Sidel, Inc.

Sidel Participations

Sidel S.a.

Philippe Derouault

Patrick Mie

Eric Lemaistre

Alain Charpentier

Jean-Louis Pellegatta

Laurent Danel

Jean-Emmanuel Lopes

Patrick Mouette

Jean Sattler

Device for conveying objects (), with supporting and/or guiding means comprising two facing rails () situated transversely apart and parallel; at least one of said rails () comprises a movable rail section () that is adjacent to a fixed portion (), situated upstream and/or downstream of such rail and means () of driving said rail section () are capable of moving the latter between two operating positions: a conveying position in which said rail section () is aligned with said fixed rail portion () and ensures the continuity of the rail () and a retracted position in which said rail section () is out of alignment with said fixed rail portion () in order to interrupt the continuity of the rail ().

Device for conveying objects, in particular preforms, bottles or similar, by air blowing

A control device using a follower member and a cam path to control an element of a container processor machine, the device comprising two cam paths defined by a single rigid assembly (), means enabling relative movement between the follower member and the rigid assembly (), between at least two positions, the follower member engaging a first cam path in a first position and engaging a second cam path in a second position. A blow-molding or stretch blow-molding machine including such a device, in particular for controlling the movement of the lengthening rod, or for controlling mold locking/unlocking, or for controlling mold opening/closing.

Control device using a follower member and a cam path to control an element of a machine for processing containers, and a container processor machine including such a device

A device for orienting tubular preforms which are fed in bulk by a supply device, including two continuous endless conveyors which are disposed side by side and which are equipped respectively with two parallel lines which are separated horizontally from one another by a distance that is greater than the largest cross-sectional dimension of the preforms. According to the invention, the preform-supply device is disposed above one end of the two conveyors. The two conveyors are moved by drive device in opposing directions in order to pivot any preforms that arrive positioned sideways across the conveyors and to drop the longitudinally-oriented preforms into the space between the two conveyors. The orienting device also includes an endless belt for collecting preforms, which extends beneath the two conveyors parallel thereto and which is used to collect and move the horizontally-laid longitudinally-aligned preforms one after the other.

Device for orienting bulk-fed tubular preforms

An extrusion blow-molding machine, including several molding units borne by a carrousel rotating about a substantially vertical axis (A ), wherein each molding unit is mounted on the carrousel such that it can be tilted about a substantially horizontal axis (An).

Rotary extrusion-blow moulding machine with tilting moulds

A blow molding machine including at least a blow mold ( ), wherein is introduced a preform ( ) previously produced by injection molding, and a blow nozzle ( ) for injecting pressurized air into the preform ( ). It is equipped with a device for orienting the preform in the mold, the device including a grip member ( ) adapted to grip the preform ( ) by its neck ( ) when it is engaged in the mold ( ); a device ( ) for driving in rotation the grip member ( ); a device for detecting ( ) at least a reference angular position of the preform ( ); and a control device to cause the grip member to rotate until the detecting device detects the reference angular position of the preform.

Machine for blow-molding containers, with means for orienting the preforms in the blow mold

The invention concerns a molding unit for an extrusion-blow molding machine comprising a mold in two parts, each mold-half ( ) being borne by a moveable support ( ), and of the type in which the molding unit ( ) comprises, between at least one of the mold-halves ( ) and the associated support ( ), compensating means ( ) which push the mold-half transversely toward the other mold-half, characterized in that the mechanism ( ) for moving the supports is linked to at least said associated support ( ), by means of elastically deformable means that are suitable for compensating for the deformation of the support ( &lsqb;sic&rsqb;, ), created by the forces exerted by the compensating means ( ).

Molding unit and extrusion-blow molding machine equipped therewith

The invention proposes a molding unit comprising a mold in two parts, each mold-half ( ) being borne by a support ( ), of the type in which the two supports can be moved between an open position and a closed position, in which the supports are connected to each other by locking means, and of the type in which the molding unit comprises fluid pressure compensating means that push transversely at least one of the mold-halves ( ) toward the other, characterized in that the fluid pressure compensating means are realized in the form of an inflatable flexible cushion ( ) interposed between one rear face of the mold-half ( ) and one front face of the associated support ( ).

Molding unit comprising improved compensating means and extrusion-blow molding machine equipped therewith

An installation for the packaging of a product in containers closed with a stopper, including in particular a filling machine ( ), a stopping machine ( ) and, upstream of this, a device ( ) for the dynamic storage of stoppers suitable to drive the stoppers continuously and with a pre-specified pitch, the number of stoppers present simultaneously in the device ( ) being at least equal to that of the containers present in a pre-specified part ( ) of the installation, means ( ) for the control of the supply of stoppers being provided upstream of the device ( ) to control a device ( ) for supplying containers located upstream of the pre-specified part ( ); thus, for every container engaged in the pre-specified part ( ) corresponds a stopper present in the device ( ) supplying the stopping machine ( ) and, in the event of an incident in the supply of stoppers upstream of the device ( ), the supply of containers from the pre-specified part ( ) is controlled ( ) while maintaining the operation of the terminal part of the installation at least until the incident is over.

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Octeville-sur-Mer, France

Philippe Derouault