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Cypet develops world’s biggest MatBørsen AS rolls out a range

PET container of soup pots with click-on tray
inserts

ypet has produced an open-mouth PET drum of
C120 l, with a 400 mm neck diameter, providing the
PET processing industry with the opportunity to enter orwegian company MatBørsen AS has rolled out
new applications, with a unique and value-adding PET Na range of soup pots with click-on tray inserts
container. The main advantage of PET drums is their lower at retailer Meny after joining forces with Sealpac to
develop a dedicated packaging line. The company
weight, typically being about one-third less than for an worked with Dutch injection moulder Naber Plastics to
equivalent HDPE drum. develop the latest ready-to-eat soup concept, which
This is made possible by is a two-part pack, with a tray insert under the lid for
the superior mechanical dry inclusions and trimmings, and with lidding and
properties of PET and sealing technology supplied by Sealpac. The soup has
generates substantial a shelf-life of up to 30 days. Freddy Andre Henriksen,
savings in raw material cost. controller at MatBørsen, said: “We wanted the click-
The resulting important on lid of the pot not to be fully fixed, as it would have
economic, logistical and to be opened again at retail. Sealpac constructed the
environmental bene-fits, lidding system in such a way that the lid is clicked into
especially for export- place only partly without it coming off during transport
oriented applications, or at retail.”The line starts with a Sealpac AS-LS1200
makes the shift to PET denester that places the soup trays onto the in-feed
drums an attractive option. In addition to the weight conveyor, after which they are transported to the
reduction, PET drums can be made transparent, which Leonhardt filling system. This is done with Sealpac’s
may be preferable for specific applications. Furthermore, Walking Beam system, which guarantees the most
due to the orientation of the PET molecules during accurate positioning of the pots underneath the filling
the stretch blow moulding process, PET drums provide heads. After filling, the Walking Beam ensures smooth
very good barrier properties for alcohol and essential
oils products. Finally, the smooth, glossy surface finish
provides an attractive appearance and also allows for
easy cleaning when required. Cypet Technologies states
that its single-stage PET processing technology has been
proven to be able to produce very large PET containers, up
to 150 l. The Cypet production system has the capability
to injection mould the preforms and directly stretch-
blow mould them into containers on the same machine,
in such a way that enables large container production
with minimal energy consumption. In Cypet’s history of
success, the world’s first 50 l PET container, a beer keg,
was produced in Australia in 2015 on a Cypet machine.
The world’s second 50 l PET container, a milk drum with
built-in rigid handles, was produced in 2016 in Kenya, also transport of the liquid product without spilling over the
on a Cypet machine. In 2018, finally breaking the 50 l size edge. The trays are securely sealed on a Sealpac A7
barrier. CYPET’s single stage technology is patented and traysealer with 5-impression tooling and transported
retains all the advantages of conventional single-stage to the lidding section. Here, the first Sealpac DA-M770
technologies while adding 3 more: lower investment cost, lidding system clicks an empty tray insert onto the
lower energy consumption and unparalleled flexibility in sealed soup pot. Shortly after that, the second DA-770
terms of the range of products that can be produced on lidding system places a snap-on lid onto the empty
the same machine model just by changing moulds. click-on tray insert.

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