PETpla.net Insider 12 / 2018

PREFORM PRODUCTION PET planet Insider Vol. 19 No. 12/18 www.petpla.net 17 PREFORM PRODUCTI ON 17 Step up investment in preform technology [email protected] Tel: +90 212 695 50 00 Fax: +90 212 694 97 24 100815dmyR .com PREFORM special Sacmi’s IPS (injection preform moulding) range has been further improved and expanded to provide a broader, more complete response to numerous possible needs within the beverage industry. Offering high performance and low consumption, the IPS platform complements an all-round line range that extends from pellet to pallet. Following good market feedback, the Group is making further invest- ments in the platform to extend the range and meet the manufactur- ing needs in the beverage industry. Sacmi has widened the available machine range and raised productiv- ity, which can reach 60,000 preforms per hour. First-rate performance in terms of cycle time and energy consumption form the cornerstone of the range. This has been achieved thanks to – especially as regards consumption – the application of major technical innovations to both the hydraulic system and handling in the post-cooling area. The mould range from 24 to 128 cavities meets possible sizing and production requirement. Sacmi has redoubled its efforts to provide cus- tomers with maximum flexibility of use by ensuring presses can easily be adapted to most commercially available moulds. Moreover, Sacmi has – alongside its development of a higher-perform- ing machine – invested heavily in pro- duction plants to accelerate prototyp- ing and testing of complete (machine + mould) industrial systems. This has already resulted in improved light- weighting, with preform weights of 4.5 g (25mm neck), and the additional added value customers gain from receiving constant support right from the design stage and throughout the working life of the machine and plant. Other key platform features include defect reduction (all Sacmi IPS solutions can be fitted with the PVS preform inspection system, developed by the Quality & Process Control Division) and the elimina- tion of contamination, the latter being achieved through the implementation of specific technical features (e.g. unloading of preforms in the post- cooling area, performed directly in a controlled environment by special picking grippers). The preform production range developed by Sacmi stands along- side a comprehensive range of cutting-edge technologies for cap manufacturing (CCM, continuous compression moulding) and stretch moulding (SBF, stretch blow form- ing). This aspect – thanks also to further downstream integration with container filling and labelling solu- tions – confirms Sacmi’s status as a player capable of providing all the technologies needed to transform raw materials (PET and HDPE) into filled, palletised bottles. www.sacmi.it