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First
Kosme Blowmoulder
for the UK |
 Kosme
UK have gained their first sale of a blowmoulder in the UK, to a
leading mineral water bottler.
Kosme manufacture both linear units for smaller production
speeds and rotary units with up to 6 cavity units and a maximum
speed of 12,000 bph.
The Kosme blowmoulders have benefited considerably from the Krones
Contiform technology. Kosme's parent company has supplied many of
the key components to the Austrian based company. This has enabled
Kosme Austria to develop a range of blowmoulders that are significantly
less expensive to operate.
Designed for the small to medium sized operator, the Kosme range
starts with a 2 cavity machine, with 3, 4 and 6 cavity machines
available that can operate up to 2,000 bph per cavity.
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typical Kosme client may well be in a remote part of the countryside
close to the source of their water. It is often the case that a
geographically remote site does not have a large enough electrical
power supply and it is extremely expensive to bring in additional
power requirements. The Kosme blowmoulders have a patented oven
heating technology system that uses up to 40% less power than any
other system available on the market.
This power saving can be the difference between being able to blow
one's own bottles on site and not, with the ongoing cost advantage
of the huge operational power savings during the blowmoulder's operational
life. To further assist bottlers as they strive to keep energy usage
to a minimum, Kosme have developed a patented air recovery system,
this can save up to 50% in air usage, which greatly assists the
smaller bottler to keep their products competitive.
As the PET market starts its fourth decade supplying primary packaging
to the mineral water, soft drinks and beer markets bottle design
is even more important to the success of a brand. At Kosme Austria,
they have a dedicated team that can develop a bespoke bottle design
that is both eye catching and cost effective. A lot of money can
be wasted, where a design can use too much PET material.
Richard Portman, Kosme Business Unit Manager, comments:
"Now that Kosme
Austria is benefiting from the R & D inputs from Krones, we have
a series of blowmoulders that are well designed, engineered to a
very high standard, that are not overly complicated to run. Often
our customers are just making that first step into blowmoulding
and therefore do not have the experience of bottle manufacturing.
Our aim has been to keep the functionality as simple as possible
so that our clients do not need to take on additional staff to run
the blowmoulders. For those customers who are new to blowmoulding,
we can provide a full training programme at the factory in Austria,
where they will be trained on 'their' machine. Following installation
in the UK, our team of five service engineers are on call to assist
with any difficulties and of course routine maintenance."
*Article
reproduced from International Bottler & Packer - November 2009
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