BBM Service has developed and manufactured the first universal module that allows you to connect a blow moulder to a filling machine, of whichever manufacturer they are also different between them; the only requirement is that they are both quality machines that meet the customer’s production needs.
The connection module is made in stainless steel and has a mechanical transmission with axes depending on one motor.
This machinery allows the elimination of air conveyors used to transport the bottles between the two machines, consequently solving all the problems related to it.
The module takes the name of UNICOM because it unifies and combines the two machines and has been designed to modernize and optimize PET bottling lines; it is a bench at conveying the bottles coming out of the blowing machine towards the filling system.
The purpose is to shorten the transport section between blowing and filling machine in order to solve the problems related to bottle transportation over a particularly long path.
The main problems that can be solved are the optimization of the spaces in the line and the reduction of water and energy consumption, the reduction of the risks of contamination of the bottles and, last but not least, the problems of crushing and distortion of the bottles themselves.
The new market and production needs have led to the choice of increasingly green bottles that are advantageous for the environment but not for production due to the new characteristics of the containers. Bottles made with less weight are often chosen, reducing the raw material and therefore also the costs; being lighter, however, increases the risk of being deformed along the way.
Another type of bottle, increasingly used, is that produced with recycled plastic, but it also creates problems with air conveyors, these bottles often bind together reducing the functioning of the plant. The combiner proposes a star transfer that allows the protection of the containers and to overcome these problems.
“We always want to find new solutions that allow our customers to optimize their plants and solve their problems quickly,” explains Giuseppe Boffelli C.E.O. of BBM Service – “We start by listening to the customer’s specific needs and requirements, we carry out technical audits at their plant, we understand the critical areas and where we can intervene, and then we present our proposal.
We don’t offer standardized solutions, but realize tailor-made projects based on existing machinery, objectives and available resources. The Unicom project was born out of an increasingly recurring need among our customers, that is to solve the numerous and ever-increasing problems with air conveyors.
The combiner makes it possible to achieve the desired results without replacing existing machinery, so there is no waste of resources, including financial ones. The main advantages our customers have achieved are: optimization of line space, elimination of air conveyors problems and reduction of energy and water consumption.”
The combiner is just one of the solutions that BBM’s technical department can offer its customers. Having an internal engineering office allows BBM to follow the customer in every stage and to create tailor-made solutions to meet their goals. These skills, combined with flexibility and fast assistance, have allowed the company to gain the loyalty of top players in the beverage sector, such as Nestlé Group, Coca Cola HBC, Refresco.
BBM Service not only sells used machinery, but, thanks to its qualified technical department, designs and builds special solutions for bottling lines, able to satisfy the most particular application needs. The tailor made machines are developed on customer specific requests, offering the max flexibility, both in terms of building and performances.
A tailor-made solution allows to realize what customer have thought for the packaging of your product, granting the results.
