krones NitroHotfill Hotfilling for cool-headed calculators

krones NitroHotfill Hotfilling for cool-headed calculators

No more compromises with the hotfill process Interested in filling hotfill products into PET bottles with greater costefficiency? And improving their appearance into the bargain? Of course you are! After all: Hotfill drinks in PET bottles are an expensive luxury where bottle weight and process costs are concerned. And the bottles panel design is hardly a sight to behold. Optimise your production costs in the hotfill process by using panel- free PET bottles. With the Krones NitroHotfill process you will not only reduce the material costs for your preforms. A higher station output on the blow moulder and a lower energy requirement will also have a notable impact on your budget. But that s not all: Bottle appearance limitations are now a thing of the past, replaced by full freedom of design without any panel compensation areas. Raise your hotfilling into PET bottles to a new level.

Core functions The blow moulder/filler block with NitroHotfill process is comprised of a Contiform H stretch blow moulder and a Modulfill filling system with hot return. Connected in between is a bottom base cooler for stabilising the PET bottle base. Contiform H Blowing stations with lightweight aluminium blow moulds in the shell system Output per blowing station: 2,250 bottles per hour Use of the Relax Cooling blow moulding process with internal cooling of the PET bottles during the stretch blow moulding by a cooling-and-stretching rod Stretching operation with greatly reduced consumption of flushing air yet low flow rates and shorter flushing times Modulfill filler Hotfill system for filling hot products up to 90 C Nitrogen dosing module for dosing liquid nitrogen into the head space of the bottles before capping Pressure build-up from 1.5 to 2 bar in the head space of the bottles thanks to the vaporising nitrogen Other components Bottle inverter Head space sterilisation of the bottles in a defined inverter section ahead of the infeed into the chiller LinaCool chiller Step-by-step cooling of the bottles to ambient temperature Compensation of the tendency to bottle shrinkage through a residual nitrogen internal pressure of 0.3 to 0.8 bar

Figures, data, facts Application Cost effectiveness in figures PET bottles with a volume of up to 2.0 litres and a neck finish diameter of 38 mm Output of the stretch blow moulder up to 58,500 bottles per hour Design of round containers Maximum filling temperature up to 90 C Integration of a filling system with flow rate measurement or load cell Processing of CSD and hotfill products on one line Bottle weight Weight of a 500 ml bottle with a 38 mm cap In the old hotfill process 28 to 30 grammes In the NitroHotfill process 24 to 26 grammes Your material cost savings: around 14 % Line output Processing of classical hotfill bottles with panel faces In the old hotfill process 1,700 bottles per blowing station and hour In the NitroHotfill process 2,250 bottles per blowing station and hour Your productivity gain with the same number of stations: 32 % 6 5 4 3 2 1 7 Energy requirement per bottle Depending on the bottle volume, your energy savings with the NitroHotfill process add up to 40 %. 1 Contiform H stretch blow moulder 2 Base cooler 3 Modulfill filling system 4 Nitrogen dosing module 5 Capper 6 Bottle inverter 7 LinaCool chiller

Your benefits Reduction of your material costs Lower bottle weights with high quality and dimensional accuracy that s what we have to offer. Can you do without these cost advantages? High blowing station output Light-weight aluminium blow moulds open up new scope for productivity. With these moulds you can increase the output of each blowing station to 2,250 bottles per hour. More design for hotfill bottles Hotfill products with an attractive bottle appearance and none of the panel faces previously needed for technical reasons have an impact. Consumers receive glass-look bottles also with attractive wraparound labelling. Fast product changeover With aluminium blow moulds it is possible to use quick-change systems to help change the format: Only the mould shell and base mould need to be replaced. Plus: the operator benefits from shorter changeover times. Tapping energy reserves The simple technology of the standard stretch blow moulding process for producing the hotfill bottles reduces the energy requirement by around 40 percent. Stable during transportation and storage High dimensional stability is required for the further processing of the NitroHotfill bottles. Stabilised by internal pressure, the bottles are robust during processing, perfect for stacking in packs, and stable in refrigerated shelves or automatic dispensing machines.

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