Sidel at Interpack 2011: Increased Flexibility and Reliability at Each Step of the Bottling Process
The Sidel Group will demonstrate its capabilities as one of the leading complete bottling line suppliers in hall 13, stand C35/E46 at Interpack 2011 in Düsseldorf, from 12-18 May 2011. For each step of the process, Sidel will present state-of-the-art technology with increased flexibility and reliability, from high-tech packaging machinery and line engineering to beverage protection, packaging design and technical trainings. Key to Sidel's approach is the ability to offer upgrades and innovative options for the installed base as well as complete turnkey solutions.
For the end of the production line, for example, Sidel will demonstrate its new SP 1000 HS palletizer: improved machinery with intelligent software that increases the productivity of palletizing solutions.
Whereas high-level palletizers work with stationary layers and pallet moving, the new SP 1000 lowlevel palletizers maintain steady pallets and the layers in movement.
By enhancing its existing machines and processes, Sidel is now able to bring the same level of dependable, high-speed performance of its high-level palletizers to low-level palletizing. The SP 1000 HS palletizer marks an innovative breakthrough which is the result of two core functions, layer preparation and palletization, working together more effectively than ever before.
Low-level palletizing: An innovative concept
During layer formation the machine rotates and positions the packs into a perfectly shaped layer to be transferred onto the pallet. In the following palletization phase, the layers are picked up and safely stacked onto the pallet with precision.
Sidel has managed to increase the speed of this process by improving the way the two steps of the rocess interact. Sidel's new patent-pending "pusher" is able to guide the layers alternatively to the ight or to the left while optimizing the "return stroke" time, which, in the traditional approach, is substantially an "empty" movement.
PLACE software: automatic palletizing pattern configuration
The process is supported by Sidel's new software program PLACE, short for Pallet and Layer Automated Configuration Editor. It creates and manages diverse pattern configurations before the layer-formation phase. This is particularly useful for short-batch runs that require constant switching between formats and packaging types.
The software, which can be installed either on the touch screen operator panel or on a PC, is compatible with Sidel's Robo-Smart and Axo-Smart layer-preparation systems. It automatically checks whether the pallets are suitable and stable while optimizing efficiency and preventing errors.
Layer formation: Flexible configuration
Sidel's Robo-Smart and Axo-Smart form and prepare the layers as the packs come off the
production line onto the conveyers belts. Format changeovers regarding layer, bottles, or packs are entirely automatic and software-managed, avoiding the need to stop the line. Using the PLACE software, the operator simply chooses the required format on the operator panel controls.
As Axo-Smart and Robo-Smart treat packs very gently, there is virtually no risk of product damage. It is nearly impossible for packs to fall due to oscillation, as the device handling the pack travels at exactly the same speed as the surface on which the product travels.
Palletization: Even greater flexibility
For the second step in the palletization process, the new SP 1000 HS palletizer permits use of either Robo-Kombi or Robo-Column which physically pick up the packs and place them on the pallets. Both solutions offer high-speed operation, easy integration with existing solutions, and versatile gripping for working with different formats, including crates, shrink-wrapped packs, loose bottles, plastic trays, empty PET bottles and others.
The entire spectrum of the Sidel portfolio will be presented at Interpack 2011 in Düsseldorf, Germany, 12-18 May 2011 in Hall 13, Stand C35/E46.
The Sidel Group
With more than 30,000 machines installed in 190 countries, the Sidel Group, headquartered in Switzerland, is one of the world's leaders in beverage packaging solutions: covering water, carbonated soft drinks, milk, sensitive beverages, oils, beer and alcoholic beverages. Sidel Group has production sites in 13 countries as well as sales and service offices in 30 countries. Around the world, the Group's approximately 5,000 employees provide customers with complete bottling solutions, including package design, line engineering, packaging machines and related services. To
learn more about Sidel, visit our website: www.sidel.com.
Contact:
Group Communication
Public Relations
Jennifer Cariou
Tel: +33 2 32 85 89 47
jennifer.cariou@sidel.com
