Choosing a bottle rinser for PET bottles

Quick answer

Choose a PET rinser using actual production bottles: check wall stiffness, base stability, static, transfer behaviour and any water retained after a wet rinse. The PET-bottle checks help define the trial before a machine is shortlisted.

Checks before buying

Before comparing quotations, confirm the bottle size range, material, stability, whether the container can be inverted, and whether bottles must stay dry before filling or labelling.

• Bottle samples or drawings
• Target bottles per minute
• Air, water, drainage and power availability

Specification risks

Most problems appear when the rinser is selected before the line layout, filler speed, transfer heights and utilities have been checked.

How to compare routes

Compare air rinsers, water washers, rinse-dry machines and semi-automatic routes against the actual bottle and site conditions rather than only against headline machine speed.

Next step

Prepare bottle photos, line photographs, target output and a short process description so Lancing can suggest a practical route.