PETpla.net Insider 10 / 2019

BOTTLING / FILLING PET planet Insider Vol. 20 No. 10/19 www.petpla.net 37  Rounded, anodised aluminium, sliding, protection doors, which allow all the motors (with low energy consumption) to be placed on the outside of the mechanical groups that they run.  Infeed conveyor with a thermoplas- tic, low friction belt and a motorised system of oscillating separator guides.  Film reel unwrapping controlled by a brushless motor which guaran- tees precise, constant film tension- ing.  Machine equipped with a system of film splicing with a heated blade, this allows the ends of the two reels of shrink film to be spliced without stopping production.  Reduced energy consumption and low maintenance costs.  Compact knife group with film cutting blade run by a brushless “direct-drive” motor.  Shrink tunnel with cutting edge technology to contain energy con- sumption and guarantee environ- mental compatibility.  High quality of final pack, thanks to the uniform distribution of hot air flow on all the pack surface inside the tunnel. Automatic palletising system APS 1550 P  Packed products: packs in film only in format 6x4 and 4x3 (0.33 l and 0.5 l bottles) and 3x2 (1.5 l bottles) coming from the shrink-wrapper SK 600 F  Pallets worked: 1,000 x 1,200mm and 800 x 1,200mm Advantages:  Single column with two Cartesian axes with SCARA technology, flex- ible and easily adapted to any end of line logistic condition within mul- tiple industrial sectors.  Reduction of maintenance and energy costs, as well as lengthen- ing the life cycle of the installation, thanks to the machine’s mechani- cal simplicity and the use of com- ponents derived from robots.  The automation and onboard management of the APS system is entrusted to technology based on sercos fieldbus, thanks to which the operator, using a simple, intuitive, man-machine interface can quickly and easily manage all the end of line, palletising operations. Conveyors Function: carrying loose and packed bottles in PET, in particular:  Moving bottles from the outfeed of the integrated system Ecobloc Ergon, moving in infeed/outfeed to the shrink-wrapper SK 600 F Ergon and moving in infeed to the pal- letiser APS 1550 P Ergon. Main advantages:  constant, fluid no-hitch movement of loose and packed bottles in PET;  format changeover times reduced for the quick switch from one batch to another;  modular, ergonomic structure, which can easily be adapted to different sizes of containers or pro- duction flows;  energy consumption and running costs among the lowest on the market;  low running and maintenance costs;  product guides made from stain- less steel and anti-friction UHMW plastic, which maintain the quality of the container.