Versatile and able to manufacture small and large containers, here is the PET Minerva1.6 preforms blower, which the Barcelona-based engineering company Siepla has just sold to the Portuguese company Petrovagos, a plastics processing company located in in the region of Aveiro.
The PET Minerva1.6 preform blow molding machine, acquired by Petrovagos in Siepla, is characterized by its ease of use and simplicity. The loading of the preforms is automatic until the exit of the bottles, which allows a saving of cost since it is not necessary to hire staff for any manipulation. The machine is designed with international components, such as Siemens PLCs, SMC tires and THK linear pads. In addition to the snow blower, Siepla can supply the complete air line for production, namely a high pressure compressor (up to 40 bar), an air dryer, particulate filters and an air tank. that certified CE. The assembly is done in China, under the strict supervision of the Siepla team. In addition, the company offers “turnkey” projects, including its own technical service and supervision ranging from the purchase to the commissioning of its machines.
A booming market
According to the company, this is the first sale in the neighboring country since the creation of the company in 2005 by Juan Puig, a veteran of the plastic industry in Spain. Siepla, which sells extrusion, blowing, PET blowing, injection, recycling and peripheral equipment, has seen a significant increase in interest in blowing PET preforms.
“PET is a plastic that can be applied to an infinite number of products and meets the needs of a specific design, facilitating the sale of the product through innovative packaging. In addition it is lightweight and 100% recyclable, “commented Mr. Puig.
Luís Póvoa, Director of Services at Petrovagos, says that the choice to collaborate with Siepla was decisive, the fact that the machine can go from small to large containers simply by changing the mold in less than an hour was decisive and all this while maintaining an excellent quality / price ratio. The objective is to explore with this machine a market that requires more diversification of the molds but with a lower rate than the machines of large production, especially since Siepla also supplies the necessary molds.