date:Jul 31, 2014
With 190,000 caps per hour and 1.5 billion per year, Sumitomo (SHI) Demag together with its partners, Total and Plastisud, has set a new world record in the production of HDPE caps with tamper-evident band without post-moulding operations.
Displayed at Chinaplas 2014, the El-Exis SP 420-3000 packaging machine produces 1.3g HDPE screw caps on a 96-cavity hot-runner mould (29/25 design) with a production cycle of only 1.9s. This machine is equipped with a 25:1 L/D ratio barrier screw and has been