P.T. Starplast Packaging Industry adds in-line thermoforming plant

Italy-based Amut Group, recently supplied an in-line thermoforming plant to produce disposable polypropylene (PP) cups for cold team to P.T. Starplast Packaging Industry, Indonesia. The line can produce 60 million cups per month.

Starplast company supplies the well-known brand Zegar, part of 2Tang Group, one of the biggest producers of mineral water and cold tea in Indonesia.

The extrusion section is equipped with a three-component dosing system and an EA130 40 L/D Amut extruder for a capacity of 800 kilograms per hour using 50 percent regrind material coming back from thermoforming process.

The plant is based on a thermoforming machine model AMP 850-GP, forming and trimming in one station technology with tilting movable lower platen. The mould has an area of 850 by 560 millimetres and 55 cavities. Closing force for forming is around 700 kilonewtons.

The machine includes a fully automatic pick up stacker and a grinder to in-line recover up to 600 kilograms per hour of thermoformed skeleton.