InnoPET BloFill system now with half load

With this in mind, KHS has now developed InnoPET BloFill, a monoblocked stretch blow molder/filler/capper system that has a whole host of advantages. Using an InnoPET BloFill setup as opposed to traditional PET bottle manufacturing and processing equipment incurs lower costs for investment and production. There are also the added benefits of increased line efficiency, minimized space requirements, and lower operator involvement. Another innovation that speaks for the InnoPET BloFill system is the ability to only half load the stretch blow molder even within the monoblock concept. This enables even more flexible coordination of the various components in the monoblock. Another important plus point is that the half-load option can also lead to a marked decrease in investment costs.

The half-load concept is of particular interest to beverages companies who mainly process smaller PET bottles but occasionally also larger sizes, such as 1.5-liter PET containers, for example. If, for example, the 0.5-liter PET bottle is the container type of choice and the half-load option is selected, the filler can be set for a capacity of 36,000 0.5-liter PET bottles, and is thereby considerably smaller than with a suboptimum capacity of approx. 26,000 1.5-liter PET bottles. In this case, the filler can be equipped with 25 percent fewer filling valves. This results in a significant reduction in the cost of investment. At the same time, 1.5-liter blow molds only have to be invested in for every second blow station on the stretch blow molder.

Of course the example stated above is only one among many. But generally speaking one can say that the InnoPET BloFill system works for all bottle sizes, from 0.2 l to 2 l PET bottles. Non-standard sizes are available by request.