PETpla.net Insider 04 / 2021

BOTTLING / FILLING PETplanet Insider Vol. 22 No. 04/21 www.petpla.net 23 zone, in a previously sterilised pack- age. It differs from traditional aseptic technology because the package sterilisation takes place at the pre- form rather than at the bottle phase. It offers a sterilised blowing process as well as fast and safe product and format changeovers with limited manual intervention for continuous aseptic production time up to 200 hours. Plus, the producer can lower its Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) as the Versatile Aseptic Combi Predis does not use any water and very few chemicals (less than 0.7 l of H 2 O 2 per hour) for preform sterilisation. GAWiS D featuring AutoJob ™ – job set up in seconds +1.724.482.2163 AGRINTL.COM ACCURATE • FAST • REPEATABLE SEE GAWIS4D IN ACTION Dimensional and thickness measurements for plastic containers and preforms. ® The sparkling drinks are produced with a Sidel carbonator that adds carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) after the beverage processing phase. With this integrated carbonation just before filling, the dosing performance is optimised, allow- ing accuracy, reduced product waste and improved beverage stability. More- over, it ensures one aseptic treatment for both still and carbonated products. PET bottle designs Sidel not only provided the Ver- satile Aseptic Combi Predis, but they also partnered with Sangaria for the PET bottle designs of their products. Sangaria wanted to keep the same brand identity critical for recognition purposes, and Sidel therefore sup- ported them in adapting the bottles they were handling in hot-fill to aseptic production. Thanks to the dry preform sterilisation solution they could also lightweight some of their bottles up to 30%, as this system does not require any thermal treatment of the blown bottle. www.sidel.com Versatile Sidel Aseptic Combi Predis can both handle aseptic carbonated and still drinks in PET bottles on the same line. Sidel’s integrated aseptic blow-fill- seal solution, Aseptic Combi Predis, includes the dry preform sterilisation.