compared to x-ray Camera Yes Yes Yes, all possible in high frequency Yes Yes (over- and underfill + quantifiying and statistics per filler valve) Contamination control Yes Foreign substance inspection (sniffing) for empty ref PET bottles No Full exended shelf life line options; UV sanitising for bottles and caps; chemical rinsing for bottles and caps; multiple enclosure options with optional HEPAair system; machinery comes standard with Fogg Sanibar systemwith addi- tional enclosure wash options Detection of foreign objects and dirt in filled containers, detection of foreign objects, dirt and residual liquids in empty containers Closure inspection Presence of cap Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes (camera or sensor technologie) Crooked cap Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes (camera or sensor technologie) Lifted cap Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes (camera or sensor technologie) Wrong cap Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes (camera or sensor technologie) Tamper evident band control Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes (with 360° all around view) Camera: 360° / sensor Yes Yes Yes, both Yes Yes (with up to 16 cameras) Label inspection Torn label Yes Yes No Yes Yes (with 360° camera inspection) Vertical / horizontal misalignment Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes (with transmitted light or 360° camera inspection) Best-before date control Yes Yes Code presence inspection No Yes (presence check with sensor, or verification with camera) Camera: 360°/ sensor Yes Yes Camera and sensor Yes Yes (sensors for label presence check or multiple cameras for 360° label verification in several levels) Pressure leak detector Yes squeezer No Yes (active or passive pres- sure/leakage check) Applicable bottle type Diameter 114 Per customer requirement 40-110mm Up to 150mm 8" All usual diameters Height 363 Per customer requirement 150-360mm Up to 400mm "18 All usual heights Rejecting bottle Yes Yes Into bin and onto collecting table Push reject and diverter reject options available Yes (various rejection systems for different rejection tasks) Inspection speed Up to 80,000bph Per customer requirement PET: up to 86,000bph Over 3,000ppm Up to 100,000 containers/h, 2,000mm/s Monitoring Yes Per customer requirement Filler-/Sealer Management Filler valve; capper head correlation Yes (self explaining device interface which gives all needed information about the inspection, additionally counters, messages and statistics can be transferred to data aquisition systems)