TRADE SHOW PREVIEW PETplanet Insider Vol. 23 No. 07+08/22 www.petpla.net 39 TRADE SHOW PREVIEW 39 mould. Injection for the next cycle is interrupted and the entire system is stopped in a controlled manner. As soon as the power is back, production can be resumed after a short system check. Cycle Guard works without batteries and is particularly low-maintenance and cost-effective in operation. The integrated Pecolux inspection system from IMD Vista monitors and documents preform quality in real time. Quality deviations are checked in continuous inline operation. The system checks key features of the preform such as the gate and the thread as well as for colour differences, black specs, bubbles and crystallinity. Thanks to the fast feedback and compact integration into the postmould-cooling unit, this solution is a particularly intelligent and economical inspection routine to produce preforms, claims the company. Users are thus able to document the quality of the produced batches to their customers at any time. Preform with thread for tethered caps Netstal is producing 10.5 g lightweight CSD preforms for 0.5 l PET bottles at its booth. The highperformance mould with 72 cavities comes from mould partner MHT Mold & Hotrunner Technology. Partner company Eisbär Trocknungstechnik from Austria handles material preparation and the dehumidifier. The chiller is provided by Swiss company EF cooling. Equipped with a GME 30.40 thread, the preform already meets the EU requirement for tethered caps, according to which from July 2024 caps must remain attached to the bottle after opening. This design is intended for disposable bottles, has venting slots, and reduces the amount of material used on the bottle thread and cap. PET granulate from the Neogroup company is processed, which consists of 25% chemically recycled PET. The new PET-Line 3000 will be producing at Drinktec daily from 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. and from 2 p.m. - 4 p.m. The preforms produced at the show are later fed into PET recycling so that new bottles will be produced from the material. www.netstal.com Operators can control up to seven lines on the display.
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