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Kosan Crisplant Filling to the Limit

At the 2011 AEGPL Congress in Bucharest, Kosan Crisplant AS will promote its Flexspeed lp gas cylinder processing equipment on booth numbers 122 and 123 in the Unirii Hall.

Kaj Lehmkuhl, marketing coordinator at Kosan Crisplant, said: “Conceived and born to challenge the concept of filling lpg gas cylinders, Flexspeed has forever changed the lp gas filling business and how we understand and handle the limits of mechanical processing equipment. Flexspeed has taken the lpg filling business to the limit and far beyond, fulfilling the basic technological requirements but doing it better, breaking commonly recognised barriers and extending the perception of what can be achieved with an lp gas cylinder filling system.

“Flexspeed has the flexibility and efficiency to cover any filling capacity above 1,200 lpg cylinders per hour on one carousel system, while keeping the price of each processed lp gas cylinder down and doing everything better than conventional systems. Not bad for a three-year old.”

Kosan Crisplant has developed new features for its Flexspeed system, many of which are compatible with conventional filling systems, including its automatic tare value recognition system.

Kaj said: “Tare value entry is generally slow and faulty and very much depends on human resources, and so it is prone to human error. Automatic reading and data handling by a camera with optical character recognition software is almost as accurate as the human eye and much faster than manual tare value entry on a keyboard by a plant operator, even when reading up to 3,600 lpg cylinders per hour.”

With Kosan Crisplant’s system, a camera takes an image of the lp gas cylinder top and transfers it to a computer for analysis. The optical character recognition (OCR) software detects the tare value printed on the lpg gas cylinder and compares the detected value with a database. When a match is confirmed, the computer transfers the value to the system for use in downstream processing units.

Kaj said: “Certain requirements for cylinder colour and contrasting print, including surface wear and cleanness of both body and print, must be met in order for the vision system to be fully accurate. Although developed for high-speed tare reading in Flexspeed systems, vision recognition has also proved useful in lower capacity conventional systems.”

Kosan Crisplant will demonstrate its Flexspeed system during the World LP Gas Forum in Qatar in September alongside a conventional filling system.

Kaj said: “It will be possible to witness Flexspeed operate live next to a conventional filling system not too far from the venue, where you will be able to see the difference in technology and throughput at work.”

Contact Kosan Crisplant on +45 8740 3000 www.kosancrisplant.com

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