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high efficiency
A new state-of-the-art Heye international
Swabbing Robot has been Based at Obernkirchen, Germany, Heye International GmbH is one of the
installed at Orora’s glass man- international glass container industry’s foremost suppliers of production
ufacturing facility at Gawler, technology, high performance equipment and production knowhow. Its
South Australia. The DG mechanical engineering has set industry standards for more than five
Tandem IS-Machine mainly pro- decades. Extensive industry expertise, combined with the positive atti-
duces 0.75l wine bottles in blow- tude and enthusiasm of Heye International employees is mirrored by the
and-blow operation. The close company motto ‘We are Glass People’. Its three sub-brands HiPERFORM,
working relationship between the HiSHIELD and HiTRUST form the Heye International equipment portfolio,
Orora team and the Heye and addressing the glass industry’s hot end, cold end and service require-
ments respectively.
Socabelec experts led to a smooth
commissioning of the automated
swabbing, which is unique on the
Australian continent. spraying head and lubricating ororA’S glASS
“We are very satisfied with the oil. Consequently, less tooling is mAnufActuring fAcility
required. Orora’s glass manufacturing
facility is one of top 10 larg-
orora limited SpeciAl conditionS est glass plants in the world for
on-Site tonnes produced from a single
Orora Limited produces an As safety is the highest prior- site. The facility produces more
extensive range of tailored ity at Orora, the IS-Machine is than 1 billion high quality glass
packaging and visual com-
munications solutions. The equipped with a Safety Barrier bottles per year, servicing the
business generates AUD 4 Grid to protect the operator needs of the Australian wine and
billion in sales annually and working on the blank side. The beer industries. The facility has
employs more than 6,700 peo- Heye and Orora engineering three glass furnaces and is able to
ple across 131 sites in seven teams mastered the challenge by produce bottles in seven colours.
countries. Orora is headquar- developing special software to The 62-hectare site also features
tered in Melbourne, Australia integrate the Safety Barrier and extensive warehousing. In addi-
and is listed on the Australian Swabbing Robot systems. tion to producing glass bottles,
Securities Exchange.
“The data and experience we Orora has introduced a highly
have gathered to date is very innovative decorative glass bottle
promising. Using the automated sleeving application. The sleev-
swabbing technology allows us to ing application meets a growing
improve safety and optimise pro- customer demand to attractively
cess stability on an ongoing basis. package and label wine products,
performance of the new swab- Our operator’s time is redirected which increases on-shelf visibil-
bing robot at our Gawler glass from manual swabbing to focus ity and supports marketing and
facility,” said Andrew Barreau, on process quality,” Andrew said. branding promotions. �
Technology and Business “We are delighted to be tak-
Development Manager, at Orora ing a lead role in the automated
Glass. mould and neckring swabbing
“The initial operation has operation,” Andrew added.
exceeded our expectations. We The installation of the swab-
are now in the process of gain- bing robot follows Orora’s recent
ing an understanding of this new USD 42 million expansion invest-
innovation and further building ment to increase glass bottle pro-
our experience. Over the next duction at the company’s glass
few months we will collect and manufacturing facility at Gawler. Heye InternatIonal
analyse data to see if there are The investment has expanded GmbH
more opportunities to optimise the glass bottle forming lines at
the swabbing robot operation,” the plant, increasing capacity by Lohplatz 1, 31683 Obernkirchen - Germany
Tel.: +49 - 5724 - 260
Andrew said. 60 million bottles per year. The Fax: +49 - 5724 - 26539
Of note, the robot not only expansion at Gawler represents E-mail: marketing@heye-international.com
swabs the blank mould, but also one of Orora’s largest capital www.heye-international.com
the neckring area with the same investments in Australia.
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