PETpla.net Insider 03 / 2019

43 TRADE SHOW REVIEW PET planet Insider Vol. 20 No. 03/19 www.petpla.net Latest developments in empty bottle inspection Inspection tech- no l ogy spec i a l i s t Heuft used last year’s Brau Beviale trade fair to present equip- ment and systems for labelling; for the detection of foreign ma t t e r and o t he r defects in filled bot- tles; and for the analysis and sorting of empty PET, glass and can containers. PR editor Hilmar Wagner focused attention on the “In Line II” empty bottles inspection series, which now consists of three models: the “entry-level” IR; the standard IS; and premium IXS. The mechanical and physical design has been updated and the In Line II IS now features an open, compact design with “Clean Design” easy access for cleaning and mainte- nance. The company says that it can be easily integrated into existing filling systems. The In Line II system is designed for all-round inspection of empty bottles. Heuft says that all models in the range will reliably detect residual fluids, as well as checking bottlenecks, mouthpieces and sealing surfaces, as well as the bottle base. The system can complete side-wall inspections at a rate of up to 84,000 containers per hour. The IS additionally features individual, servo-controlled rotary transport plates for the rotation and fine adjustment of each individual bottle. The camera-based, double resolu- tion, quadruple side-wall inspection system provides eight viewing angles and fully covers 360° of the container surface. Audio-visual user operation is by the in-house “NaVi” system. The machine is in- tended to be able to easily adapt to completely new containers by means of Heuft’s “Spectrum II” platform, and to read- just itself automatically. Changeover from PET to glass bottle inspection is, consequently, claimed to be achieved within a very short time. The IS now features technologies from the X-ray supported IXS. As with the premium system, all detection modules are fully integrated including fluid residual caustic detection, which was previously an external module. Mr Wagner added that Heuft’s “Lambda-K” container rejection system is designed to reject empty PET bottles, even if they are at risk of toppling over, at a rate of up to 60,000 containers per hour. The specially-designed compact conveyor belt mechanism and control system aims to remove containers that are either wrong or present problems. www.heuft.com In Line II IS inspection system Lambda-K rejection system Full inspected!