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SIpA HELpS LIGHTWEIGHT
CONTAINERS DEvELOp
THE CONTAINER-IN-CONTAINER
KEYKEG
We probably all know how to
get a ship in a bottle, it’s all to
do with collapsing masts and
nifty fingers. but how do you
get a PeT bottle inside another
one that is almost the same size?
dutch company lightweight
Containers has the answer, and it
involves laser cutting and ultrasonic
weldings well as some
critical help in the blow molding
and container design department
from siPa.
now why should anybody
want to put a PeT bottle inside
another one in the first
place, you are asking.
The answer is the Cylindrical
keykeg20, also called the
keykeg slimline which is taking
the packaging of beer and wine
(as well as soft drinks) into a new
and exciting realm.
sipA AnD lightweight
contAiners pArtnership
lightweight Containers produces
them on a fully automated production
line in den helder, the
netherlands. The line is based
around two siPa sfl2/2 linear
stretch-blow molding units, one
for the inner bottle, and one for
the outer. it has a capacity of 400
keykegs per hour.
siPa’s sfl is the most versatile
PeT stretch-blow molding machine
on the market: it can be
used to produce all sorts of containers,
whether they be standard
ones for water and soft drinks, or
hotfillable bottles and jars, in all
manner of shapes and neck sizes,
through to giant bottles for water
coolers and even very special
kegs. siPa has not only supplied
lightweight Containers with the
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