PETpla.net Insider 10 / 2020

COMPRESSORS PETplanet Insider Vol. 21 No. 10/20 www.petpla.net 14 Significant energy saving Green mechanics When designing the improved generation of the Vito Next compressor, the engineers from Siad Macchine Impianti (Siad MI) focused on efficient power consumption. The result is a sensible reduction compared to previous models. The world of industrial machin- ery is increasingly attentive to the environment as well as reducing consumption. Teams of engineers are working to create increasingly “eco- friendly” solutions. This focus is also very significant for Siad Macchine Impianti in Bergamo, Italy, where high- pressure air compressors are made to inflate bottles used by lots of the mineral water and soft drink producers throughout the world, made from PET or also PLA. The types of Siad’s com- pressors are widespread and are also used to bottle milk, beer and wine. Less energy-intensive It starts right from the design phase: Siad’s aim is to produce machines that are more efficient (with identical energy consumption but pro- ducing more compressed air), more reliable - in terms of longer mainte- nance intervals and longer machine life - and offer better performance, such as lower noise and greater stability, compared to former genera- tions. The first objective is to reduce energy consumption: “The cost of pur- chasing one of these machines repre- sent only 11% of the total cost that the end user has to face in the life cycle of a compressor.” explains Gianluigi De Mitri, Siad MI’s Italian specialist in the Food & Beverage section of the com- pressor division, “Another 9% is repre- sented by normal maintenance costs. So the rest, a full 80%, is represented by the energy costs of running the machine. We are talking about hun- dreds of kilowatts per hour: this is why Siad MI engineers have focused on this aspect, plus using inverters that regulate the frequency of the electric current, allowing the motor to work at variable speeds. The reduction in total consumption is significant.” Vito Next looks to the future Vito stands for “Value, Innova- tion, Technology, and Optimisation”. Moving on, the Next model points to a more sustainable future, as Siad points out. The Vito compressor was first launched in 2014: today there are 55 in operation in Italy and 200 world- wide. Totally made in Italy, it has a working life of at least twenty years and is offered in ten sizes to meet the numerous requirements of custom- ers. Through regular dialogue with Siad MI, these same customers pro- vide constant suggestions to improve performance and operation. The inclusion of a special anti-vibration system means that, for example, a Siad MI compressor can be installed on a second floor of a bottling com- pany. Continuously evolving throughout seven years The first Vito compressor left the company’s factory in Bergamo seven years ago. Since then it has been continuously developed over time to adapt to the requirements of users, with whom the collaboration does not stop with the sale but continues throughout the working life of the machine. The new models in the Vito Next range are the result of this collabora- tion and the concentrated work of the engineers. Here are the four main new features of these machines. COMPRESSORS Energy efficiency starts with the design phase - Siad MI compressors at Ber- gamo, Italy.