PETpla.net Insider 03 / 2021

PET products 60 PETplanet Insider Vol. 22 No. 03/21 www.petpla.net Bericap tethered solution available for the GME 30.40 neck fi nish The International Technical Centre for Bottling and Related Packaging Cetie is in the process of de fi ning a new neck standard for carbonated beverages. The new GME 30.40 neck standard has a thread diameter of only 26mm, reduc- ing the weight of the neck and closure by between 1.4 g and 1.7 g, depending on the diameter of the neck support ring. The neck standard takes the latest trend of neck sup- port ring diameter reduction – from the former standard of 33mm down to 29mm – into account. In contrast to other 26mm neck standards GME 30.40 will perform safely under all climatic conditions on bottle sizes of up to 3 l. Bericap has developed the 7049 closure for the GME 30.40 neck fi nish. The closure can be equipped with a tamper evident band which remains on the neck or the ClipAside teth- ered cut after opening by the consumer. ClipAside improves the consumer convenience of the PET bottle because the closure can be opened and locked at an angle of 170-180 degrees, enabling unobstructed drinking from the bottle. Since the closure remains attached to the bottle it avoids littering. www.bericap.com Closures removal solution for returnable bottles While reuse and recycling schemes for beverage packag- ing are seen as ef fi cient tools for reducing the environmental impact of packaging systems and for increasing resource ef fi ciency, effective preparation of bottles PET and glass bottles is important. Arol Group’s Arol Reverse is offered as a solution for unscrewing of pre-threaded plastic caps and threaded aluminium caps from glass and refPET bottles. The company says that Arol Reverse equipment, with between three and 30 heads, delivers safe unscrewing of caps with diameters of 28-38mm, at up to 60,000 caps/h (1,000 caps/ min). The machine’s decapping heads are made entirely of stainless steel; special handling parts, including discharge piping and containers, can also be supplied in stainless steel, to prevent scratching of rPET bottles and extend compo- nent life. It can identify bottles that do not have caps; its ‘no decapping’ feature prevents bottle neck damage. The machines are equipped with advanced inspection systems to identify height variance at input and detect caps at discharge. Arol Group says that Arol Reverse is designed for quick format change and is fl exible enough to be adapted to conditions in any plant. Arol is part of Arol Group, which includes Unimac-Gherri, specialist in fi lling and capping of glass, metal and plastic containers with twist-off and pre-threaded caps for dense, semi dense and pasty food products; Tirelli, which is focused on packaging equipment for the cosmetics industry; and Maca Engineering S.r.l, a specialist in the design and manufacture of machines for production, assembly and cut of aluminium and plastic caps and closures. www.arol.com PRODUCTS