Barrier coating unit debuts in the U.S.[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Ball Corp. in Broomfield, Colo., is the first U.S. bottle blower to run a Plasmax 12D barrier coating system from SIG Plasmax GmbH in Germany, parent of SIG Beverages USA, Hillsborough, N.J. The coating system provides barrier protection for wine and flavored alcoholic beverages
Production of a film of material often on a heated surface and in a vacuum. Vapor deposition technology is used in a large variety of applications. (PICVD) system applies a silicon oxide coating less than 0.1 microns thick inside PET bottles. The coating reportedly raises the shelf life of wine, FAB, juice, carbonated car·bon·ate tr.v. car·bon·at·ed, car·bon·at·ing, car·bon·ates 1. To charge (a beverage, for example) with carbon dioxide gas. 2. To burn to carbon; carbonize. 3. To change into a carbonate. soft drinks, and beer. It has 12 dual-bottle coating stations. Ball reports total output up to 60 million bottles/ yr. The Plasmax system was developed by SIG and Schott HiCotec, a coating specialist in Mainz, Germany. SIG: (908) 253-9600 www.sigcorpoplastusa.com |
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