Some big names in the edible oil business around the world have turned to SIPA for complete filling lines for PET bottles. SIPA partners with top suppliers of individual sections of the line that it does not make itself, to supply turnkey systems around the world. It cooperates with the best names in weight filling stations, labeling and bundling equipment, to match its bottle production systems and provide and install complete lines that meet the exact requirements of the customer.
SIPA has strength in depth in plant engineering. Customers can consult with its experts to obtain optimum solutions that save them money and space while delivering the quality they need to be strong in the market. The evidence of these unique strengths speaks for itself: SIPA has installed over 100 lines for edible oil all around the world.
Fast and flexible choices in blow molding
Customers choosing SIPA for their blowing equipment are almost spoilt for choice, depending on whether they favor very high outputs or they are looking for greater versatility to produce containers in diverse shapes and sizes. SIPA recommends its SFR rotary equipment for high speed production and for lightweight products. SFRs are good for containers up to three liters and an output of up to 50,000 units per hour.
For larger formats, for oval bottles and for containers with handles, linear SFL equipment provides the best solution, yielding outputs of up to 9,000 units per hour. With an SFL, the user is ideally placed to follow market developments, needing only to make a modest investment in molds rather than a complete new machine to equip themselves for the latest trend.
A unique expertise in preform design & manufacturing
SIPA is also the only company in the market that is capable, not only of configuring complete lines for blowing and filling edible oil bottles, but also of designing the preforms and provide the systems to produce them. It can create special preform designs, for lightweight bottles, bottles with special necks, large bottles, and more. The new XFORM 150 line of preform machines can produce any type of preform desired.
SIPA has also been making important progress in filling, capping and labeling solutions. Customers get the optimal solution for their particular application, thanks to SIPA’s the cooperation with partners who are leaders in their own specific fields. Weight filling equipment provides an excellent example.
Weight filling is the way to go
Weight filling technology is considered the most reliable, clean and efficient for the filling of edible oil. This type of filling is particularly appreciated for the fact that it avoids overfills: by measuring the weight directly in the container (net weight), the weight filling system takes into account the changes in pressure, temperature or nature of the oil, and adapts to intrinsic changes of the product during production cycle
SIPA has cooperated with one top supplier of weight filling systems for oils, Serac, to develop the Synchro-Bloc Edible Oil monobloc. This incorporates technology to synchronize a rotary PET stretch-blow molding unit with a rotary weight filling unit, both running at high speed.
Smaller, cleaner, more economic – unit integration fits the bill
By integrating production of the containers with filling, capping and further downstream operations into one line, edible oil producers can save on investments in bottle conveyor and storage systems, and ensure a higher level of product cleanliness as well as a low footprint on the factory floor. In addition, integration of the blowing and filling operations makes it possible to use lighter bottles. One of these monoblocs is already in operation in Spain at international food company Cargill, filling 22,000 one-liter cooking oil bottles every hour.
SIPA’s expertise in bottle design is the icing on the cake
It’s not just the top-line equipment it supplies that makes SIPA special in this sector. One of the keys to its success is the design service that complements the comprehensive hardware line-up. SIPA has designed numerous innovative bottles for such companies as the Savola Group based in Saudi Arabia, JRD International in the United Arab Emirates, and Yihai Kerry Group in China.
As we explained in an earlier edition of SIPA Magazine, JRD and SIPA together developed an automated solution for attaching injection molded handles to 1.8-liter bottles for cooking oil. Yihai Kerry too is an important user of SIPA technology for automatically inserting handles into containers sized 1.8 and 2.5 liter.
Over the years, SIPA has developed numerous innovative design solutions for oil containers, not only standard types, but also designs incorporating handles, or with integrated grips, with off-center necks that make it easier to pour the oil, and stackable containers that make the best use of space on the pallet to improve transport and warehousing logistics. Lightweight oil containers are also a specialty of the company. In fact, in this particular market segment, SIPA stands out as having developed the lightest containers available, anywhere.
