How to increase the performance and flexibility of a filling line to respond to market changes ? One possibility worth exploring is to upgrade some functions with servo motors.
Anticipating the development of PET on the yogurt and fresh dessert markets due to the implementation of a circular economy around this material, Serac is now offering to blow PET cups on its SBL machines with the same quality level as for bottles.
Chief Technical Officer and member of the Executive Commitee of Serac Group, Thierry Deau explains us what such a transformation means for industrial manufacturers as well as for OEMs like Serac.
The new Human-Machine Interface currently under development at Serac is a perfect example of what the brand stands for : ? Creating performance together ?.
If polystyrene (PS) remains the n°1 material for standard yogurts, glass is sometimes considered as an alternative option for higher-end market segments, where cup transparency is a sales argument. But PET also has its own arguments.
Our company is constantly organizing itself to ensure the best possible continuity of activities within our various units around the world. Here is the situation as of March 31 for our 5 plants.
More than 50 years ago, JJ Graffin developed his first weigh-filling machine for liquids in his mother’s garage. It was a highly accurate, innovative machine because, unlike other machines of that era, it was unaffected by liquid temperature variations that caused fluctuations in filling cycles.