FAQ

If the transport of PET bottles is blocked, production breakdowns have to be expected constantly reducing your productivity and discouraging your employees.

If you use preforms with precoating, the problem is reduced sometimes, however you must take into account higher costs for provisioning and stock-keeping the preforms.

You reduce downtimes to a minimum with PIC. You can buy preforms more cost-effectively and coat it yourself more economically to increase your productivity. E.g. a customer was able to increase the output of his filling system to 190%.

Advice: Calculate your savings and the amortisation of the investment with the PIC computer (download as excel table)

With PIC you will save either the additional charges for the precoating and stock-keeping or the costs of loss in production in case of stoppages through congestions and blockades.

Advice: Calculate your savings and the amortisation of the investment with the PIC computer (download as excel table)

The investment costs for a PIC system start at approx. 5,000 to 6,000 €.

Advice: Calculate your savings and the amortisation of the investment with the PIC computer (download as excel table)

The operating costs consist of the compressed air and medium consumption as well as of cleaning periods.

The PIC system and its nozzles can be installed easily. In addition, the activation has to be interlinked with the machine device control. The assembly of a protective plate and/or a guide plate at the inlet may be advantageous depending on the system.

Yes, the media complies with US FDA section 21CFR175.300, but it sould not be sprayed into the bottle.

No. The nozzles spray from the neck downwards.

Up to present, we do not know of any complications with the labels.

In the present way, PIC exists since 2006 and was developed from the precoating used by the preform manufacturers, which has been practiced already more than 15 years with the Steidle Systems.

Up to present, our customers bottle water, beer, soft drinks, juices and juice-mixed drinks. Projects for dairy products are in the development phase.

Yes, we have already converted several aseptic systems. The sliding film applied does not have any negative characteristics on the wetting agent and the aseptic aspects.

So far, we have not heard about any complications with the multi-layers.

Up to present, we have not had any customer, who uses this system combined with PIC, but there should not be any complications to be expected.

Up to present, we have not had any customer who uses hot-fill systems with PIC. If you are interested, we appreciate to test this combination together with you.