PETpla.net Insider 10 / 2020

imprint EDITORIAL PUBLISHER Alexander Büchler, Managing Director HEAD OFFICE heidelberg business media GmbH Vangerowstraße 33 69115 Heidelberg, Germany phone: +49 6221-65108-0 fax: +49 6221-65108-28 info@hbmedia.net EDITORIAL Kay Barton Heike Fischer Gabriele Kosmehl Michael Maruschke Ruari McCallion Waldemar Schmitke Anthony Withers WikiPETia.info petplanet@hbmedia.net MEDIA CONSULTANTS Martina Hirschmann hirschmann@hbmedia.net Johann Lange-Brock lange-brock@hbmedia.net phone: +49 6221-65108-0 fax: +49 6221-65108-28 LAYOUT AND PREPRESS EXPRIM Werbeagentur | exprim.de Matthias Gaumann READER SERVICES Till Kretner reader@hbmedia.net PRINT Chroma Druck Eine Unternehmung der Limberg-Druck GmbH Danziger Platz 6 67059 Ludwigshafen, Germany WWW www.hbmedia.net | w ww.petpla.net PETplanet Insider ISSN 1438-9459 is published 10 times a year. This publication is sent to qualified subscribers (1-year subscription 149 EUR, 2-year subscription 289 EUR, Young professionals’ sub- scription 99 EUR. Magazines will be dispatched to you by airmail). Not to be reproduced in any form without permission from the publisher. Note: The fact that product names may not be identified as trademarks is not an indication that such names are not registered trademarks. 3 PETplanet Insider Vol. 21 No. 10/20 www.petpla.net We have two reports on new preform machines to offer you in this issue. We visited Sipa to take a close look at compression injection moulding of preforms. There are now three machines operating at customer facilities and we were able to check out another four that we saw ready for shipment. The machinery is with the PET recyclers and destined for bottling plants, with Coca-Cola as the standout brand among those recipients. No less exciting has been the introduction of a new Netstal preform line, which offers sideways rather than the standard Swiss design of upwards removal. The machinery is quite new and has many innovative features. Most noteworthy is the fact that nearly all the moulds can be used on the new line in the conventional sideways removal process. The use of Netstal machines has been smoothly integrated in plants that operate IM machinery produced by other manufacturers. In discussions on up- and downwards removal, I have realised that the term “side entry”, which up until now has been a term used throughout the industry, is really thought from the machine developer’s perspective. The word “entry” implies that robotic devices penetrate the mould. However, every experienced developer knows that the main focus should be on the manufactured product, in our case, the preform, which is removed from and not driven into the mould. That is why we have taken the liberty of referring to it not as “side entry” but “sideways removal” as part of our contribution to the new Netstal range. Sipa has a simpler solution with its continuous preform production on carousels. This is correctly referred to as “transfer”. Whether or not you use side entry, sideways removal or transfer in your preform production, I hope you enjoy this issue. Yours sincerely Alexander Büchler Dear readers,

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