Type SIS Package

The firm standard line package specification

There can be business situations where a high performance production line, such as a full servo NIS 12-section quadruple gob or an AIS 12-section 4 ¼ triple gob machine (fig 2) is not the best choice for certain market conditions. There are business cases where double gob production lines are sufficient to cope with particular market requirements. < br/> In specific business situations capital expenditure may be restricted to the point where the purchase of new, highly sophisticated machines (such as the NIS or AIS) is not commercially feasible. The expected return on investment (ROI) is not achievable. Sometimes, high productivity is not needed for certain market situations.

Traditionally, the alternatives to overcome these problems are:
• To repair and update the existing machine
• Look for a cheap low quality machine
• Consider buying a re-conditioned machine
All of these options have disadvantages in the medium and long term, whether it is reduced life of the equipment, support for spare parts or additional investment needed during furnace life. Expected higher downtime and limited pack to melt results will impact negatively the cost of ownership on such traditionally compromised container production lines.
Many investment projects are compromised by combining all kinds of available mechanisms from different suppliers, combining new and repaired or re-used parts. What seems like a good, low cost choice at the time, can end up as a patchwork project compromising production line performance for the life of the next furnace campaign!

Some container producers have learned the hard way how troublesome it is to patch together new, old and repaired mechanisms from different suppliers.
The supposed ‘smart’ alternatives result in:
• Difficult project specifications that are hard to manage, time consuming and risky.
• Doubts about the mix of new and used parts.
• Not knowing in detail what will be delivered by the equipment supplier.
• No clear project responsibility.
• Machine alignments, quality or spare part issues.
• Questionable production line performance (downtime, pack to melt and quality).
• High cost of ownership, repair or exchange needs after a short while.
• The expected life of the machine before major repair.

Emhart Glass has responded to this inconvenient ‘patch’ situation by developing a new standard IS machine package. It offers a highly competitive alternative to the existing traditional compromise solutions that a number of customers are forced to face.

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