High Speed PET Bottle Production

High speed PET bottle production facility installed at Artenius Packaging Limited, formerly Amcor [Wrexham] in 2008. Valued at £800,000 and producing sleeved bottles at 48,000bph, this was a high value, technically advanced contract by anyone’s standard.

The line, which included, live storage, an unscrambler, sleever, high level air conveyors, palletizer and a stretch-wrapper, is controlled by a state-of-the-art computer system, which controls all the machinery parameters to suit each bottle type.

Continuous high speed production is achieved even when the sleeving material is replenished, using on line storage silos.  The overhead supported air conveyor ensures a safe, clean and clear working area around the primary machines, easing access and saving valuable space.

The installation, primarily used Zecchetti equipment from Italy and the line was designed, delivered, installed and commissioned by Planet Flowline engineers with the assistance of Artenius engineers at Wrexham and UK engineers from Flowline Services.