Juices, tea, isotonics
Products: juices, nectars, RTD tea, isotonic and sport drinks.
These non-carbonated drinks are sensitive products to microbiological spoilage.
These product have to be pasteurized before going to the filler unit in the beverage processing area.
To avoid re-contaminations during the filling and capping process there are basically four solutions: addition of chemical shelf life enhancers which chemically exclude bacteria growth (preservatives) ; hot-filling ; pasteurization tunnel; cold aseptic filling.
According to their pH, above products are divided between low acid (pH > 4.5) and high acid (pH < 4.5). The vulnerability of products to be filled is directly related to its pH value. The lower the pH value the smaller the environment for bacterial growth.
All products with a pH value between pH 0 and pH 4.3 can easily be "decontaminated" by heat treatment. Products with pH values over 4.3 are more safely bottled in aseptic conditions.
The main requirements of a container for juices, isotonic and RTD tea are:
• Oxygen barrier (for some products)
• UV and visible light barrier (for some products)
• Ultra Clean or Aseptic bottles
• Heat resistant bottles
Juices, tea and isotonic bottles (standard and heat set) can be produced on all bottle manufacturing machines offered by SIPA: Rotary blowers SFR; linear blowers SFL and integrated platform ECS. The ECS platform produces aseptic bottles.
Multilayer bottles can be produced with SFR and SFL blowing systems. Integrated bottle blowing-filling-capping systems (Sincro-bloc).
Sipa Berchi production includes a wide range of solutions of wet and dry area machines, in order to match with all the requirements of the sensitive products market in terms of bottles sizes, products and final output.
Juices, tea, isotonic can be bottled with:
• STILLFILL S the gravity filling monobloc for cold filling of clear products
• STILLFILL HR the gravity filling monobloc for hot filling
• UNITRONIC the gravity volumetric filling monobloc for cold filling of clear products
• UNITRONIC UC the gravity volumetric filling monobloc for cold filling of clear products in ultra clean version
• UNITRONIC HR S UC the gravity volumetric filling monobloc for hot filling with sacs dosing.
We supply all the other typical equipments for hot fill lines such as titlting devices, pasteurisation tunnels and an high quality product preparation.
State of the art depalletiser and palletiser (GENIUS)for the beverage industries are available.
The packaging area is completed by ROBBY range, the robotized handling solutions: a flexible system with customized solutions and high technology for pa/depalletising and cartoning. A full range of complimentary packing machines complete the ‘Dry End’ including casing/uncasing machines, carton erectors, carton sealers and partitions inserters.
With the latest innovative conveyor systems, Sipa Berchi provide complete Juices solutions for bottles, cans, cartons, crates and shrink wrapped packs for all containers.
Multilayer bottles can be produced with SFR and SFL blowing systems. Integrated bottle blowing-filling-capping systems (Sincro-bloc).
Sipa Berchi production includes a wide range of solutions of wet and dry area machines, in order to match with all the requirements of the sensitive products market in terms of bottles sizes, products and final output.
Juices, tea, isotonic can be bottled with:
• STILLFILL S the gravity filling monobloc for cold filling of clear products
• STILLFILL HR the gravity filling monobloc for hot filling
• UNITRONIC the gravity volumetric filling monobloc for cold filling of clear products
• UNITRONIC UC the gravity volumetric filling monobloc for cold filling of clear products in ultra clean version
• UNITRONIC HR S UC the gravity volumetric filling monobloc for hot filling with sacs dosing.
We supply all the other typical equipments for hot fill lines such as titlting devices, pasteurisation tunnels and an high quality product preparation.
State of the art depalletiser and palletiser (GENIUS)for the beverage industries are available.
The packaging area is completed by ROBBY range, the robotized handling solutions: a flexible system with customized solutions and high technology for pa/depalletising and cartoning. A full range of complimentary packing machines complete the ‘Dry End’ including casing/uncasing machines, carton erectors, carton sealers and partitions inserters.
With the latest innovative conveyor systems, Sipa Berchi provide complete Juices solutions for bottles, cans, cartons, crates and shrink wrapped packs for all containers.
Material: PET, barrier PET, OPP, barrier OPP
Size: from 250 ml to 4000 ml
Shape: customized, round, square, asymmetrical, heat set, pasteurizable
Neck Diameter: from 28 to 43 mm
Possibility of O2 Barrier Improvement by means of: Oxygen scavenger blend; Oxygen scavenger multilayer; Blend (Nylon MXD6); Smartcoat (SIPA external coating technology).
Special containers
• Barrier Containers In order to prolong product shelf life, containers can be produced with different type of barrier. To enhance light, humidity, CO2 and oxygen barrier properties of every type of plastic containers, several solutions are today available: the bottles can be produced with the addiction of barrier agents blended with the resin (nylon MXD6, EVOH, oxygen scavengers, nanocomposites), production of multilayer containers (PET+EVOH or PET + Nylon) or through the application of coating after bottle production. For this purpose, SIPA developed Smartcoat® solution: a new technology to apply an organic coating to the external surface of plastic containers improving its gas barrier properties. It has been conceived as a modular coating production line with an output varying from 12,000 to 36,000 containers per hour. Excellent barrier performances, good mechanical and thermal performances and fully transparency are the main features of smartcoated containers. Moreover, they are recyclable for bottle to bottle application (FDA and PETCORE approved).
• Heat Set and Pasteurizable Containers In the hot fill process, the product undergoes a “flash pasteurization“, which means it is heated to high temperatures (roughly from 120° to 140°C) for a few seconds and then it is cooled to the filling temperature which is usually between 80 °C and 90 °C. After capping, the bottles are turned upside down or tilted so that the neck and the internal part of the cap get in contact with the beverage and undergo the same bottle thermal treatment.
The containers then pass through a tunnel where a shower of cold water quickly lowers the temperature of the bottles. The hot fill process requires containers which are specifically designed (heat set) to withstand high temperatures and ensure excellent performance compared with traditional containers (glass, metallic packs, multi-layer cardboard), also in light-weighting solutions. With regard to design, SIPA has paid particular attention to the neck (reinforced to avoid deformations of the top and ensure a perfect sealing), to the bottom (strengthened with special ribs) and to the sides (featuring panels to absorb the vacuum that forms naturally after filling). These panels, which are arranged on the side of the container, together with the structure of the shoulder, compensate for vacuum, help to hold the shape and therefore meet design requirements as well as production and logistical efficiency.
Size: from 250 ml to 4000 ml
Shape: customized, round, square, asymmetrical, heat set, pasteurizable
Neck Diameter: from 28 to 43 mm
Possibility of O2 Barrier Improvement by means of: Oxygen scavenger blend; Oxygen scavenger multilayer; Blend (Nylon MXD6); Smartcoat (SIPA external coating technology).
Special containers
• Barrier Containers In order to prolong product shelf life, containers can be produced with different type of barrier. To enhance light, humidity, CO2 and oxygen barrier properties of every type of plastic containers, several solutions are today available: the bottles can be produced with the addiction of barrier agents blended with the resin (nylon MXD6, EVOH, oxygen scavengers, nanocomposites), production of multilayer containers (PET+EVOH or PET + Nylon) or through the application of coating after bottle production. For this purpose, SIPA developed Smartcoat® solution: a new technology to apply an organic coating to the external surface of plastic containers improving its gas barrier properties. It has been conceived as a modular coating production line with an output varying from 12,000 to 36,000 containers per hour. Excellent barrier performances, good mechanical and thermal performances and fully transparency are the main features of smartcoated containers. Moreover, they are recyclable for bottle to bottle application (FDA and PETCORE approved).
• Heat Set and Pasteurizable Containers In the hot fill process, the product undergoes a “flash pasteurization“, which means it is heated to high temperatures (roughly from 120° to 140°C) for a few seconds and then it is cooled to the filling temperature which is usually between 80 °C and 90 °C. After capping, the bottles are turned upside down or tilted so that the neck and the internal part of the cap get in contact with the beverage and undergo the same bottle thermal treatment.
The containers then pass through a tunnel where a shower of cold water quickly lowers the temperature of the bottles. The hot fill process requires containers which are specifically designed (heat set) to withstand high temperatures and ensure excellent performance compared with traditional containers (glass, metallic packs, multi-layer cardboard), also in light-weighting solutions. With regard to design, SIPA has paid particular attention to the neck (reinforced to avoid deformations of the top and ensure a perfect sealing), to the bottom (strengthened with special ribs) and to the sides (featuring panels to absorb the vacuum that forms naturally after filling). These panels, which are arranged on the side of the container, together with the structure of the shoulder, compensate for vacuum, help to hold the shape and therefore meet design requirements as well as production and logistical efficiency.
