News

April 2024

Customer testimonial Califia Farms in PETplanet magazine

We are thrilled to share a customer testimonial from Califia Farms in PETplanet Insider magazine, highlighting their positive experience working with Delta Engineering. According to Califia Farms, “Delta Engineering helps smooth the flow and boost efficiency of new bottle blowing lines”.

Califia Farms, a renowned American manufacturer of plant-based drinks, invested in automation to save time and reduce costs and carbon emissions. As part of their transformation, Califia Farms transitioned from using pre-blown bottles to blowing their own bottles from preforms on-site, a project supported by Delta Engineering.

In reflecting on their collaboration with Delta Engineering, Califia Farms praised Delta Engineering for being “responsive, professional, and a joy to work with. They worked hard to ensure that everything was right before we installed their equipment. Their equipment is high quality and I attribute a large proportion of the project’s success to them.”

We are very grateful for these warm words and for the opportunity to have contributed to Califia Farms achieving their goals of reducing costs, eliminating over 830 million tons of CO2 from their supply chain, having a greater security of bottle supply, and cutting inward truck movements by 90%.

 

April 2020

PLASMA COATING BRANCHES OUT

DELTA Plasma Coating

Plasma coating, which has long been used to treat the surfaces of beverage bottles, isn’t just
for soft drink companies anymore. The method, which can be used to improve the gas barrier of
PET bottles, also offers benefits when it comes to manufacturing HDPE products and big
containers.

The Technology
Plasma is one of the four states of matter, along with solid, liquid and gas. Delta
Engineering’s new coating machines preform plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD).

Advantages of Plasma Coating
Plasma coating is a viable alternative to multilayer technology, offering a variety of benefits.
Compared with multilayer technology, it’s more cost-effective and also sustainable from an
environmental perspective.
Coating technologies make recycling more efficient and effective, an essential step toward a
circular economy.

Click here to read the article.

 

December 2019

UDK450 INTEGRATED IN 1 BLOW 2LO MACHINE

What’s new

Incorporation of Delta Engineering’s UDK 450 leak-detection system within the machine. The
optional system uses a state-of-the-art, high-voltage system to rapidly and automatically detect
and reject containers with microcracks.

Benefits
Cost and space savings. Incorporating the leak-detection system within the machine’s frame saves
space and is less expensive than buying the system separately.

Click here to read the article.

 

May 2018

DELTA OFFERS SPRAY COATING UNIT

DELTA DSC 100

Delta Engineering’s new spray coater applies a light coating to bottles to address several
issues that often affect PET bottles on filling lines. Bottles enter on a conveyor, then are
grabbed by the neck and misted with an anti-static coating before the dry bottles are returned
to the conveyor to exit the machine at a rate of about 8,000 bottles per hour.

What’s new?
The machine, which is making its North American debut at NPE2018.

Benefits
Improved product quality and smoother production operations. Bottles treated by the coater are
less likely to get stuck between guides, have improved brightness, fewer scuff marks and less
static. Users can quickly and easily make adjustments to accommodate different types of bottles.
Also, the machine’s new spray process is efficient, reducing coating consumption.