Concept of accumulation of containers at the outlet of the AAF Rotary Unscrambler, automatic changeover.

Efficiency in a line production and the importance of accumulation in containers unscramblers

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A production line efficiency depends on many factors: from the correct container unscrambling and their glide or transport to the filler until the filling and final packaging.

Each of the processes that make up a production line has its particularities. Today we would like to talk about the “accumulation” or “buffer” of the unscrambler until the filler and its importance in packaging production line efficiency.

Each of our empty container unscramblers models, either the manual change or the AAF models of automatic format change, are equipped with an exit conveyor for the containers that normally feed a filler.

It is necessary to highlight from the beginning that an unscrambler is a random machine different from the others machines that make up a packaging line, like the fillers or cappers which are continual machines where all incoming containers come out in the same position and speed.

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PET containers filled with juices and smoothies from a fruit and vegetable processing plant.

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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Panoramic view of the rotary unscrambler of plastic containers with pucks

How does an unscrambler for PET bottles work?

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Before talking about the functioning of a PET bottles unscrambler, we should mention that rotary unscramblers, more popular among European countries than linear unscramblers which are more accepted in Anglo-Saxon markets, can be classified among the ones that use random positioning systems for bottles or the ones that use prepositioning systems for bottles.

In Traktech, we are specialists in rotary unscramblers for bottles with random allocation systems which, at the same time, can work with or without pucks.

When choosing an unscrambler for a production line, it is important to know the four phases/steps that intervene in the positioning of a PET bottle, to choose the best positioning option.

Our ROTRAK unscramblers can manipulate a wide range of plastic containers with cylindric, oval and rectangular shapes. Based on geometry, we design machines from medium to high production processes, up to 20.000BPH, always considering the filler line capacity.

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Rotary Unscrambler with bottle feeder

Unscrambling system for containers for the Pharma industry

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The unscrambling system for containers is one of the most important elements in a company’s production line.

It is an unscrambler that streamlines the filling of bulk bottles and makes them go through the filling process.

The first big question to ask the manufacturing companies when suggesting a type of empty container unscramble is whether or not they have to work with pucks.

If so, you have to know if the Puck is a “loose puck” type or on the contrary, it is a “label puck”.

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