Moldovan brewer Beermaster needed this “widespread” APF-Max stretch-blow machine from PET Utilized sciences to make 5 fully completely different PET bottles from 0.5 to a few L with mildew changes in as little as 20 minutes. Provide: PET Utilized sciences
Working in Moldova since1906, Beermaster Brewery was irritated with its two semiautomatic PET stretch-blow molders outfitted with seven blow molds and a most functionality of 4,000 bottles per hour (bph). Frequent manufacturing halts, time-consuming mildew changes amongst various bottle sizes and inconsistent operation of the older gear sometimes led to delays in meeting demand for its beers, cider, kvass and completely different drinks. It solved all these points with the acquisition of 1 machine, an APF-Max 4L from PET Utilized sciences in Austria.
Beermaster makes its widespread 3 L PET beer bottle on the equivalent machine as 4 completely different sizes all the way in which right down to 0.5 L. Provide: Beermaster Brewery
This all-electric, linear two-stage machine can blow bottles from 0.2 to a few L with an output of seven,000 bph — and as a lot as 8,000 bph for 0.5 L bottles. Notably very important to Beermaster is its capability to change molds in as little as 20 minutes. Beermaster as we converse produces 5 fully completely different bottle sizes on this machine: 0.5 L, 1 L, 1.5 L, 2 L and a most well-liked 3 L dimension. Counting on manufacturing requirements, Beermaster would possibly change molds various situations a day. Moreover, the machine might take care of heavy preforms needed for PET bottles that resemble beer kegs.
The APF-Max machines (a new model of which was launched at NPE2024) are described as “widespread” on account of their flexibility and adaptableness. As well as they attribute NIR heating — talked about to supply 20% normal vitality monetary financial savings in distinction with typical IR heating — along with air restoration strategies and preferential heating.