Boost Efficiency & Safety in Your Glass Container Production by Simplified Your Coating Process with HECK

By merging 2 coating applications into one, HECK improves efficiency, fosters a sustainable workplace by reducing repetitive tasks, and enhances operator safety by limiting exposure to chemicals, ensuring a safer, more productive environment.

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CHALLENGES

Hot-end coating: A costly step in glass container production

The hot-end coating (HEC) has long been a necessary step in glass container production, despite the challenges it creates. Applying HEC requires significant ongoing costs, particularly with the use of chemicals like monobutyltin trichloride (MBTC). When issues arise with HEC, production can be halted, leading to costly rejections and delays. Health concerns due to fume inhalation are also a factor, along with the need for constant maintenance and cleaning of coating hoods in larger plants.

Additionally, production stoppages cause further issues as HEC must stabilize before work can resume. The process also takes up valuable space on the hot-end conveyor, often leading to jams and handling problems. It’s clear that the glass container industry needs a simpler and safer solution.

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OUR BROCHURE

Find out what our HECK can do for you!

Discover all the advantages of combining both coating applications into a single automated process in your glass container production. Download our 2024 brochure to find out how you can increase efficiency, improve operator safety and foster a sustainable workplace.

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YOUR GOALS

The results glass container manufacturers need most:

Improve overall efficiency

Reduce coating steps and free up resources for better productivity.

Foster a sustainable workplace

Reduce repetitive tasks and enhance employee well-being and productivity.

Enhance operator safety

Limit worker exposure to chemicals, ensuring a safer workspace.

Simplify installation

Easily integrate HECK into your current setup with minimal disruptions.

OUR SOLUTIONS

Choose Socabelec’s HECK

Socabelec’s HECK equipment meets these objectives by combining both coating applications into a single automated process. It replaces the traditional two-step method with a more efficient, safer, and sustainable solution. This reliable “plug and play” system, positioned on the Cold End side, right after the annealing lehr, prepares 10-liter dilution batches, ensuring consistent mixture quality. Tests by a major player on jars, beer bottles, and premium liquor bottles confirmed excellent results. HECK reduces errors, waste, and chemical exposure for operators.

Your benefits

Enhanced Performances

Reduce Coating Costs

Eliminate costly MBTC usage, lowering coating expenses and boosting your return on investment over the long term.

Optimize Downtime Efficiency

Performing Blow-side lubrication during Blank-side operations maximizes productivity and reduces downtime-related inefficiencies.

Minimize Handling Issues

Avoid bottlenecks and jam-ups by eliminating the hot-end coating process, reducing production losses and delays.

Detect Coating Issues Early

Hot-end coating issues are often noticed too late, once containers reach the lehr, leading to waste and production delays.

Free Up Valuable Space

Removing hot-end hoods creates extra space for inspections and other production needs, improving overall plant layout.

Reallocate Skilled Workers

Shifting maintenance personnel from coating tasks to higher value-added functions boosts productivity and operational efficiency.

Your benefits

Improved Sustainability

Maximize Efficiency and Well-Being

HECK not only streamlines operations but also frees workers from repetitive tasks. This allows staff to focus on more skilled roles, boosting productivity, workplace well-being, and overall job satisfaction, all while enhancing operational efficiency.

Enhance Employee Satisfaction

Freeing workers from repetitive tasks, by offering them more stimulating and rewarding opportunities, increases overall job satisfaction.

Improve Morale and Productivity

Reassigning employees to higher value-added jobs improves morale and productivity in the workplace, while reducing task monotony.

Boost Workplace Efficiency

Eliminating hot-coating hood maintenance allows staff to concentrate on more skilled and productive tasks, improving plant operations.

Your benefits

Increased Safety

Reduce Chemical Exposure

HECK automates key processes, minimizing personnel contact with chemicals, especially in hot-end applications.

Minimize Incidents and Downtime

Fewer workplace accidents mean reduced injury-related delays and lower costs for safety management.

Enhance Workplace Safety

By reducing operator involvement in hazardous areas, HECK lowers the risk of accidents and health issues.

Boost Efficiency and Well-Being

HECK’s safety improvements lead to greater operational efficiency and improve overall employee well-being.

Your benefits

Streamlined Setup

Seamless Integration

The intuitive design integrates smoothly into existing processes, reducing setup time and improving reliability.

Utilize Existing Systems

HECK uses your current spraying system, avoiding the need for extra modifications and simplifying installation.

Simplified Installation

HECK’s plug-and-play system makes installation faster and easier, ensuring minimal disruption to your production.

Faster Return on Investment

Plug-and-play reduces setup complexity, minimizing downtime and accelerating your return on investment.

OUR BROCHURE

Find out what our HECK can do for you!

Discover all the advantages of combining both coating applications into a single automated process in your glass container production. Download our 2024 brochure to find out how you can increase efficiency, improve operator safety and foster a sustainable workplace.

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OUR APPROACH

OptiFlow Method® : Expertise and precision at every stage

At Socabelec, every project is unique. Thanks to our OptiFlow Method® , we design tailor-made robotic solutions, perfectly adapted to the specific constraints of each customer and each machine. OptiFlow Method® takes into account your budget, deadlines and technical requirements to ensure the success of your project. From initial contact to on-site training, we’re with you every step of the way to guarantee optimum results, with no nasty surprises.

About us

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Years of experience

With over 50 years' experience in the field, Socabelec is a leader in automation and industrial robotics.

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Production equipped sites

Our solutions are already in action at more than 31 sites worldwide, improving their operational efficiency every day.

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Satisfied customers

With more than 35 customers worldwide, Socabelec is the trusted partner for customised, high-performance robotic solutions.

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TESTIMONIALS

What our customers have to say

Minimum 20% increase in productivity

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OUR BROCHURE

Find out what our HECK can do for you!

Discover all the advantages of combining both coating applications into a single automated process in your glass container production. Download our 2024 brochure to find out how you can increase efficiency, improve operator safety and foster a sustainable workplace.

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