Always lower. Lower energy use, lower consumption, lower environmental footprint, and lower costs: that’s what the newest member of the Sidel blow molder range, the SBO Universal2 Eco, offers by focusing innovation on the oven, which represents 90% of power consumption for a blow molder.
Installed power cut by 40%
Based on its expertise with the bottle blowing process and its knowledge of plastics, Sidel was able to optimize the blowing oven. A decrease in oven power consumption by up to 45% is possible with the SBO Universal2 Eco, the latest addition to the SBO Universal2 range. This major drop was made possible by changes to the oven configuration, which decreased the number of lamps per module as well as the number of heating modules. As a result, the installed electrical power was decreased by more than 40%.
Identical bottle quality
Optimized oven efficiency helps to decrease heating time by up to 15%. Greater precision in the heat treatment of preforms ensures technical characteristics and bottle quality that are identical to the levels offered by the entire SBO Universal blow molder range. Another benefit of the lower installed power is a smaller footprint for the oven. Proposed on all models in the SBO Universal range, this new system can also be adapted to existing machines.
Debut at the K 2010 trade fair
During the K 2010 trade fair (Düsseldorf, Germany), Sidel will present an SBO 14 Universal2 Eco blow molder (28,000 bottles per hour) equipped with this new oven design. A brand-new configuration: 40 mm pitch (distance between two spindles) instead of 50 mm, 11 oven modules in use instead of 14, and eight lamps per module instead of nine. It will produce the same 1.5-liter EcoLoop™ sparkling water bottle that was made one year ago during Drinktec 2009. The difference? Electricity consumption of 2.6 Wh per bottle instead of 4.7 Wh, or two times lower than existing technical solutions.