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20 Plastics in Packaging © 2017 Sayers Publishing Group • November DRINKTEC W ith Oktoberfest around the corner, Munich played host to one of the world’s leading trade fairs for the beverage and liquid food industry. French company Sidel was exhibiting its Super Combi PET blow-filling system for the first time. Designed and engineered as a single ‘smart’ system, it is claimed to make life easier for producers of water and CSDs through the use of data-driven intelligence. It features five process steps (preform feeder, blower, labeller, filler/capper and cap feeder) and already has its first customer. “Niagara Bottling have already signed up as the first purchaser of the machine and you’ll be hearing more on that in the coming months,” Sidel’s public relations manager Lucia Freschi told Plastics in Packaging. She explained how it has been entirely designed to minimise the use of resources. Consumption of electricity is reduced by up to 45 per cent, pre- form-heating time is lowered by up to 15 per cent and, with the option of AirEco2 double air-recovery, a 35 per cent reduction in the use of compressed air is also achieved. To further reduce the environmental footprint, the entire system is based on brushless motors, whilst the new melter and glue control distribution on the labeller also min- imises consumption. Sister company Gebo Cermex was also launching a product of its own. EvoFilm is a shrink-wrapping system that has been developed for the high- speed segment and can reach production speeds of up to 150 cycles per minute on three lanes. It is capable of producing multiple con- figurations of SKUs while reducing downtime. Furthermore, to ensure fast access for cleaning and maintenance, the film vacuum table is fully extractable while the lubrication of chains is automatic. It was probably one of the smaller machines of the Drinktec fair and a modest one on the huge Sidel-Gebo stand, but the company’s Agility 4.0 framework plan attracted significant interest from attendees, even if the equipment is still in a beta version. EvoBrand Active enables ultimate differ- entiation of bottle decoration by activating part of the label design in the plant. It allows manufacturers to print directly onto labels on the factory floor using laser activation. Sidel calls this new technology an ‘ink- less revolution’ as it achieves high quality printing with 100 per cent image control and an on-line integrated vision system but without the ‘mess’ of the inkjet process. It is available for roll-fed and pressure sensitive labels. For the moment, the machine only allows a black and white print. Michele Morrone, Sidel’s labelling product manager, explains that a colour version is planned and laser engraving is also possible on a broad range of wrap-around polymer substrates. EvoBrand equipment stands as an independent ‘station’ aside of the pro- duction line and can serve several labellers at speeds of up to 90,000 labels an hour. As it is a laser printer it allows for an infinite number of SKUs. Morrone adds that the products will be fully recyclable as there is no ink injection or migration on the PET bottle. Husky Injection Molding Systems was running a multilayer co-injection technology on its HyPET HPP5 inte- grated preform manufacturing system, producing a 17g carbonated soft drink preform using a 72-cavity mould with 8.7 second cycle time. The Canadian company was also working in partnership with Solvay Specialty Polymers for the launch of the High Barrier Polyester (HBP), a recyclable polymer that is claimed to ‘enable a new generation of sustainable pack- Leaking out evolution Technological partnerships, all-in-one systems and breakthrough multilayer developments were all unveiled at this year’s Drinktec show. Paul Hill and Dominique Huret report from Munich
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W ith Oktoberfest around the corner,Munich played host to one of theworld’s leading trade fairs for the
beverage and liquid food industry. French company Sidel was exhibiting its
Super Combi PET blow-filling system for thefirst time. Designed and engineered as asingle ‘smart’ system, it is claimed to make lifeeasier for producers of water and CSDs throughthe use of data-driven intelligence.
It features five process steps (preformfeeder, blower, labeller, filler/capper and capfeeder) and already has its first customer.“Niagara Bottling have already signed up asthe first purchaser of the machineand you’ll be hearing more on that inthe coming months,” Sidel’s publicrelations manager Lucia Freschi toldPlastics in Packaging.
She explained how it has beenentirely designed to minimise the useof resources. Consumption of electricityis reduced by up to 45 per cent, pre-form-heating time is lowered by up to15 per cent and, with the option ofAirEco2 double air-recovery, a 35 percent reduction in the use of compressedair is also achieved. To further reducethe environmental footprint, the entiresystem is based on brushless motors,whilst the new melter and glue controldistribution on the labeller also min-imises consumption.
Sister company Gebo Cermex wasalso launching a product of its own.EvoFilm is a shrink-wrapping systemthat has been developed for the high-speed segment and can reach productionspeeds of up to 150 cycles per minute on threelanes. It is capable of producing multiple con-figurations of SKUs while reducing downtime.Furthermore, to ensure fast access for cleaningand maintenance, the film vacuum table is
fully extractable while the lubrication of chainsis automatic.
It was probably one of the smaller machinesof the Drinktec fair and a modest one on thehuge Sidel-Gebo stand, but the company’sAgility 4.0 framework plan attracted significantinterest from attendees, even if the equipmentis still in a beta version.
EvoBrand Active enables ultimate differ-entiation of bottle decoration by activatingpart of the label design in the plant. It allowsmanufacturers to print directly onto labels onthe factory floor using laser activation.
Sidel calls this new technology an ‘ink-less revolution’ as it achieves high qualityprinting with 100 per cent image control andan on-line integrated vision system but withoutthe ‘mess’ of the inkjet process. It is availablefor roll-fed and pressure sensitive labels.
For the moment, the machine only allows a
black and white print. Michele Morrone,Sidel’s labelling product manager, explainsthat a colour version is planned and laserengraving is also possible on a broadrange of wrap-around polymer substrates.
EvoBrand equipment stands as anindependent ‘station’ aside of the pro-duction line and can serve severallabellers at speeds of up to 90,000 labelsan hour. As it is a laser printer it allowsfor an infinite number of SKUs. Morroneadds that the products will be fullyrecyclable as there is no ink injection ormigration on the PET bottle.
Husky Injection Molding Systemswas running a multilayer co-injectiontechnology on its HyPET HPP5 inte-grated preform manufacturing system,producing a 17g carbonated soft drink
preform using a 72-cavity mould with 8.7second cycle time.
The Canadian company was also workingin partnership with Solvay Specialty Polymersfor the launch of the High Barrier Polyester(HBP), a recyclable polymer that is claimed to‘enable a new generation of sustainable pack-
Leaking outevolutionTechnological partnerships, all-in-one systems and breakthrough multilayer developments were all unveiled at this year’s Drinktec show. Paul Hill and Dominique Huret report from Munich
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aging solutions for PET bottles and films’. This wasn’t the only partnership Husky
was involved in. In collaboration with KHS, itlaunched the Factor 100 bottle, a lightweight5g package that can hold 50cl, providing amore than 30 per cent environmental footprintreduction by using less material and energyduring manufacturing.
“Compared to what was previously thelightest bottle on the international market todate, the new bottle allows a huge reduction inmaterials of about a third,” explained ChristianRommel, project engineer for Bottles & Shapesat KHS Corpoplast.
The KHS Group was also expanding itsbarrier portfolio to include the InnoPETPlasmax 2Q, optionally upgradeable to the4Q. This single machine applies a protectivecoating of silicon oxide to the insides of PETbottles, with an output of up to 1,800 (2Q) or3,600 (4Q) containers per hour.
“With our new, compactInnoPET Plasmax machineswe have two particular targetmarkets in focus: Customerswho wish to develop new mar-kets through pilot production;and clients whose filling quan-tities were too low to date toenable them to profit fromthis established technology,”added Philipp Langhammer,product manager at KHSCorpoplast GmbH.
Local Munich firm Xolu-tion didn’t have far to travelto demonstrate its reclosingsystem for metal beveragecans. An injection mouldedPP mechanism opens muchlike a traditional stay-on-tab (SOT) yet, as chief
Above: Sipa’s XTRA stretch-blow system for production of PET bottles has been calledrevolutionary by the Italian business. Right: Xolution chief executive Marc von Rettberg has plans of expansion for the company’s PP relock system for beverage cans. Opposite The EvoBrand allows for an infinite number of SKUs
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executive Marc von Rettberg pointed out toPlastics in Packaging, it includes what theSOT is missing: the ability to be relocked.
“Opening the XO-equipped can is an easy,intuitive and one-handed procedure,” said vonRettberg. “We are working with suppliers suchas Alpla, Hekuma and Z-Molds in productionand looking to expand considerably over thenext 12-18 months. Production now is at morethan one billion annually.”
As part of its efforts to continually expandthe capabilities of its Process Pilot automatedblow moulder control system, Agr Internationalwas showing its latest system enhancement:Individual Mold Control. The addition of thisallows its customers to manage the thicknessdistribution during PET bottle production onthe individual mould level.
Meanwhile, Arburg was demon-strating a packaging version ofthe hybrid Allrounder 570H, whichhas a clamping force of 1,800kNand a size 800 injection unit. 24drink bottle caps were being pro-duced in a cycle time of 2.7 secondson a high-performance mouldfrom Z-Molds, with the weightof the HDPE moulded parts1.25g.
A ‘revolutionary’ stretch-blow system for productionof PET bottles was unveiledby PET technology firm Sipa.The XTRA is claimed to offerthe highest unit output in thesector, an extra-wide process-ing angle, reduced energy con-sumption, as wel l ascompatibility with othermachines upstream and down-stream.
Capable of producing 2,550bottles per hour, it is the resultof an R&D process involvingSipa’s entire development depart-ment, which put particular emphasis
on kinematics and mechanicalmotions. It can produce bot-
tles in volumes from 0.2 to3.5 litres and also accom-modates two neck sizes(28/38 mm). In addition,the clamp stroke hastwo settings: short,which allows it to pro-duce bottles of up to1.5 litres; and long,for containers up to 3litres. The machinecan also produce hot-and cold-fill contain-ers, without anychanges needed tothe system.
Converter Coverisand French group
Serac joined forces topresent visitors with an
update on their Optys bottle, a single-stagebottle that was first discussed six years agoand has recently made it to market.
Securing the Ecodesign award in the ‘Pack-TheFuture 2017’ competition in May 2016,Optys was launch by Turkish dairy producerEker. It is made by vertical thermoforming ofan extruded PP sheet on a Serac machine at amedium output of 10,000 bottles an hour. Noadditional mechanical operation, except capping,is required.
Bottle decoration comes from pre-printedpolypropylene sheets supplied by Coveris,which uses rotogravure technology and anamor-phosis (the anticipation of distortions duringthermoforming).
Says Olivier Laigre, Coveris’ sales andmarketing director, light-weighting of thebottle can range from 10-30 per cent. Anindexing spot ensures the setting of the PPsheet on the machine, eliminating the need forlabels and sleeves.
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In collaboration with KHS, Husky was able to introduce the Factor 100TM bottle, which weighs 5g and can hold 50cl. Below left: Optys is a single-stage bottle devised by Coveris and Serac
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Two colour bottles are possible,along with light and oxygen barrieroptions, which expands the marketbeyond dairy products and intosauces, juices and home and per-sonal care products.
Francoise Cheriaux-Huet, mar-keting manager for Serac Dairyand Beverages, added: “The Ekerbottle weighed only 9g for 19.5cl.”
The PP bottle is mono-materialwhich makes for easy recycling.About ten machines are currentlyrunning worldwide at a cost ofbetween €500,000 ($591,000) and€700,000 ($828,000) depending on size.
Sipa was also in Germany to work in part-nership with Erema on what is described as afully sustainable PET bottle-to-bottle productionfit for the circular economy. The XTREMERenew integrated system uses up to 100 percent recycled post-consumer PET to producepreforms with what the partners claim areproperties on a par with those made fromvirgin polymer.
GEA also had a launch of its own in theform of its Ariete Homogenizer 5400, withwhat the company claims is the world’s mostpowerful high-pressure homogeniser. Further-
more, it is also said to possess the widestcapacity ever achieved and the greatest versa-tility, being able to work in both the dairy andbeverage sectors, and pharmaceutical andchemical.
German giant Krones was also there witha hall of its own to demonstrate a pioneeringtechnology, which has now entered series pro-duction. At the last Drinktec, it exhibited aprototype of the DecoType family, and in the
meantime the direct printing machinehas attained what the business claimsis product maturity.
The DecoType Select prints onboth special-shaped and cylindricalcontainers made of PET, HDPE andglass. Business press relations managerPeter Moertl explained to Plastics inPackaging that capabilities for handlingPP are currently under preparation.In contrast to traditional labels, directprinting can also be applied selectivelyto grooved and relief structures, whichis said to open up entirely new oppor-tunities for consumer products.
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More information from: Arburg arburg.comCoveris coveris.comGEA gea.comGebo Cermex gebocermex.comHusky husky.coKHS khs.comKrones krones.comMilliken milliken.comSerac serac-group.comSidel sidel.comSipa sipa.itXolution xolution.com
The DecoType Select printing machine prints onboth special-shaped and cylindrical containers
made of PET, HDPE and glass
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