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TECHNOLOGY N. 3-2014 EDITRICE ZEUS - Vial Ballerini 66, 20831 - SEREGNO (MB) Tel. +39 0362 244182 -0362 244186 - www.editricezeus.com

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Digital magazine in English focusing on lines, plants and equipment for bottling and beverage industries. Four issues a year, delivered to more than 20.000 beverage industries and to more than 3.000 suppliers, worldwide. The magazine has an extra launch before all the main international exhibitions about beverage technology

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    EDITRICE ZEUS - Vial Ballerini 66, 20831 - SEREGNO (MB) Tel. +39 0362 244182 -0362 244186 - www.editricezeus.com

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    PIGO 36You dont need to be the biggest to do things better;you only need the will to do it.And to know how.

    GEA NIRO SOAVI 32/II COVERGEA is building a second 30 tonne/hour milk powder plant for dairy giant Fonterra

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    BEUMER 19Packaging: optimal and sustainable

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    Machineries, plants and equipment for beverage industry year I - issue n.3- 2014

    managing editorEnrico Maffizzoni

    editorial manager S.V. Maffizzoni

    editorial production Sonia Bennatiaccount dep. managerElena Costanzo

    project and layout design ZEUS Agency graphic and paging ZEUS Agency translation Nexo Translations

    DRINK TECHNOLOGYeditorial managementand registered office:Via Ballerini, 66 20831 SEREGNO (MB) - ITALYTel. +39 0362 244182

    +39 0362 244186web site: www.editricezeus.come-mail: [email protected]: www.itfoodonline.come-mail: [email protected]: editricezeus

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    TThe company focuses on the production of the brewery equipment, pressure and non-pressure vessels and meat processing machines

    he Slovak company PSS SVIDNK, a.s. has been successfully operating on the global market for more than four de-cades. It has acquired a good reputation in the world thanks to exemplary quality of the offered products, thorough imple-mentation of needs and demands of its

    customers along with constant market monitoring.The company focuses on the production of the brewery equipment (breweries, fermentation, serv-

    ing and tapping beer tanks), pressure and non-pressure vessels and meat processing machines. Since the beginning of its operation in the field of beverage and food industry, our company has of-fered its customers a wide selection of quality and reliable equipment. At the same time it is continu-ally expanding the range of its products to offer the customers new and effective solutions. The company develops and produces equipment that enables the decoction and infusion beer brew-

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    ing method, so a customer gets the possibility to produce different kinds of beer according to his ideas. The equipment ensuring a perfect beer fer-mentation and maturation also belongs to the range of the offered products. PSS SVIDNK, a. s. develops its own tank management system that is an assurance of the trouble-free storing and se-quential serving of beer. The company thus suc-cessfully produces and distributes above men-tioned equipment to many countries all around the world. You can find our products in many opera-tions and gastronomic facilities not only in Slova-kia but often behind the borders of our country, too. They fulfill their function surely there and they contribute to production of beer with the top-quality and exceptional taste. Except the guarantee of practical use, the equipment is characterized by a modern and nice shape design and also by simple operation. Credo of the company is Solutions for Quality and Quantity, which represents and fully describes the main purpose and direction of the company. In the last years, the company has been

    continually succeeding in improving competitive-ness and productivity, in a large extent thanks to the support and confidence from the side of our customers.Because customer satisfaction is our priority, we would like to mention high-standard and prompt warranty and post-warranty service which we pro-vide as well as assistance in the installation and commissioning of our products. A machine will be installed and commissioned in accordance with pre-agreed terms and conditions. Our personnel will perform the following: On-site machine assembly at the customers place of business Installation (including electrical and piping con-nections) Commissioning and first batch Local personnel trainingFor better operation of all products manufactured in PSS SVIDNK, a.s., SECTION 12 C - Customer Service has been established, which provides qual-ity service at our customers place of business.

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    A. Warranty Repair Service (within 48 hours)During the warranty period, SECTION 12 C re-moves a failure emerging in our products within 48 hours. If complex repair is needed, SECTION 12 C communicates with customer and arranges the earliest possible term for the failure removal. B. Post Warranty Repair Service (periodic)Through post warranty repair service - periodic, we take care of our customers and the products manufactured in PSS SVIDNK, a.s.. Introduc-tion of regular post warranty repair service at the customers place ensures a performance level of the purchased equipment without unwanted shut-downs. SECTION 12 C recommends our custom-ers how often this repair should be carried out and arranges an appropriate time for its implementa-tion. This repair is inversely associated with the in-spection services.C. Inspection Service At the customers place, service inspection of the device set aside from production is provided. Au-thorized service technician from SECTION 12 C draws up a report of the inspection intervention. On the basis of this report, a schedule of repairs and a list of worn out spare parts are prepared. D. Standard Repair Service (unplanned)At the customers initiative (after the problem is specified), interven-tion of a service technician of PSS SVIDNK, a.s. follows.

    Since we care about engag-ing with our regular customers continuously but also about en-countering and gaining new cus-tomers, we therefore participate in exhibitions every year, where we kindly welcome everyone and present our machines to everybody with pleasure. At the Drinktec 2013 exhibition, where we are kindly inviting you to visit our stand Nr. 337/ hall B2, we are going to introduce you three unique products from our wide range.Brew house EUROTECH Classic 12 HL is a compact, universal stainless steel system for brewing all types of beer, from light to lager. The brewery assem-

    bly consists of two main vessels, a frame, staircase, service platform, railing, control panel, wort cooler as well as mash, wort and hot water pumps, a mash agitator and rake arms. The different technological parts of the brewery are linked by stainless steel piping and all the necessary valves, servo drives, flow meters, safety valves, sight glasses, lighting, etc. are included. The system enables both infusion and decoction brewing methods and is intended for more demanding customers with an adequate initial budget. The system adds a lot of joy and never-ending creativity to your beer making. The brew house can be obtained according to customer requirements in a stainless steel, copper or combi-nated stainless steel-copper finish.Fermentation tank 12 HL is a vertical, tapered cy-lindrical vessel serving the beer fermentation and maturation processes. The tank has independent cooling zones and is fitted with adjustable legs.Team of PSS SVIDNK, a.s. is looking forward to welcome you at our stand, so feel free to come and visit us!

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    SOLUTIONS FOR QUALITY AND QUANTITY

    PSS SVIDNK has been successfully operating in the global market for four decades. The company focuses on the production of meat processing machines and brewery equipment (breweries, fermentation, serving and tapping beer tanks), pressure and non-pressure vessels. These are offered individually or as part of complete production lines. If you would like to know more about PSS products please contact us.

    Breweries and Brewing equipment

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    T he market is showing increasing appreciation for ACMAVOLPAKs solutions dedicated to tea, manufactured and marketed by the brand Tecnomeccanica: while Modula, the most recent innovation of 2014, is already in operation at a customers facility, ACMA-VOLPAK has received a large order of T2

    Tecnomeccanica has received a large order amounting to ten machines from a very important South Ameri-can player. Following the example of other important big names in the industry, Tecnomeccanicas cus-tomer has decided to implement and modernize its production by integrating a series of T2, single cham-ber teabag machines. Each unit is equipped with a cartoning system and heat-sealed external bag, which makes it a complete line supporting the entire packag-ing process, both primary and secondary. However, T2 is also renowned for being the first full leaf tea packaging machine; the recent installation in Saudi Arabia testifies to the reputation of ACMAVOLPAK and the strong demand of full leaf tea, highly appreci-ated by traditionalist tea lovers. T2 full leaf tea bag is different from standard pyramid bags as it can be stacked inside the box; this ensures a better presenta-tion of the product in exclusive packaging.Great innovations also for T4 Modula, ACMAVOL-PAKs double chamber knotted packaging solution: the first unit has recently been installed at an inter-national top players facility. Introduced to the public on the occasion of the latest edition of Interpack, T4 ensures a higher level of flavour and fragrance of the product. In addition to its performance in line with its category (T4 can package up to 250 bags per minute),

    this new solution by ACMAVOLPAK is particularly advanced in terms of sustainability and materials sav-ing. The tea bag packaged by T4 is defined the most beautiful in the world: produced in non heat-sealed filter paper, it is 100% biodegradable and is sealed without using any metal staple in order to better pre-serve the genuineness of its content; an octagonal tag is placed on the front of the bag, while the string is attached underneath. These features make the tea bag aesthetically more pleasant and optimise brand visibility, thus supporting the customers marketing strategies. Also in this case, the exclusivity of bags is ensured: the string does not overlap with the label and there are no holes on the label, unlike standard bags currently in use.

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    ACMAVOLPAK, a member of the Coesia Group, is a leading business in the development and commercialization of packaging machinery and integrated packaging solutions for the Fast-Moving Consumer Goods Industry, backed by a strong technological know-how in Flexible Pouch Form-Fill-Seal, Wrapping, Flow Wrapping, Bottle Filling, Capsule Filling and Tea Bagging sectors.ACMAVOLPAK works constantly in partnership with its customers in co-creating and producing innovative packaging lines, in order to satisfy and even exceed their expectations.

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    D esigned to meet the needs of the mar-ket, universal type suitable for all types of bottles and caps.Speed up to 3000 p / h with the one-step system or up to 5000 pcs / with the double-step system.

    Intermittent filling completely synchronized by invert-er and Schneider brushless motor. -blowing of the bottle at the entry-dosing of aroma or powder -dosing of volume control directly by the electrical panel with storage menu-adjust the filling speed by an electric motor, synchro-

    nized system with special screw -accuracy and constant dosing.

    Possibility of adjustment during processing. Possibility of exclusion of some syringes -Dosing from 10 ml up to 1000 ml, or alternatively up to 3000 ml

    Speedy size adjustment

    Possibility of filling PET bottles, glass, cans. Closing different caps as twist-off, pilfer proof, cork, plastic screw or pressure.Labeled turnstile for easy and quick size change.

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    I n the beverage industry, the automatic washing of recycled bottles has now reached a high level of specialization. In this context, works AKO-MAG, company located in Soragna (PR), able to offer a varied production, which includes bottle washing machine, rinsing machine, sterilizers for

    glass or PET bottles, crate washer and accessories to complement. Very large is the choice of the washer, the potential of which obviously varies in base at the model, and the ranges it is from 100 to 50.000 bph.The modular structure of all installations allows to gradually increase the functions and the level of so-phistication, including special washing sections and sanitizing, automatic control of process parameters, security systems, energy recovery, reduction of dis-charges and automatic sanitization of the parties most important from the point of view of hygiene.

    Start the washing.At low production capacity, the range offer GENESI, available in very small dimensions in order to be in-serted in any operating environment. Designed under the indication of the producers with low production capacities, the series has a simple but functional wash-ing cycle, which lowers operating costs (water, energy, detergent) without negatively affecting cleaning bot-tles to recycle, the complete removal of the labels and their total evacuation outside. The particular ease of use and maintenance, increases productivity and re-duces downtime.The modularity of the GENESI series allows at the customer to build a machine to measure , adapting it from time to time to different types of use (water, wine, oil, beer, soft drinks).Constructed in accordance with the Machinery Direc-tive (CE), is equipped with all the accessories needed

    At high production bottling rates, today must be a high degree of spe-cialization of the related processes. The washing of recycled bottles, for example, is increasingly performed with tech-nologically advanced machines.

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    for the proper functioning:a heat exchanger built with stainless steel tubes ar-ranged geometrically to prevent the deposit of mud or various precipitation that would compromise the performance or, alternatively, a combustion chamber built with direct burner operation.Safety guards and dust cover to protect the unloading of bottles; grouped grease; saving valve for the water network and automatic control of the presence of wa-ter in the last rinsing station; electronic speed control; electronic security on the main gearbox that stop the machine in case of overload; spray pumps with casing and impeller made in stainless steel AISI 316 and pro-tective filters; valves for emptying the waste paper and spray tanks; control panel adjustable, made in stainless steel; IP55 electrical plant; gauges and thermometers in visual range of the operator; setting and control of all the machine by touch-screen. This are the main amenities that characterize the series.The GENESI machine is also arranged for the intro-duction of detergent and liquid additives in the bath and in the detergent tank, disinfectants and other products in the spraying tanks.Internal spraying (made with self-cleaning rotating nozzles) and external high pressure spraying are easily removable for routine cleaning and maintenance. The loading and unloading of bottles is completely auto-matic, and perfectly synchronized with the movement of the main chain.

    Dry cycle.To streamline the washing cycle , the company has re-alized the HYDRA series, a series of fully automatic machines which comprise a first station for emptying the bottles followed by pre-washing spraying and first pre-maceration bath. This configuration helps to re-duce the pollution of the detergent bath and reduce fuel consumption. The triple station for labels extract-ing ensures their complete detachment from used bot-tles, while the rotating filter displaced over the entire width of the machine ensures the evacuation outside. The bottle washing is complete with indoor and out-door spraying, which occurs with high-pressure clean-er distributed with rotating nozzles self-cleaning and self-centering. To complete rinsing, however, ensure the phase abatement alkalinity followed by spraying with external and internal water network.Built according to the Machinery Directive (CE) also, the series has a different predispositions that increase safety, including:sensors for slowing down and eventually stopping the machine in case of failure or obstruction of bottles on conveyor; detergent introduction and liquid addi-tives in the bath and other products in spray tanks; the automatic loading and unloading of the bottles is per-fectly synchronized with the movement of the main chain; the economizer valve for the water network and the automatic control of the presence of water on the last rinsing station.Other amenities are important, as:automatic resetting of the chutes for loading and unloading bottles from the control panel; grouped grease; electronic variable speed with remote control

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    (inverter); setting and control of all the machine by touch-screen; self-centering and self-cleaning ro-tating spray at high pressure; external spraying eas-ily removable for cleaning and maintenance; valves for emptying baths and spraying tanks; control panel made in stainless steel; IP55 electrical plant; gauges and thermometers in visual range of the operator.At the bottles unloading are arranged safety guards and dust protection. The electronic safety on every gearbox allows at the machine to stop in case of over-load. The heat exchanger and pumps are always made in stainless steel.

    Very high productivity and automation in the wash meet in the HP model in the same series.Despite the sophistication , just an operator to re-motely manage the entire wash cycle, verifying opera-tion via control systems. The tubes of external washing are constructed so as to reduce maintenance to a minimum. But in case it will be necessary, the dismantling and cleaning are very simple. The regulation of the temperature in the tanks is automated through a modulating propor-tional pneumatic system, which offers a guarantee of accuracy and safety of operation. The main motor,

    oversized, ensures a long lasting efficiency by mini-mizing the mechanical wear. The electronic variable frequency allows to manage the main engines installed in HYDRA HP series via remote control. The au-tomatic press for the collection of labels evacuated from the detergent bath is full of a recovery system of the detergent solution that accumulates in the press-ing phase.

    AKOMAG has dedicated several years to the creation of bottle washing machines and the high quality stan-dard achieved by all its production, advanced technol-ogy and timely after-sales service, has allowed at this company to come in several primary and manufactur-ing with the certainty of having created a safe machin-ery and Quality for Various needs.

    This undertaking was given by all its facilities, from design to engineering, from the search for the most innovative materials to the constant testing of the products in the works.

    With this AKOMAG mission, every day thought to be better and invest in quality, with the knowledge to do a good job.

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    DRINK: What does your range of coat-ings for glass bottles entail? Julien Verron - Arkema offers a unique expertise in the returnable glass bottle coating market with two complementary product ranges: Kercoat, which pro-tects the bottles and keeps them look-

    ing new for longer, and Opticoat, which masks the scuffing and white rings that build up on bottles every cycle of use. Building on our 30 years experience in glass coatings, we were the first to launch this innova-tive solution some ten years ago. We noticed that, after a number of cycles of use, re-

    turnable bottles were becoming more fragile and los-ing their appeal to consumers. By ensuring that bottles retain an attractive look for a longer period of time, our products contribute to maintaining a positive im-pact on the buying act of final consumers.

    D - Your solutions bank on the look of bottles, so arent they marketing products?J.V - Marketing experts know very well that the look of a bottle is very important to seduce consumers. Nowadays, with the growing number of cycles for re-turnable bottles, scuffing caused by repeated contact between bottles, in particular during filling and trans-

    For beer, soft drink and mineral water manufacturers, the appear-ance of glass bottles is paramount wherever the drink is served: in bars, restaurants and stores. The look of bottles impacts the brand image and its commercial performance. Products developed by Arkema, Kercoat and Opticoat, dedicat-ed in the protection of glass bottles, address this issue, and help bottlers extend the lifetime of their bottle fleet, with significant sav-ings as a result. Explanations by Julien Verron, Global Business Manager Glass Coatings for Returnable bottles at Arkema.

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    port, is unavoidable. Any deterioration in their appear-ance can result in a significant loss of business. Our experience has shown us that after an average of 10 cycles, non treated bottles no longer match the expec-tation of final consumers. Our solutions eneable fillers to maintain the attractive look of the bottles until 50 cycles of use. Just like the label and the design of the bottle, the aesthetic quality of the glass support is of particular importance in the buying act.

    D Clearly, using attractive bottles does have marketing benefits for bottlers, but are there also cost benefits?J.V - Our Kercoat and Opticoat products are invis-ible to the naked eye, but we know that they enhance the look of bottles and then influence the sales. Moreover, there is proven genuine benefits for our customers with the increase of reuse cycles of treated bottles, from 20 to 50 on average.Hence bottlers do not need to renew their bottle fleet as often, and to significantly reduce the new glass bot-tle purchases.

    D Are your Kercoat and Opticoat products intended for bottlers of beverages or for bottle manufacturers?J.V Our customers are brewers, soft drinks and min-eral water producers present in every country where the principle of returnable glass bottles is in place, i.e. in most countries. Our solutions are gaining more and more success due to the economical, marketing and environmental ben-efits they bring. As of today, France and the United States are the only two major countries that no lon-ger use returnable bottles on the consumer market. This trend could soon be reversed thanks to change

    of mind as regard to environmental issues. We have recently noticed that returnable bottles are now again considered as serious options by politicians and as an alternative to PLET bottles. Therefore the potential for development is huge!

    D Can your protective and masking solu-tions help bottlers achieve a more eco-responsi-ble stance with their glass containers?J.V Absolutely so, we can now actually see an emerg-ing trend in major brands to strive to consume less packaging, recycle it better, or reuse it better. By joining the Carlsberg Circular Community, Arkema wants to be part of this approach thanks to its Ker-coat and Opticoat products with the aim of mini-mising the volume of waste produced in the packag-ing sector. Today, leading beverage brands are putting in place sustainable development programmes that seek to re-duce their environmental footprint by consuming less raw material, in particular via their glass packaging. Our coatings are riding the wave of this fundamental social trend: by extending the lifetime of bottles, they represent a credible and effective solution for bottlers eager to consume less glass packaging.

    D In which countries are you present and how do you operate?J.V We enjoy a global commercial and technical presence. Our experts are involved from the audit of filling lines and the precise requirements of our cus-tomers based on the shape of their bottles, right down to the installation of our equipment on their bottling lines. Our equipment is adapted to each specific line and is custom-designed to meet the specific expectations from our customers.

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    T o reliably protect palletised beverage prod-ucts against transport stress, dirt, moisture and tampering, the BEUMER Group, based in Beckum, Germany, offers the BEUMER stretch hood, a high-capacity packaging sys-tem, which pulls a stretch hood over the palletised beverage products. Leading com-

    panies such as Logistic provider Fiege uses the BEUM-ER stretch hood to provide pallet loads of branded spirits with more efficient and flexible packaging. The BEUMER stretch hood i represents a new generation in the market: developed especially for sustainable op-erating mode, which can be evaluated systematically by BEUMER, using a validation system. For decades the topic of product protection when transporting and storing palletised product for companies in the beverage industry has become increasingly important. That is why BEUMER introduced an effective solu-tion at the end of the 1980s, the BEUMER stretch hood, a high performance packaging machine that has undergone constant development since its introduc-tion. Leading companies such as the contract logistics provider Fiege use this stretch hooding system to meet the increasing requirements for transport packaging.

    High requirements for the packagingIn Bocholt, the Fiege Group headquartered in Greven, North Rhine-Westphalia, stores branded spirits for distilleries. Before being dispatched, these products are placed on a pallet and packaged in protective film. Since conventional pallet wrapping systems failed to satisfy increasing requirements, the logistics provider needed to replace the legacy wrapping system with a new end-of-line packaging system.The end-of-line packaging system would need to package palletised load units of different heights and contours to eliminate presorting, film changes and un-necessary film consumption. Furthermore, customer surveys showed that the pallet base should be free of film, that the film had to protect the load during trans-

    port and against theft, and that it had to be transpar-ent enough to ensure accurate barcode reading. For this reason, shrink hooding was dismissed as a po-tential packaging solution, as the shrink hood covers the pallet base and becomes milky in appearance due to the shrinking process. In addition, available wrap-ping technologies fell short of Fieges requirements, as traditional stretch wrapping involves high film con-sumption. Now a packaging system consisting of the BEUMER stretch hood and the upstream and down-stream roller conveyors is used. The system packages up to 1,000 palletised load units per day.

    Technology that gets the job doneThe randomly palletised beverage boxes are conveyed to the end-of-line packaging system. The stack height is accurately recorded by photocells. The previously crimped film is sealed and cut to the length required for the stacking height. The palletised load unit to be packed can have a height of up to 2,400 millimetres.

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    The base surface of the pallet is between 700 by 700 and 1,450 by 1,250 millimetres. After sealing and cut-ting, the film hood is pulled open horizontally. The BEUMER stretch hood then lowers the edges of the film hood. This process is defined as biaxial stretching, as the film is stretched both in horizontal and verti-cal axes. As soon as the packaging system releases the film, the film contracts again and is placed on the pal-letised load unit to protect and stabilise it. It is pos-sible to pack the palletised load unit both for high-bay storage systems - the pallet base is open for the forks of the fork-lift truck - and with understretch. During the understretch process, the film is pulled over the package base. The palletised load unit is then guided to the shipping area by using roller conveyors. This way it is possible to package up to 150 palletised load units per hour. The smooth and hole-free film surface ensures high visibility of the packed beverages. The film reliably protects the pallets from dirt, spillage and transport stress. And barcode labelling is quickly and consistently recognisable.

    The future of stretch hood technologyBEUMER constantly improves the stretch hood film and the pallet end-of-line packaging method. With the BEUMER stretch hood i packaging system, the intralogistics specialist has introduced a new genera-tion of this packaging system to the market and made sustainability a priority when developing the BEUM-ER stretch hood i. For comparison: its predecessors were capable of handling a minimum film thickness

    of 60 m the BEUMER stretch hood i can handle film that is 40 m thick. This flexibility significantly re-duces consumption costs while helping to reduce en-vironmental impact. Energy consumption is reduced by 12.5 % and compressed-air consumption by 53 %, compared to the two previous models. An intuitive hu-man-machine interface simplifies machine operation.

    Sustainability is measurableTo find a clear answer to the question How sustainable is a system really?, the BEUMER Group developed a validation system, the BEUMER Sustainability Index (BSI), which experts use continuously and systemati-cally to measure the sustainability of both new tech-nologies and existing solutions. Our goal is to com-bine product performance and a sense of responsibility for man and the environment and thereby set a new standard for quality, explains Dr. Christoph Beumer, chairman and CEO of the BEUMER Group. In order to achieve this, the company group obligated itself to evaluate its products comprehensively on three levels: economics, ecology and social responsibility. The BSI is a points system that records the sustainability of products with regard to these three levels. Economic performance, market presence, financial chances and risks are known parameters. Our products will only be-come economically sustainable, when we tailor them and the corresponding production processes to long-term customer use, says Dr. Beumer. Previously, the total cost of ownership (TCO) was the focus of busi-ness activities. Sustainability was defined solely from the ecological perspective. For us, it is about incorpo-rating ecological social aspects. Therefore, we follow a total value of ownership (TVO) approach. That means we see each product as a whole, not just the costs.

    Aiming for the topTo evaluate sustainability with the BSI, each of the three levels is divided into five categories. For example, this includes Efficiency and Effectiveness, Service Life, Production-Related Resource Consumption and Training and Education Standards. These cat-egories are evaluated with up to five points. The sum results in a classification of excellent, very good, or needs improvement. If a product is classified as needing improvement, BEUMER puts it through a re-engineering process. With the BEUMER stretch hood i, the Beckum-based intralogistics specialist offers a system with a sustainability index of excellent and, as a consequence, the highest classification of sustain-ability.

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    Over the last 25 years the European beer mar-ket has undergone a considerable devel-opment, both in terms of products and packaging. Grows is mainly driven by central and eastern Europe, which matured and reached

    levels reported in the western European mar-ket and even outgrew it in some cases. Indeed large international breweries prefer these markets when they need to launch new products.Moreover, consumers in central and eastern Europe seem to be more receptive to packaging innovation as well: from 1993 to 2013 sales of beer in PET pack-aging rose from 3.5bn to 8.5bn hectolitres. Russia is currently the largest market for beer in PET packaging, almost half of it is packed with this mate-rial.This is why also Brau Beviale 2014 presented the complex topic of PET as one of its key points. In-deed, this is not a phenomenon that involves just

    large industrial groups, it also provides appealing solutions for medium-sized businesses. It is also the preferred packaging solution chosen by micro brew-eries, which are constantly on the rise in Europe.Rollmatic by P.E. Labellers is the ideal labelling ma-chine for this kind of packaging. P.E. Labellers re-nowned labelling machines have been completely up-dated and achieved the following results:- greater versatility for the user - guarantee of better glue distribution with greater savings- new film tensioning system- increased ergonomics of the labelling module- new transmission system to guarantee lower noise and zero maintenance- latest generation electronic softwareThis is all provided for models up to 72,000 BHP. They are also available in a linear and Roll-Line ver-sion for low manufacturing speed, perfect for micro breweries.

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    MINI MOTOR REPLACES ITS RANGE OF MININVERT CON-VERTERS AND DIGITAL DRIVES DRIVERT 300 AND DRIVERT 1000 WITH NEW MINIACTION DRIVE MINIACTION is the new drive that

    completes Mini Motor 2014 catalogue. After engi-neering innovative products such as DBS, brushless motor featuring integrated drive, the new MINIAC-TION drive will certainly give asynchronous and-brushless geared motors a new leaf of live. MINIACTION, one single drive instead of three, enables to control both brushless and asynchronous motors up to 0,75 kW power, by activating both re-solver and encoder and regulating revolutions, posi-tion and torque. MINIACTION meets precise logistic strategy One single highly reliable and compact drive for every electrical motor will enable Mini Motor to store large quantities of this product in its warehouses all over the world, and therefore to have it always in stock. While reducing management and logistics costs, MINIACTION will be available in the market at a very competitive cost. MINIACTION 300/inverter/

    drive, top-ofthe- range performances: Closed loop speed control Position control Torque limit 127 recordable motion profile 17 digital inputs and 5 outputs 2 inputs and 1 analog output Line driver input for incremental encoder Resolver input 25V output for static brake command Output for out-side braking resistor connection EMC integrated filter (C3 industrial environment) Keypad with re-movable display (option) RTU modbus The heart of the power section is a smart IGBT module (IPM) that integrated all necessary protection in order to make MINIACTION totally reliable and extremely efficient while reducing external equipment. Control logic consists of 32-bit microcontrollers, provided with target instructions for any speed and therefore built to grant utmost precision in motor control. MINIACTION, the drive that is fully made in Italy Mini Motors mission has always been producing in Italy and supplying necessary items within 30 Km, thus granting delivery nearly just in time, also in case of small orders, with the possibility of having a customized products upon Mini Motors customers requirements.

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    T he market of fruit juice is developing quite rapidly and the share of NFC juices is con-siderably increasing because of their high quality. In Europe and the US (but also in whole world) 100% juice (not from concen-trate) category is showing a strong growth potential. Of particular importance, in this

    sector, are the chilled juice, fruit juices that are pre-pared directly from the fresh fruit and then are just chilled and filled or slightly pasteurized and chilled in order to retain all organolectic characteristics.The majority of the chilled juice found in the shops shelfs is based on orange but other varieties like pineapple, grapefruit, carrots as well as blends (orange-carrot, orange-pineapple, carrot-lemon-pineapple etc.) are becoming more and more popular.The main hints for the design of a plant processing fresh fruit into chilled juices are: Optimization of flow of fruit/juice Optimization of characteristics of process equip-ment Optimization of processing cycles in order to:1. Decrease processing times2. Minimize oxidation of the juice3. Keep high organolectic characteristics Optimize CIP system to control the microbiology of the juice. Some of the machines used for the application are dedicated for a certain type of fruit, for istance: Dedicated citrus juice extractors (orange, lemons, grapefruit), in order to minimize the essential oil con-tent in the juice and assure a good control of the pulp. Deshellers and dedicated presses for pomegranate

    to produce cloudy or clear juice which importance is considerably increasing for the beneficial health char-acteristics. Dedicated pineapple juicing in order to obtain high quality juice only from the edible part of the fruit with-out contamination with the peel.These are some examples but few.Extractors for juice/puree can be provided for apples, carrots, pears, passion fruit, banana, beets, mango, spinach, asparagus, berries, hawthorns, guava etc. The obtained juice is immediately (blended or not) slightly pasteurized (65-70C) and chilled before filling. All these examples of equipment have been designed, built and put in operation by Bertuzzi Food Process-ing Srl, an Italian Company that operates in this field since 1936 and that supplies plants and machines to process fruit and vegetables to produce juice, con-centrates, baby food, jam, ready-made drinks etc

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    P ietribiasi Michelangelo was established be-tween the end 1960 and the beginning of the next decade. From the beginning the family-run company specialized in the con-struction of equipment for the dairy in-dustry and developed later into the field of

    soft drinks, juices and beverages in general. Today the Pietribiasi name is among the more well-known in the dairy and beverages sector and the company is inter-nationally acknowledged, particularly in the realisation of turn-key projects, and in the specific processing sectors, such as production of cheeses, pasteurisation and packaging ones. Looking more closely at the companys product rang-es, the Pietribiasi division covers the research, project design and supply of complete systems for the pro-cess of milk (HTST HHTST ESL UHT), cream fermented products from milk process (yo-ghurts in the various known ver-sions, sour cream, Smetana, kefir, leben, etc.), fresh soft cheeses, as well semi and hard cheeses, pasta filata-pizza cheese (such as moz-zarella, kashkaval, etc.) and other products processed from cow sheep and goat milks. In this field the company has a wide experience and can cover all equipment needs from small to bigger plants for the production

    of: pasteurized drinking milk, yoghurt, different kinds of cheese, butter, etc. Pietribiasi designs and produces plate and tubular heat exchanger for pasteurization and thermal treatment (cooling and/or heating) of different liquid foods (milk, cream, ice-cream mix, fruit juice, eggs mixture, beer, wine and many others). In the beverage field, the range includes pre-mix units, sugar dissolving systems, filters, mixing and stor-age tanks as well as of course the complete thermal treatment up to the filling. These kinds of plants are tailor-made and designed according to customers specific demands. The company is also renowned and appreciated for following products: Batch pasteuriz-ers; discontinuous cream pasteurizers; butter churns (available in a wide range of models from 20 L to 3000

    L total capacity); semi-automatic butter forming machines. Its fifty-year experience in the food-stuff field, its long lasting coop-eration with many European or-ganisations and companies, the specialised knowledge in these processing fields, equipment and technologies, skilled level of staff operating in Pietribiasi, a flexible and friendly management and lead of company by ownership, are the powerful basis of the suc-cess of Michelangelo Pietribiasi company.

    1. Example of flash pasteurization line, capacity 5.000 L milk/h, composed by constant level tank, centrifu-gal pump, flow meter group, plate heat exchanger, holding pipe, flow diversion, hot water group, stainless steel control panel, complete of self cleaning separator, homogenizer, round insulated holding pipe

    2. Ripening/fermentation tank for yoghurt, cream, kefir, etc. Insulated mixing tank with hot/ice water circu-lation, complete of hot water preparation group, stainless steel control panel, on base frame

    3. Example of UHT plant for the high temperature processing of liquid food for long shelf life, in this case for fruit juice with pulp; complete of degassing unit/deodorizer, control panel with PLC control TU-BULAR VERSION

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    of 1,00 mm through all the diameter range.With an excellent abrasion resistance, it represents an ideal solution for applications where tear and vibra-tion resistance are especially required. Tasteless and odourless to preserve the organoleptic properties of the media delivered. Resistant to Hydrolysis and mi-crobes attacks, it is permanently food grade antistatic as well as free of Halogen and Phthalates. Resistant to mineral oils, ageing, atmos- pherical agents, ozone and to most chemicals.

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    NThis month GEA Process Engineering was awarded the contract for Fonterras next milk powder plant in New Zealand. With a capacity to produce an extraordinary 30 tonne/hour of milk powder, the plant is the same size as Fonterras Darfield Dryer 2 and only the second of this capacity worldwide. For GEA Process Engineering the order has a value of approximately EUR 90 million.

    ew Zealand dairy company Fonterra stunned the industry and moved the boundaries for production of milk powder in 2012 when it ordered its Darfield Dryer 2 plant with GEA Process Engineering as its engineering partner. Now the company

    has ordered another plant of the same size to be built near Lichfield in the heart of New Zealands dairy country on the North Island. We are very happy to be building the second 30 tonne/hour plant for Fonterra, says Niels Erik Ol-sen, Managing Director and Segment Board member at GEA Process Engineering. Building these large plants is always challenging, but we have the expertise from Darfield and other major projects. Working together with companies like Fonterra is also inspir-ing: it drives us forward and sets new standards for what can be achieved.When the Lichfield plant is ready for the 2016-17 milking season it will process 4.4 million litres of milk and produce 700 tonnes of milk powder a day. GEA Process Engineering will undertake the project from its New Zealand-based company and the plant will utilize process technology supplied entirely by GEA Process Engineering.We at GEA Process Engineering New Zealand are pleased that we will have the chance to work to-

    gether with Fonterra on the Lichfield Plant, says Clint Brown, Managing Director of GEA Process Engineering New Zealand. We have had an excel-lent working relationship with Fonterra both on the Pahiatua site we presently are working on and on the two Darfield projects completed recently. The two Darfield plants have been working very successfully and all of us here at GEA Process Engineering New Zealand will do our utmost to make sure that the new Lichfield spray dryer plant will also be a big success.Made for export Fonterra is a worldwide leader in the production of milk powder and the company holds about 40% mar-ket share of all traded milk powder internationally. At present the company processes more than 90% of all milk produced in New Zealand.The plant at Lichfield will produce whole milk pow-der entirely for export with product bound for fast growing markets in the Middle East, South East Asia and China. Demand for milk powder is rising in these markets and will continue to do so in years to come.

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  • an Vendemiano, 30th September 2014. In the course of the last year, as well as winning many awards in recognition of its low environmental impact packaging cre-ations, P.E.T Engineering has also worked on projects which could help people to see

    PET as a valid alternative to glass, aluminium and HDPE both in terms of mechanical performance and appearance.

    At Brau Beviale 2014 P.E.T. Engineering will thus introduce four projects which have seen designers and engineers committed to developing packaging with a premium appear-ance using PET, a material which is usually used for bulk products with a limited aes-thetic appeal and chosen principally for its low weight, unbreakability and affordability advantages.

    The packaging proposed was thus born from a desire to ennoble PET by study-ing accessory elements such as labels and over packaging in order to create not sin-gle shapes but product systems capable of reconfiguring popular perceptions of PET bottles in the minds of bottlers and end consumers. Twins, Hero, Diva and Valley will show that it is possible to make a container of great shelf-appeal together with excellent mechanical, un-breakability and, above all, affordability performance.

    P.E.T. Engineering is also partner to Petnology, the yearly conference which is sub- divided into three themed cycles which take place at the same time this year and offers top experts in the sup-ply chain and bottlers the opportunity to

    discuss the future of packaging and the challenges which the PET industry faces.

    Moreno Barel, P.E.T. Engineerings C.E.O., will also take part in the conference with a presentation on PETs future in alcoholic drink bottling in Russia in Stream B, the theme devoted to technical and inno-vation presentations.

    P.E.T. Engineerings projects will find in PE-TArena a meeting point entirely devoted to PET within Brau Beviale, another impor-tant shop window.

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    Freezing efficiency is maximized for each unique product, whether the product is heavy, light, soft, sticky or fragile, thanks to variable speed control of all fans and belts, allowing on-the-fly optimization of air flow conditions. Interior video monitoring allows for real-time supervising of operating conditions, al-lowing the complete control and adjustments of the entire process from outside, without necessity to en-ter into the freezer. EASY Freeze is considered as the freezer with the most superior sanitation, giving the possibility to freeze different products one after the other without risk of cross contamination. EASY Freeze is energy saving and trouble free solution for all your freezing needs.

    Within the freezing equipment product line, PIGO also manufactures the innovative EASY Freeze SPY-RO, the latest generation of spiral freezers giving utmost advantages to the users in terms of energy efficiency, hygienic conditions and advanced techno-logical characteristics, such as: Belts gear motors are positioned outside the insu-lated cabin (no lubrication inside the freezer) avoiding any risks of contaminations due to some oil leakages; The unit doesnt have any mezzanine floor and or intermediary platform, to avoid any dirtiness accu-mulation (presence of any mezzanine floor or in-termediary platform are making more difficult the cleaning operations) the absolutely highest hygienic standards; Freezer design is made according to max. thermal load and max. surface occupied on the belt by the dif-ferent products foreseen; Low maintenance cost and low spare parts cost due to utilisation of high quality commercial components; Low pressure fans to higher air speed. In order to obtain a quick freezing process EASY Freeze SPY-RO is designed for high speed circulation (4 -10 m/sec) of cold air in contact with the product, on the whole length of the spiral conveyor; Very low weight loss, which is two times less than with vertical air flow Hitting the incoming product with the coldest air; the product is therefore immediately crusted and snow formation diminished.PIGO freezers are built in modular sizes and all com-ponents are made entirely of stainless steel, capable to provide perfectly frozen product even for delicate products like cooked rice, raspberries, etc.

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    PIGO also designs, fabricates and assembles sophisti-cated pilot and production freeze dryers, EASY Freeze DRYER - LYOPHILIZER, product line which in-cludes a broad range of standard and custom units.The freeze drying - dehydration technology allows to save delicate aromas while drying the frozen product under vacuum, producing premium quality product. The machine is made entirely in stainless steel (cham-ber, doors, hinges, shelf modules, trays etc) with shelf modules and vapour condenser contained inside the chamber.Viewing ports are provided in the doors, allowing ob-servation of both the vapour condenser and product trays during the drying cycle.Each unit is equipped with complete refrigeration plant of correspond-ing size, including also refrigeration condensing unit which is purpose-built with capacity control to allow

    economical use of refrigerant. Besides EASY Freeze, EASY Freeze SPYRO, and EASY Freeze DRYER LYOPHILIZER, one of the companys main ma-chines is automatic Pitting machine PG103 having at least 50-100% higher capacity than any other pitting machine on the market. Experience of all PIGOs cli-ents confirms work with 0,00% of remained stones when adequate quality and preparation of the fruit (clean, calibrated product with adequate ripeness) is provided.To get a better idea of what PIGO does, please vis-it the website www.pigo.it or just send an e-mail to [email protected], they will be very glad to send their de-tailed offer, and also a DVD with plenty of videos with its machines in the work.Short video clips of PIGO machines in operation are available on www.youtube.com, look for PIGOsrl.

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    n the space of just 10 years the Italian-based cool-ing devices manufacturer Zanotti group has more than doubled annual profits, thanks to a successful business plan which was introduced right after the companys privatisation in 2002. Today the group is ready to exploit the full potential of new mar-

    kets by extending its international influence as a global player. The Zanotti group designs, develops, manufactures and tests refrigeration equipment for food storage and for industrial purposes, including cooling devices for transporting foodstuff. As a world leader in the pro-duction of air treatment and cooling solutions, the Italian company puts its success down to a number of key factors, including technological improvement and the introduction of customisable solutions for the

    needs of each customer.One of the companys key tactics has been to find the best practical application for our cooling devices. It is very important in the refrigeration sector to meet the particular needs of each customer, and, since we mainly work with food makers, this principle is even more important for our company. Technological re-search is another strong points. With over 50 years of specialist experience, ZANOTTI is proud to say that its know-how is reflected in products and everything Zanotti produces.The firm was founded as a family-owned company in 1962. From the very beginning the group has devel-oped its potential as a leader in the field of refrigera-tion, by introducing new and revolutionary solutions such as, for example, the so-called uniblock a com-

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    pletely self-contained and ready-to-use cooling device for small environments. The company soon began to specialise in the production of domestic and non-domestic refrigeration de-

    vices for food preservation, and in the meantime its refrigerating systems became bigger and bigger so as to meet the increasing demand of industries. During the 1990s, this trend led to the creation of big multi-compressor plants to meet the needs of large-scale re-tail trade. In the same period, Zanotti also introduced a new line of products for transports the so-called transblock.In the past tenth years, the Italian company has seen enormous growth. Today it employs 650 people dis-tributed over eight plants located all around the world. Many things have changed since 2000. Zanotti has be-come a public company, and the new management has introduced a revolutionary business plan. Thanks to this new plan, the companys development process has

    accelerated: for instance, in 2002 our annual turnover was only 30 million, but in 2012 it had reached 106 million.

    Fixed and transport devicesIt is particularly important for the Zanotti group to offer its customers only the best solutions in terms of quality. Thats way the company has been certified ac-cording to the ISO 9001 standard since 1996. More-over, every single product manufactured by Zanotti in each part of the world is certified according to local parameters for quality, such as the CE parameters in the European countries and the UL parameters in the US.Under the name of KING of COLD, Zanotti produc-es and develops refrigerating units to cover the needs of small, medium and large-sized cooling necessities, as well as transport refrigeration.The cooling devices made by the Italian company can be subdivided into two categories: fixed and transport devices. The first category includes uniblocks, multi-compressor plants, condensing units, racks and refrig-eration devices for food preservation, while the other category includes diesel uniblocks, battery drive split units and others especially designed for trailer devices for the medium to long distance transportation of food.Up to 10 years ago Zanotti only manufactured fixed devices; then Zanotti decided it was time to diversify and started to make transport devices as well. In hind-sight, the decision was very wise. Today, in fact, the two lines of production are equally important for the group, since their growth rate is just the same. More-over, transport devices were the natural completion of what we call the chain of cold, which includes all kinds of cooling devices from the initial storage pro-cess to the final transport itself. Zanotti is proud to give its customers the possibility to choose the cool-ing devices that mostly meet their needs. And this is definitely its most exclusive feature. So, customer care is an essential feature to Zanotti. The key factor is in-vesting in research thats because in this sector its not important how powerful or well-balanced the cooling device is, but how much the device meets the custom-ers requirements. In more than 50 years of activity Zanotti has developed a sort of applied know-how for its products. This has only been made possible by the continuous investments in research and develop-ment. The R&D Department is big and well-organised and takes care of companys applied technological im-provement.

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    Companies from the Zanotti Group are designing and manufacturing systems for ice rinks, such as the ones in Courmayeur, Italy or in the Arena of Minsk, Be-larus.

    An international concernZanottis plants are not only located in Italy. Apart from our two plants in Italy, which include the head office, Zanotti has a very important facility in Germa-ny and a number of new plants located all around the world. More precisely, in the past two years Zanotti has built four new production plants owing to the fact that the output has increased a lot since 2002. The plants are located in the UK, in Spain, in China and in Brazil. This is just the production sites; the in-ternational sales network is much wider. In fact, Za-nottis sales chain covers something like 70 countries worldwide. Zanotti is currently exporting 86 per cent of its production, which means that foreign markets are fundamental to the company economic growth. The presence in the European markets is strong, since Zanotti has sales points almost everywhere in Europe.

    Green alternative to traditional refrigeration sys-temThe know-how Zanotti acquired over 50 years also concerns the environmental aspects involved since the products are developed to provide low energy con-sumptions and reduced noise levels; as to meet the current technological trends that aim to contain green-house gas emissions.In compliance with the international standards on global warning, as the Protocol stipulated in the Japa-nese city of Kyoto on December 11, 1997, by more

    than 180 countries at the COP3 conference of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Changes (UNFCCC) and which became effective in 2005, Zanotti implemented major changes to the manufacture its products. Currently, Zanotti produces units operating with ecological gases such as propane, propylene, ammonia and CO2. These units are widely used in all sectors of the food industry.Zanotti will continue to invest large sums of money every year to research new technologies that can re-duce the amount of harmful emissions released into the atmosphere.Under the energy saving concept, was created the BESTCOP technology. It is applied on the motor-ized condensing units that are manufactured by Za-notti to improve the efficiency and energy consump-tion levels of the cooling equipment. This basically can be translated into energy savings (from 15 to 20% depending on the different environmental conditions). Zanotti Spa developed the first Italian magnetic cool-ing at room temperature prototype, the only one of its kind worldwide, in collaboration with the TEC division of the Mechanical Engineering, Energetic, Production, Transportation and Mathematical Mod-els Dept. (DIME) of the University of Genoa. This enabled Zanotti to acquire the basic elements needed to achieve this technology and to apply it by imple-menting a one of a kind cooling unit. This innovative achievement represents the foundation for the poten-tial engineering development of the product in the fu-ture; always seeking better performances and applica-tions that are competitive on the market.The attention devoted to customers and the flexibility of the products are essential characteristics for Zanot-ti: investing in Research and Development to better meet customer demand by providing more convenient solutions in terms of energy savings and reliability of use is a priority.

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    AFrom Makro Labelling research comes Follower, the innovative bottle guide system able to guarantee centring of the label, fast bottle format change and minimal maintenance costs.

    n innovative exclusive Makro Labelling patent which promises to provide a concrete, fast and economical answer to one of the most common problems in the labeller sector,

    that of orienting the bottle on the label-ling line before application of the first label. It is known as Follower, the

    optical guide system designed, made and devel-oped by the Marmirolo based company, one of the most innovative in Italy and abroad making industrial labellers for the beverages, food, cleaning products and pharmaceutical industries.

    Constantly committed to technological innovation, our Group had been working for some time on a so-lution to the thorny problem of orienting the bottles on the labelling line. The bottles may have a notch which acts as a reference during label application, or they may be made from glass and the label must be centred with a brand mark in relief. Or again, in the case of classical sparkling wine bottles, the bottle must be oriented in such a way that the writing on the capsule is aligned with the label. In Makro Label-ling, we studied the most effective way to solve this problem, a solution able to improve the performance of the machines and guarantee advantages for our customers, without interfering with production with high maintenance costs and lengthy down-time when changing the format of the bottle, explains Mas-simo Manzotti, President and Sales Director of Makro Labelling.

    There are various types of bottle guide on the mar-ket, including a mechanical system in which a seeker tooth is inserted in a step created on the bottom

    of the bottle to pull the bottle into the required posi-tion. Then there is a system, able to work with vari-ous sizes of bottle, combining an independently mo-torised plate and an optical system which provides a signal in correspondence to an optically recogni-sable notch. This system causes problems and slow- downs on the production line when changing the format of bottle means having to identify a different notch. And finally, there is the visual system based on the use of video cameras which photograph the bot-tle at the beginning of the carousel, process the im-

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    age to identify the notch and orient the bottle on the turntable accordingly. This advanced system requires no intervention when changing format, but necessi-tates considerable investments on the machine and has quite high management and maintenance costs.

    Follower, the patented Makro Labelling bottle guide system, is a module which can be applied to the la-beller during or after construction. It enables the bot-tle to be oriented optically using considerably fewer sensors than the mechanical equivalent and much more quickly and economically than other systems.

    With Follower, in practice the optical sensors fol-low the bottles for the time necessary to orient them, then return to lock onto and follow the next bottles. All you need do when changing the bottle format is modify the position of the sensors on the Follower to start working immediately with the new format. This takes about 30 seconds, explain the two Makro Labelling engineers responsible for patenting the Follower system, Simone Marcantoni, Electronics Designer, and Marco Bellini, Mechanical Designer. Thanks to the synchronous servo motors and sensor support structure, the Follower moves in a curved trajectory parallel to the perimeter of the carousel. The sensors therefore remain in front of the bottle for the time necessary for orientation only. They then go back and take up a position in front of the next bottle.Follower works on the outer perimeter of the car-ousel and ensures maximum accessibility of the sen-sors. It becomes to all intents and purposes a module which can be attached to the machine, then detached, or if needed, replaced by a labelling unit. The cen-tring algorithm is very user friendly to manage. Creat-ing new formats or modifying the parameters is thus easy and immediate, without requiring the interven-tion of an engineer.

    Design of Makro Labelling machines has always been based on the ability to be modular, flexible and easy to use. These three characteristics are indispens-able to meet the requests of the market and imple-ment our solutions. With Follower, we have designed and patented a revolutionary optical guide system able to guarantee users reliability, efficiency and ex-treme accessibility, with working costs reduced to a minimum concludes Massimo Manzotti, President and Sales Director of Makro Labelling.

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    S idel has introduced a new 0.5 litre PET bottle for still water called RightWeight, which can result in significantly less weight while maintaining or increasing bottle per-formance, without compromising on prod-uct quality, while still maintaining a great consumer experience. The new RightWeight

    bottle weighs just 7.95 grams yet offers top-load perfor-mance of 33 kilograms without nitrogen dosing, using standard 26/22 caps. The increased resistance of the RightWeight bottle helps eliminate the over squeeze issue often experienced by end consumers when us-ing ultra-light bottles, which can result in the spilling of contents unintentionally. Increased resistance also makes it easier for consumers to unscrew the cap and open the bottle. In addition, the stronger resistance means the RightWeight bottle is more likely to travel across the supply chain and retain its original attractive appearance when it is placed on a supermarket shelf in front of the consumer.Beverage producers are increasingly striving to un-lock the value of a PET bottle across their entire sup-ply chain, from concept to consumer, explains Chris-tophe Bunel, Head of Packaging Care & Development at Sidel. To achieve this, a bottle must be lighter, of course, but also stay attractive, protect the beverage and ensure high consumer satisfaction. At Sidel we call this rightweighting. Its no longer about simply reduc-ing the plastic content. Our new RightWeight bottle is designed to reduce bottle weight, and also save energy during production, improve bottle performance across the supply chain, without compromising on product quality, and result in a far better consumer experience for such a light bottle. Compared with an average of 12 grams for commercial 0.5 litre water bottles available on the market today, the 7.95 gram bottle represents 34% less weight than the average commercial bottle. It also achieves 32% more

    top-load performance than the lightest commercial bot-tle, resulting in raw-material cost savings of up to EUR 1.75 million per year, according to Sidel data. The blow-ing pressure for the bottle is also just 20 bars. In many cases the bottles can match the top-load performance of nitrogen-assisted ultra-lightweight bottles, however without the use of nitrogen, leading to further cost and energy savings. Typically the goal is to reach 30 kg or more top-load performance to ensure a bottle can with-stand the rigours of the supply chain, adds Bunel. At this weight most ultra-lightweight bottles in the market have to achieve this by using nitrogen. The RightWeight bottles can achieve above this without using nitrogen. For the past year Sidels packaging experts analysed and tested many different bottle designs. They then carried out numerous computer simulations followed by real-world physical tests to achieve the perfect geometrical solution for an optimum balance between less weight and strong performance. A key success enabler was the complete redesign and optimisation of the preform done internally by the Sidel team.

    Sidels new RightWeight 0.5 litre bottle for still water wei-ghs just 7.95 grams, yet offers a superior consumer experience and a top-load performance of 33 kilograms, without the need for nitrogen dosing, using standard 26/22 closures. The bot-tle weighs 34% less than the average commercial bottle and achieves 32% more top-load performance than the lightest commercial bottle, resulting in cost savings of up to EUR 1.75 million per year, according to Sidel data.

  • erti is a company with 20 years of experi-ence in the production of aluminum, plastic and composite closures. The management is committed to quality and highest standards to satisfy customers: leading world produc-ers of different types of wines and spirits,

    mineral water, juices, olive oil and pharmaceutical products. Closures with the HL sign are delivered in precise and constant quality to over 50 different coun-tries worldwide. In the last few years Herti actively dis-tributes its products in the UK, France, Germany and Romania through the subsidiaries in these countries. The driving force of the Company is the growth of intellectual property. Herti continuously upgrades the technology and invests in management skills and edu-cating people. This helps to bring innovative products to the market. Hertis experts develop innovative ideas together with partners and scientific institutes. HL is a registered trade mark both in Bulgaria and the EU. The company has three patents, three utility model and three production designs. Herti develops and markets new products every year together with its subsidiary company Tihert JSC, specializing in tool production. We focus on consumers demands and offer solutions relying on our abundant experience acquired through working in various cultural environments. Being fa-miliar with the necessities in different branches of the food-processing industry is the result of intensive work with our clients and analysis of their priorities.The common target of Herti JSC is to guarantee an exclusiv