The monobloc technology is designed for combined production and filling of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) containers. It features a stretch blow moulder and filler working in "an effective team". The first monobloc with a Contiform blow-moulding machine and a beverage-specific filler was premiered in 2001. The linked components are said to produce a compactly dimensioned and space-saving footprint.
Krones premiered its first wet-end monobloc, featuring a blow-moulder, a labeller and a filler for producing and filling PET containers, as an ErgoBloc L at Drinktec 2009. The firm claims that more than 40 systems of the ErgoBloc L alone have been sold since its debut, and have been acceptance-tested with way-above-average performance levels, most of them in 2012.
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