caps & closures | Conference report
Above: The opportunity to make further weight savings is declining in standard beverage closure design
encourage brand loyalty and reduce risk of carelessly discarded closures creating a littering issue. However, successful implementation requires commitment from the brand owner and an effective marketing campaign, he said. Nolato Cerbo R&D Manager Dennnis Broberg
continued the building block theme with his explanation of the company’s lean product development process, which has allowed it to develop novel closures for its pharmaceutical clients on very short leadtimes by taking a modular design approach. The Swedish company has been using the methodology, based on the Pulse system used by Scania Trucks and a number of major electronics fi rms, for more than two years.
Meeting shortening leadtimes He cited an example of successful application in the development for an existing customer of a child resistant closure as an extension of its range. The closure had to meet ISO 8317 requirements, had to fi t existing container necks, be compatible with existing fi lling lines, meet demanding moisture vapour trans- mission limits, and be tamper evident. “The design brief
was from concept to production in four months,” said Broberg. “In the pharma industry that is a very short leadtime, especially when we are talking about child resistant.” Broberg said the Pulse approach incorporates a number of techniques designed to eliminate error and shorten lead times. Key features include capturing and utilising lessons learnt from previous projects, deter- mining a detailed specifi cation at the outset, utilising existing technologies and where practical applying them in a modular way, designing for simple production, and ensuring all team members collaborate simultaneously. “The good thing about the Pulse approach is that if a problem emerges everyone is aware fast,” Broberg said. “Fifteen minute meetings every day give us the opportunity to make just-in-time decisions.” In the specifi c child resistant closure example, the decision was taken to combine key aspects from two of its proven closure designs. Work commenced in June when the company received the RFQ. Tool manufactur- ing commencing in early July and the fi rst parts produced at the beginning of September. Mould and process adjustments ran through September and the SOP deadline was met in October.
For more information: The Plastic Closure Innovations conference is organised by Applied Market Information and supported by Injection World magazine. The 2015 took place in Berlin, Germany, in June. Copies of the proceedings area available, priced at €385, here:
http://bit.ly/PCI15PACK The fourth Plastic Closure Innovations conference
will take place on 7-9 June 2016 at the Sofi tel Kurfüs- tendamm, Berlin, Germany. If you are interesting in attending the event, or would like information about speaking, exhibiting or sponsoring, please visit the conference website here:
http://bit.ly/PCI2016 Or contact conference organiser Rocio Martinez: Tel: +44 (0) 117 314 8111; Email:
rmm@amiplastics.com
Page 1 |
Page 2 |
Page 3 |
Page 4 |
Page 5 |
Page 6 |
Page 7 |
Page 8 |
Page 9 |
Page 10 |
Page 11 |
Page 12 |
Page 13 |
Page 14 |
Page 15 |
Page 16 |
Page 17 |
Page 18 |
Page 19 |
Page 20 |
Page 21 |
Page 22 |
Page 23 |
Page 24 |
Page 25 |
Page 26 |
Page 27 |
Page 28 |
Page 29 |
Page 30 |
Page 31 |
Page 32 |
Page 33 |
Page 34 |
Page 35 |
Page 36 |
Page 37 |
Page 38 |
Page 39 |
Page 40 |
Page 41 |
Page 42 |
Page 43 |
Page 44 |
Page 45 |
Page 46 |
Page 47 |
Page 48 |
Page 49 |
Page 50 |
Page 51 |
Page 52 |
Page 53 |
Page 54 |
Page 55 |
Page 56 |
Page 57 |
Page 58