PETpla.net Insider 10 / 2019

TRADE SHOW PREVIEW PET planet Insider Vol. 20 No. 10/19 www.petpla.net 73 be moulded at up to 2.4 s faster compared to a standard model. This saving is in addition to the reduced cycle time obtained from the use of Zero Cooling technology in the mould design. Combining the aforementioned machine revisions with ASB’s Zero Cooling mould technology, the 8-cavity, single row mould produc- ing a 30ml, 3.8 g, 19mm screw neck container for medical or toiletry use will cycle at 4.4 s to provide over 6,500 bph. The double-row moulding equiva- lent to the ASB-70DPH is optimised for production of smaller bottles in moulding configurations from 8 to 24 cavities for high productivity of con- tainers up to 1l capacity. Assisting with energy saving, the servo hydraulic system provides power consumption savings of 30-40% compared to the same mould and cycle time running in a conventional machine, while an optional blow air recycle system has the capability to take exhausted blow- ing air back into the machine system for air cylinder operation. Now fitted as standard, an enhanced mould changing system in all stations permits reductions in overall mould change time. For a blow mould change, just 30% of the previ- ous time is required while for a total and complete preform and blow mould change, around 50% of the previous time is required. At K, the machine will be mould- ing an oval 300ml shampoo container in 14 cavities at a cycle time of 13.6 s to generate over 3,700 bph using a 100% recycled rPET. ASB-150DPW: for small & medium bottles & jars The largest model on display is part of the ASB-150 Series that oper- ate using single, double or triple row moulding. Despite being a high pro- ductivity machine for small to medium sized containers, the double row layout of the ASB-150DPW also has the versatility to mould a wide variety of bottles and jars in PET and other resins. Output is typically around 2.5 times that of the smaller ASB-70DPW. With its design based on the shared ASB-150DP / ASB-150DPX mechanical architecture, operation, maintenance and spare parts share many common features, thereby reducing total cost of ownership where its “siblings” are also in use. Energy consumption is maintained low due to the adoption of standard variable displacement or optional servo driven hydraulic pumps. The ASB-150DPW is capable to mould containers from 1.5 l jars with 94mm necks to sub-150ml bottles ranging from 8 to 36 cavities. At K, the machine will be dem- onstrated moulding a 900ml, 70mm neck diameter general food jar in 14 cavities. The adoption of Zero Cool- ing offering a cycle of 9.4 s means that productivity will exceed 5,300 bph while moulding strong containers in 100% rPET. www.nisseiasb.co.jp ASB-70DPW v4 1-step ISBM machine ASB-150DPW 1-step ISBM machine