SIG has expanded its SIG Neo portfolio with new filling machines for aseptic cartons – seeking to offer high output and flexible production without requiring a costly facility expansion.
“Many food and beverage producers have reached the physical limits of their existing plants,” said Christoph Wegener, chief markets officer at SIG. “SIG Neo filling machines deliver highest output per sqm in the industry and therefore add capacity to our customer’s factories and not buildings.”
Designed for single-serve cartons, SIG Neo XSlim 32 Aseptic utilizes SIG’s sleeve-based carton technology and open-sleeve filling process. Reportedly, it can handle up to nine single-serve pack sizes on one machine and fill 32,000 SIG XSlimBloc single-serve cartons per hour.
Meanwhile, SIG Neo Midi 15 Aseptic is targeted at multi-serve cartons, running both SIG MidiBloc and SIG MidiFit – each a squarish multi-serve carton – in three multi-serve pack sizes. It is said to fill 15,000 cartons every hour.
Each new machine is expected to increase total output and output per square metre by one-third, while also enabling a waste rate of less than 0.5%, smart digitalization, and lower Total Filling Costs than SIG’s standard filling machines for these formats.
Operators can apparently switch between carton formats and sizes in less than fifteen minutes without changing any machine parts – all without expanding the footprint of SIG’s standard filling machines. In turn, this is set to unlock ‘rapid’ SKU changes, reduced downtime, lower investment costs, and greater responsiveness to market demand.
The filling machines also come with state-of-the-art SIG Neo Human-Machine Interface (HMI) for intuitive operation and small performance insights. SIG Neo Shield also seeks to enhance sterile airflow and shielding, and is said to remove up to 95% of particles from the air during bottom sealing and pre-folding.
“The latest additions to our SIG Neo platform demonstrate how innovation can translate directly into operational value,” said Gavin Steiner, chief technology officer at SIG. “By combining speed, flexibility, advanced digital capabilities and aseptic excellence, we have created filling solutions that not only increase productivity but also simplify day-to-day operations.”
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