Project: PET bottles filling line. Phase 1

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Case of success: PET bottles filling line for diverse formats and shapes.

A company in the fruits and vegetables processing sector without chemical treatment required to develop a PET bottles filling line.

This production line implied handling 8 different types of PET container formats regarding measurements and shapes, with productions from 2.800 to 8.000 bottles per hour (BPH).

The company was searching for a solution for handling empty containers at the beginning of the line, which allowed the supply of bottles to the filling machine with the minimum time of line standstill for changing the format.

The main challenge lied in the containers format and shape. The solution had to consider handling cylindrical, squared, hexagonal and triangular PET bottles.

Furthermore, the client was searching for a solution for handling empty containers which offered higher resistance, durability, and minimum maintenance.

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