NESTLÉ WATERS ASKS SIDEL TO REFURBISH ITS SBO 16 SERIES 2 BLOW MOULDER When moving its bottling line, Nestlé Waters Sud improves blow moulder productivity and achieves productivity gain of 15%

Water and gas sourced at "The Boiling Waters" To the north of the Nestlé Waters' Vergèze bottling facility on the Languedoc plain in southern France, is the “Garrigues de Nîmes,” which stands on limestone rock. Over the ages, this limestone has developed many fissures which allow the passage of water. Rainwater seeps into the ground as carbonic gas -formed either by volcanic activity or by thermal decarbonation of the limestone - and travels upwards through the chalky subsoil. When the water and gas meet, they bubble their way up to the surface through the open fissures.

Perrier: 150 years old and still setting standards Perrier, the bottled mineral water, is sourced from this natural spring in the Gard département of France, called "Les Bouillens". The naturally carbonated spring has been used as a spa since Roman times. Both the water and natural carbon dioxide gas are captured separately. Then in the bottling process, the carbon dioxide gas is added to the water so the level of carbonation is the same as that of the water of the Vergèze spring. Perrier Water - bought by rivals Nestlé, in 1992 - is bottled on the lines at the Vergèze bottling facility.

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Increase in output rate of more than 14.3%

from 1,400 to 1,600 bph per mould

Audits on SBO 16 Series 2 blow moulder

Moving of second PET bottling line

to increase production capacity

Refurbishment of blow moulder

Analysing and improving bottling line productivityTo conduct a series of audits on its SBO 16 Series 2 blow moulder, Nestlé Waters Sud teamed up with Sidel - with the aim of analysing and improving the machine's productivity. A team of experts and technicians gathered all the strategic data to make a precise diagnosis. Improvements were subsequently made as the audits were conducted, which included the installation of suitable “perso” parts and various adjustments. Then, when one of its bottling lines needed to be transferred to a more strategic location in the same plant at Vergèze, Nestlé Waters Sud again asked Sidel for help.

More than 14.3% increase in output rate for the Perrier bottling lineProduction was to be completely stopped on the line for eight weeks, so unsurprisingly, Nestlé Waters Sud wanted to make best use of this long period of downtime - to optimise the machine's capability and also to increase its production capacity. Sidel proposed refurbishment of the blow moulder and the installation of equipment to increase output from 1,400 to 1,600 bph per mould. Maintenance Manager at Nestlé Waters Sud commented: "Resources were mobilised on both sides. Sidel sent experts to coordinate the work and a worksite supervisor from Nestlé Waters Sud was named at the plant. Preparatory work, in the form of various audits, enabled maintenance operations to be put in place, with help from our technicians. Each side used its skills to further the project. Everything was done right on schedule, there were no major problems when the blow moulder was started up again - and the line was brought up to speed quicker than we had initially expected." As a result, there was an increase in output rate of more than 14.3% for the line. Nestlé Waters Sud therefore decided to have Sidel perform similar services on another SBO 20 Series 2 blow moulder at the Perrier plant.

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