PETpla.net Insider 11 / 2018

59 PRODUCTS PET planet Insider Vol. 19 No. 11/18 Compact accumulation table Spanish company And&Or, which is headquar- tered in Seville, specialises in the design, devel- opment and manufacture of ancillary and support machinery and solutions for blow-moulding, bottling and packaging. The company says that the latest additions to its accumulation systems are designed to guarantee production efficiency and uninterrupted operation and of plastic bottle manufacturing or filling lines in reduced spaces. Its latest table operates on a FIFO “First In First Out” basis and is capable of working with empty or filled bottles. During normal line opera- tion the desk is empty. In the event of a downstream stop, upstream production interrup- tion is avoided by the table being used as a buffer, with bottles fed into it by the input gripper. When downstream flow resumes the desk will empty the bottles into the main line sequentially, without stopping the nominal bottle flow coming from the upstream machines. In the case of an interruption at the blow moulder, the accu- mulation table allows the per- forms in the oven to be emptied into the line, thus avoiding the waste of having to eject them. The table frame is made of stainless steel. The operating area can be completely sur- rounded by a safety frame. And&Or claims that the dimen- sions of its latest model accu- mulation table offer significant space savings, compared to traditional accumulation sys- tems, while eliminating the risk of causing a jam. It is also designed for easy maintenance and service. www.andyor.com