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54 FIRST LOOKS igus igus develops food-compatible tribo-filament for cost-effective 3D printing of special parts iglidur I151 is blue, prints easily, and has an optimal coefficient of friction and wear. The new tribo-filament is a refinement of the easy-to-machine igus iglidur I150 all-rounder filament. As it is blue, it can be used to manufacture special parts that are optically detectable in the food industry. Food compatibility, according to the FDA and to EU Regulation 10/2011, also qualifies the high-performance polymer for use in the food and cosmetics industries. "Many customers, primarily from the food industry, have requested a blue, FDAcompliant filament with properties similar to those of iglidur I150. That is why we have now developed iglidur I151," said Tom Krause, head of igus GmbH Additive Manufacturing Business Unit. The new tribo-filament is suitable for printing components with great wear resistance. Because the material is enriched with solid lubricants, no additional lubrication is necessary. This rules out any contamination hazard. iglidur I151 can be used with any 3D printer that can be set to a nozzle temperature of 250°C. USERS CAN PRINT FOOD- COMPLIANT SPECIAL PARTS OR ORDER THEM ONLINE iglidur I151 was also impressive in weartesting in igus' in-house test laboratory with a service life that is 100 times that of such standard plastics as ABS and nylon. The new filament can be ordered from igus online as roll material. Users can also commission the igus 3D printing service to manufacture their wear-resistant special parts. Just upload the STEP data, choose the material, calculate prices, and order the customised wearresistant part directly. The new tribo-filament for the food industry was introduced from 20-23 April 2021 at the Ultimaker Transformation Summit. ■ Photo credit: igus GmbH The new iglidur I151 tribo-filament is FDA-compliant and especially well-suited to food contact Sidel Sidel StarLITE HPC: Increases stability of flat PET and rPET containers Sidel has introduced the StarLITETM HPC base. The new, oval bottle base alternative for flat PET containers helps achieve optimum performance and can also comply with recycled PET (rPET). The new bottle base not only increases container stability by up to 25%, but also optimises bottle weight and energy consumption, reducing production costs and greenhouse gas emissions. IMPROVED STABILITY BY UP TO 25% The base of the StarLITE HPC is cleverly structured. Its new anti-rocking design is based on a 360-degree continuous contact surface which improves tilt angle and may be combined with structural ribs and oval push-up. “The doubled sitting surface and the balanced stretching ratios between small and large sides enable better material distribution, while avoiding base sagging,” explained Laurent Naveau, packaging expert at Sidel. This oval shape achieves an optimum performance level, drastically improving stability by up to 25%. This increases production uptime with better container stability on conveyors while improving consumer experience. A MORE SUSTAINABLE AND COST- EFFECTIVE FLAT CONTAINER Applicable for both opaque and transparent PET resins, the StarLITE HPC base offers wide containers opportunities and is perfectly compliant with rPET. The smart, asymmetric, structured base design improves material distribution, prevents unexpected base roll-out and contributes to lightweighting opportunities, i.e., a 0.5g PET reduction for a 500ml container base. The enhanced base cooling engineering for mould and tooling design improves base cooling during blow moulding and may prevent post-mould base cooling according to bottle shape, format and weight. Thanks to its design, the StarLITE HPC base is easy to blow and reduces blow moulding pressure by 10% - a 3 bar decrease for a 420ml container. It can increase production output up to 15% higher than the market average. With the investment in a new set of moulds equipped with the StarLITE HPC base, fast payback in less than one year can be achieved. The StarLITE HPC is compatible with all generations of Sidel blow moulding machines. ■ FOOD & BEVERAGE ASIA JUNE / JULY 2021
FIRST LOOKS 55 Zoom T uses BASF’s Ultrason ® P for its baby bottles The Japanese baby products manufacturer Zoom T, Tokyo, is now using BASF’s Ultrason ® P to produce baby bottles under its Dr. Bétta brand. The polyphenylsulfone (PPSU) meets Zoom T’s strict requirements for its curved baby bottles that are safe and easy to handle. Ultrason ® P 3010 nat is approved for food contact and features excellent strength, chemical resistance and resistance to superheated steam up to 180C (356F). These properties ensure that the baby bottles are safe to use, while being lightweight and shatter-proof, and can be used over a long period of time. It also easily withstands sterilization in microwave ovens or in very hot water. The BASF PPSU allows for designing complex shapes like the Bétta baby bottles as it is also suitable for extrusion blow moulding. Ultrason ® P 3010 outperforms commercially available PPSU materials used to manufacture baby bottles because of its excellent melt stability necessary for the extrusion blow moulding process. Tomoko Kawai, president and CEO of Zoom T, said: “With Ultrason ® P we can perfectly produce the curved geometry of our Bétta bottles by extrusion blow moulding. This is important as the curved design stops babies from swallowing air while being nursed, preventing ear infections or colic.” Georg Graessel from Global Business Development Ultrason ® at BASF, added: “Due to the numerous design possibilities for colour and shape as well as the option for producing the bottles either by injection moulding or extrusion, it can also be employed to make water bottles for sports or multi-use bottles for green tea which can be found everywhere in Asian countries.” Ultrason ® is the trade name for BASF’s product range of polyethersulfone (Ultrason® E), polysulfone (Ultrason ® S) and polyphenylsulfone (Ultrason ® P). Because of their extraordinary property profile, the Ultrason ® brands can substitute thermosets, metals and ceramics in many applications. ■ New SWEDBRAND factory in Poland offers supply chain alternatives for European brands SWEDBRAND Group, the packaging partner to some of the world’s most iconic brands, recently reported that the establishment of its brand-new, state-of-the-art Gdansk factory for the production of premium rigid boxes offers many advantages to European brands in addressing global supply chain difficulties exacerbated by the pandemic. Manufacturing in Europe for European distribution significantly reduces both time and costs associated with the delivery of finished premium rigid boxes. Europe due to shortages of empty shipping containers, and then five to seven weeks for the products to arrive. “Intra-Europe shipping has huge advantages by comparison,” she said. “We are talking three to five days to ship finished products by truck to most European destinations. That’s a time saving of as much as two to three months, providing brands with significantly more on-the-shelf time for their products to actually generate revenue.” the recent blockage of the Suez Canal.” The new plant in Gdansk is a highly automated state-of-the-art converting operation for premium rigid boxes and is managed by Bogdan Putko, a well-respected packaging expert with 35 years of industry experience. ■ BASF SWEDBRAND Cornelia Oswald, head of Sales Worldwide at SWEDBRAND, noted that while manufacturing lead times are similar between Asia and the new European plant, time delays associated with shipping are often excessive and only seem to be getting worse. She reports that it can take as much as four to five weeks to secure a 40-foot container for shipping finished products to The other advantage of intra-European shipping, according to Oswald, is cost. “Our shipping costs per truckload from Poland to Germany, for example, are between €850 to €1,300. This is a huge cost saving, easily offsetting any possible labor cost increase we might experience in Poland compared to Asia. Plus, we are not dealing with any unexpected delays such as those caused by FOOD & BEVERAGE ASIA JUNE / JULY 2021
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