EasyFEED: Compact and Safe Machine for PET

EasyFEED

This patented technology ensures operator safety, easier operations and optimal production efficiency by significantly reducing the footprint and height for preform infeed.

Sidel EasyFEED™ is an innovative, compact and safe ground-level preform feeder for PET production lines. Based on the Sidel EvoBLOW™ standard architecture, it features a modular approach to preform feeder design. Its compact design prioritises safety, user-friendliness, maximised production uptime and product quality. It is suitable for all Sidel SBO Matrix and SBO Universal™ blowing machines, Combi solutions and Super Combi, either new or installed.

Features

The quick and easy access of EasyFEED makes control, changeovers and maintenance operations much simpler:

Ground-level installation for improved visibility, accessibility, intervention and operation safety
Easy implementation in the workshop , irrespective of space constraints: reduction of footprint up to 62% and reduction of height up to 56% compared to traditional preform infeed systems
The Human Machine Interface (HMI) ensures truly intuitive navigation with quick setting points and immediate response time

Gentle preform handling from hopper to oven is essential for the customer's final bottle quality:

Shortened preform path (up to 27% less) results in fewer damaged preforms
The preforms are fully protected from dust all along their path to ensure hygienic production
Very low preform fall and limited recycling loop for increased preform integrity
Once vertically positionned, the preforms are supported by the neck flange
Smooth contact of motorised brushes on preforms

The unique EasyFEED is optimal for high output speeds from 30,000 to 82,000 bottles per hour, yet fits a wide range of production specifications in terms of preform design and layout:

Above 99% production efficiency
Very fast changeovers in less than 15 minutes
Minimum maintenance and fewer skills required
Fast and efficient ramp-up after changeovers and maintenance
Custom-fit to production site into clockwise or inclined layout

EasyFEED is a patented technology that requires no rollers:

Preforms are lifted by an elevator column to a height of only 2.5 meters
Preforms are sorted and vertically driven into the bowl of a rotary unscrambler, transferred by their neck along the path
Instead of traditional gravimetric infeed rails, preforms are moved onto a rail by a filtered airflow and driven by two motorised, food-grade brush belts up to the infeed blowing wheel

How it works
Safe and easy to operate
Preform integrity
Maximum uptime and flexibility
Patented technology without rollers

How it works
Safe and easy to operate
Preform integrity
Maximum uptime and flexibility
Patented technology without rollers

How it works

Safe and easy to operate

The quick and easy access of EasyFEED makes control, changeovers and maintenance operations much simpler:

Ground-level installation for improved visibility, accessibility, intervention and operation safety
Easy implementation in the workshop , irrespective of space constraints: reduction of footprint up to 62% and reduction of height up to 56% compared to traditional preform infeed systems
The Human Machine Interface (HMI) ensures truly intuitive navigation with quick setting points and immediate response time

Preform integrity

Gentle preform handling from hopper to oven is essential for the customer's final bottle quality:

Shortened preform path (up to 27% less) results in fewer damaged preforms
The preforms are fully protected from dust all along their path to ensure hygienic production
Very low preform fall and limited recycling loop for increased preform integrity
Once vertically positionned, the preforms are supported by the neck flange
Smooth contact of motorised brushes on preforms

Maximum uptime and flexibility

The unique EasyFEED is optimal for high output speeds from 30,000 to 82,000 bottles per hour, yet fits a wide range of production specifications in terms of preform design and layout:

Above 99% production efficiency
Very fast changeovers in less than 15 minutes
Minimum maintenance and fewer skills required
Fast and efficient ramp-up after changeovers and maintenance
Custom-fit to production site into clockwise or inclined layout

Patented technology without rollers

EasyFEED is a patented technology that requires no rollers:

Preforms are lifted by an elevator column to a height of only 2.5 meters
Preforms are sorted and vertically driven into the bowl of a rotary unscrambler, transferred by their neck along the path
Instead of traditional gravimetric infeed rails, preforms are moved onto a rail by a filtered airflow and driven by two motorised, food-grade brush belts up to the infeed blowing wheel