The high speed Matrix has three sizes of blowing station which can produce different bottle shapes, in sizes ranging from 0.1 litres to 3.5 litres and its savings on compressed air consumption can reach up to 35% compared with previous Sidel generations.
The machinery produces quick and easy mould changeover between formats: less than 15 minutes bottle-to-bottle by a single operator with Sidel's Bottle Switch system on a 20-cavity machine and can produce as many as 2,250 high quality bottles per mould per hour.
In a statement, Sidel said its Matrix range "has been launched to meet the challenges faced by today's beverage producers.? It ensures the all important integrity and quality of products and their packaging, doing so with a lower total cost of ownership (TCO) in an increasingly competitive market.? It also offers the flexibility to boost production capacity as required, with greater opportunities to accommodate new recipes, packaging shapes and formats, all in a system which minimises environmental impact".
