PETpla.net Insider 03 / 2019

41 TRADE SHOW REVIEW PET planet Insider Vol. 20 No. 03/19 www.petpla.net BrauBeviale 2018 GEA Vipoll launches latest monobloc filler for PET, glass and cans GEA’s January 2018 acquisition of Vipoll, the Slovenian manufacturer of filling systems and components for the bever- age processing industry, has allowed the group to expand its end-to-end portfolio with the addition of flexible PET, glass and can packaging. The new range is marketed under the subsidi- ary brand, GEA Vipoll. The GEA Vipoll All In One, a multifunctional bottling machine for filling PET, glass bottles and cans, was presented at Brau Beviale 2018. The machine on display was developed for Norwegian brewery Mack, whose main production facility is at Nordkjosbotn, a location that makes it the northernmost brewery in the world. It is the most recent machine to have been produced from the All In One filling system range, which was commercially launched at the end of 2017. Depending on container size, the monobloc filler developed for Mack – one of Norway’s strongest beverage brands – can process approximately 8,000 containers per hour, including beer, cider and soft drinks; potential unit volumes are in excess of 20,000. Jakob Šalamun, Senior Sales Manager at GEA Vipoll, explains that these machines are the company’s response to growing market demand for filling and closing of different bev- erage containers via a single machine, as well as the demand for increased efficiency. Changeovers from PET to glass bottle or cans are possible in about 30 minutes, including cleaning. The rinser is equipped with universal grippers. The filler, which can handle hot and cold filling of still and carbonated beverages, features electro-pneumatic filling valves. The single, multi-function capping turrets can accommodate lids, bottle caps and plastic screw-on caps. Very low oxygen intake during filling is also a benefit that customers can rely on, according to GEA. The All-In-One machine can be connected to a SCADA system via a Human Machine Interface (HMI) and meets Wei- henstephan standards for data transfer. The primary market for the All-In-One series today is brewer- ies; however, the solution offers added flexibility for producers of soft drinks and other alcoholic beverages. Rinser-filler-capping blocks from this series are now in use at customers in Australia, Croatia, Sweden and South Africa. www.gea.com F.l.t.r.: GEA Vipoll’s Corporate Media & Press Manager Fanny Förster and Senior Sales Manager Jakob Šalamun Jakob Šalamun explains GEA Vipoll’s All In One bottling machine. Emptying and compaction of beverage containers Strautmann Umwelttechnik presented its waste disposal solutions. The LiquiDrainer allows insertion of full beverage containers. Cost-intensive manual opening of PET bottles is not necessary. Manually, by conveyor belt or forklift, up to 10,000 1 l beverage bottles can be inserted and emptied within 1h. A feed rocker feeds the material to the rotor. The rotor pricks into the beverage container so that liquid can escape. Due to the special rotor technique the beverage containers are not only emptied but also devalued. Thus residuals are destroyed and can’t get into circulation. The liquids are targetly drained and go through a coarse filter. They can also be sold to biogas plants. PET con- tainers from t h e L i q u i - Drainer can be compac- t e d w i t h a B r i k P r e s s . Through conveyor belts or a fork lift the press can be inserted 24/7. With a throughput of 50,000 bottels in 1h the material is compacted with 380kN. The result: high compacted briquettes. www.strautmann-umwelt.com TRADE SHOW review PART2