Dortmund, April 25, 2023 \u2013 It is the brains of a machine: without a control
unit your bottling system can neither mold nor fill your containers. When
suppliers notify a discontinuation of such components \u2013 such as the
control unit on our KHS InnoPET Blomax Series III in the current instance
\u2013 in the worst case production can grind to a halt. In order to avoid this \u2013
and unnecessary costs \u2013 the Dortmund engineering company is offering
an upgrade for its stretch blow molder. Customers such as Slovenian
bottler Atlantic Droga Kolinska are thus profiting from KHS\u2019 holistic
services and not only increasing their production reliability but also
significantly boosting their efficiency. Proactive installation of the KHS
ReDiS remote maintenance system in the course of the conversion also
helps to further cut process costs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Customers across the globe value the many years of service given by KHS
machines. This is no different when it comes to the third generation of KHS
stretch blow molding technology which was already heralded as one of the
pioneers on the market back at the turn of the century. Hundreds of these
machines are still in successful operation at customer plants all over the world.
For its existing clients KHS offers a conversion of the control unit to modern components, a step made necessary by the discontinuation and thus cessation of production of the same by the former supplier. The number of available spare parts will thus decrease as a result. If there is a machine failure, downtimes could last longer and repairs may not always be possible \u2013 or when they are, they may take up a vast amount of time and effort. \u201cWe therefore urgently advise all users to replace their control unit. Ignoring this could prove expensive,\u201d says Dennis Jacobi, service sales manager and expert for conversions at KHS in Hamburg, Germany.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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One of the first customers to opt for a machine conversion on one of its two
InnoPET Blomax Series III stretch blow molders at its Roga\u0161ka Slatina plant in the east of Slovenia is Atlantic Droga Kolinska. Here, premium Donat mineral water is filled into non-returnable PET bottles holding between 0.5 and 1.0 liters that comes from the springs of Roga\u0161ka Slatina and is named after the nearby mountain of Dona\u010dka Gora. It is valued as a healthy product for its combination of trace elements and good digestive properties. In order to safeguard the continuing production of perfect containers in the future, the control unit on the stretch blow molder \u2013 now more than 20 years old \u2013 was recently replaced.
\u201cMechanically it\u2019s in a sound condition; it\u2019s the electronics that are showing their age. We want to carry on using our stretch blow molder for a good few years more despite its vintage. The conversion has now greatly reduced the risk of unplanned downtime. We\u2019ve also ensured the reliability of production,\u201d states Matic Javornik, manager of process automation for the Slovenian bottler.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The modernization was successfully completed in less than a week. Moreover, as part of its extensive range of services KHS experts supervise production on converted machines for five days in order to reliably adapt all processes on the machinery. \u201cThe support above and beyond this phase is equally exemplary,\u201d Javornik smiles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
By converting its plant engineering the Slovenian beverage producer has
secured the availability of parts in the long term, plus it benefits from lower costs for any necessary spare parts. Moreover, both the software and visualization have been brought up to the minute, thus making operation easier thanks to the intuitive operator panel, for example. KHS also offers its existing customers further advantages above and beyond the actual conversion. \u201cWith the new control unit we\u2019ve gained lots more functions that are comparable with newer- generation machines,\u201d claims Javornik. Unlike its predecessor, the installed system now has a Bluetooth link instead of rotary connectors that to date were something of a challenge to maintain. While replacing the control components, the systems provider also installed the intelligent ReDiS remote maintenance system free of charge. \u201cAs with replacement of the control unit, this reduces the
risk of machine downtime as remote maintenance enables advice and support from service engineers to be given regardless of the actual location,\u201d Jacobi explains. \u201cAny errors in the production process can therefore be detected in good time and remedied much more efficiently.\u201d Costly travel arrangements for assignments on site are also a thing of the past.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe offer our customers an attractive complete package that not only increases production reliability but also boosts process efficiency. They also receive intensive support from their initial inquiry through to implementation,\u201d he continues. \u201cWe have exactly the right solution for each container and beverage
segment in our discontinuation management program.\u201d This holistic and
extensive approach is exactly what Matic Javornik from Atlantic Droga Kolinska appreciates. Ultimately, however, it\u2019s not just the service provided by KHS that has the Slovenians convinced but also the machines themselves. This is why Atlantic Droga Kolinska is planning on further modernizing its production setup in the near future together with KHS.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Dortmund, April 25, 2023 \u2013 It is the brains of a machine: without a control unit your bottling system can neither mold nor fill your containers. When suppliers notify a discontinuation of such components \u2013 such as the control unit on our KHS InnoPET Blomax Series III in the current instance \u2013 in the worst case production can grind to a halt. In order to avoid this \u2013 and unnecessary costs \u2013 the Dortmund engineering company is offering an upgrade for its stretch blow molder. Customers such as Slovenian bottler Atlantic Droga Kolinska are thus profiting from KHS\u2019 holistic services and not only increasing their production reliability but also significantly … Continue reading \"Boosting efficiency and production reliability: KHS modernizes the control unit on its stretch blow molder\"<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[10],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ctiweb.co.jp\/con\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2501"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ctiweb.co.jp\/con\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ctiweb.co.jp\/con\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ctiweb.co.jp\/con\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ctiweb.co.jp\/con\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2501"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ctiweb.co.jp\/con\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2501\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2502,"href":"https:\/\/ctiweb.co.jp\/con\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2501\/revisions\/2502"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ctiweb.co.jp\/con\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2501"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ctiweb.co.jp\/con\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2501"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ctiweb.co.jp\/con\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2501"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}