For the new facility in Knockmore Hill of Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling Co. in Lisburn, Northern Ireland, Krones has supplied machines for bottling soft drinks and water in PET containers with volumes ranging from 500 ml to 2 litres.
Besides this complete line, rated at 33,000 bph, existing Krones machines have also been combined in a 45,000-bph line, and supplemented by new labelling and packing technology.
The new complete line incorporates all the stages involved in the filling process, from production of the PET bottles in the stretch blow-moulding machine, plus the filling and labelling technology, all the way through to the packing and palletising kit.

• Contiform S stretch blow-moulding machine
  The Contiform S20 blow-moulding machine features 20 cavities, enabling the moulds involved to be quickly replaced for producing numerous different bottle formats. With an output of 1,800 bottles per blow-moulding station, this means maximally cost-efficient operation.
• Rinser-filler Bloc
  Thanks to Bloc-synchronisation of the Variojet rinser and the Volumetic VODM-PET filler, plus a cleanroom enclosure, maximised product safety is achieved. The Volumetic filling system is based on a volumetric filling principle, with an inductive flow meter ensuring accurate fill quantities. In addition, when changing over to a different container size the fill quantity can be swiftly re-adjusted electronically without any mechanical adjustments being required. 
• Checkmat 731 FM-G inspection unit
  After the bottles have left the filler Bloc, they are inspected for the correct fill level in a Checkmat using gamma-ray technology. Each bottle inspected is also unambiguously assigned to the filling valve concerned, so that all filling valves can be monitored for flawless functioning.
• Contiroll HS labeller
  For wrap-around reel-fed labelling, the client uses a Contiroll HS, which provides fast change-overs to different container formats. Thanks to quick replacement of the vacuum cylinder, designed without any gripper fingers, the machine can handle different container diameters and output ranges.
• Checkmat 707 E inspection unit
  The compactly dimensioned inspection unit is installed directly at the line, and uses a sensor system to check for the presence of a label.
• Variopac FS non-returnables packer
  The Variopac FS groups the containers in the desired formation, and wraps them in film. In the downstream shrink tunnel, the film is shrink-fitted onto the containers so as to create a compact, stable pack. This machine’s features include gentle container guidance, fast change-overs to different container formats and a high-precision film unwinding mechanism, which combine to ensure perfect pack appearance even for films with cutting marks.
• Pressant Universal 1N palletiser
  The single-column palletiser operates with a vertically moving loading plate. After being assembled on the grouping station, the layers are centred on the pallet. An integrated layer pad inserter places a cardboard pad on top of each layer.
• AirCo, SynCo, MultiCo and PalCo conveyor systems
  The entire conveyor routes between the line’s individual components are covered by Krones systems. The AirCo air conveyor passes the freshly produced plastic bottles from the stretch blow-moulding machine to the rinser/filler Bloc. The SynCo container conveyor system transports the filled bottles in mass flow to the labeller and to the packer. From there, the MultiCo pack conveyor system passes the packs to the palletiser. The loaded pallets are then transported on the PalCo pallet conveyors to the stretch wrapper, and from there to the warehouse.