Targeting the South American market, injection moulding systems specialist Netstal has presented a highly efficient bottle cap production process featuring its new electric clamping unit with energy recovery, on an Elion 3200 machine at the Feiplastic 2013 exhibition.
At the 20-24 May 2013 show in São Paolo, Brazil, the Swiss company demonstrated how the new system can lead to “energy savings of up to 50 percent”.
PCO 1881 bottle caps are produced in a cycle of 4.2 seconds with a 72-cavity mould made by Austrian company z-mold, and the closures are cooled by a lift cooler from Eisbär, also based in Austria.
“Manufacturers of bulk commodities such as bottle caps are under continuous pressure to reduce manufacturing costs,” says Markus DalPian, Netstal’s head of business unit CAP.
“Continuous improvements being made to both process and machine mean that Netstal is satisfying the increasing demand from South American customers for material savings, process efficiency and greater cost-effectiveness in production.”
