Blow Molders Are Expanding
Three blow molders of large and small products are adding machines and manufacturing space.
Besides The Flexcraft Co., a medical and packaging blow molder in Neptune City, N.J. (flexcraft.com), that is expanding apace (see this month’s On-Site feature), at least two other blow molders are adding capacity. One is Eagle Manufacturing, Wellsburg, W.Va. (eagle-mfg.com), which installed in May its 14thDavis-Standard blow molder for molding large HDPE storage drums (photo). The machine has dual 40-lb accumulator heads. According to Dave Harvey, Eagle’s v.p. of operations, “One of the best improvements from previous models is the cooling design with forced-air blowers on the barrel. We’re able to attain consistent process-temperature control without dealing with the maintenance of a closed-loop system.”
New Davis-Standard accumulator-head machine at Eagle Mfg.
Meanwhile, In Ludlow, Mass., Meredith-Springfield Associates, Inc. (meredithspringfield.com) is adding 5000 ft2 of light manufacturing space, plus 12,000 ft2 of warehouse space and 1000 ft2 for three new loading docks, bringing the total facility to 83,000 ft2. The expansion will make room for six more blow molding machines. In coming months, the firm plans to install two new extrusion blow molders—a Bekum 155 and R&B/Sika 850 long-stroke—as well as an Aoki AL-1000 injection stretch-blow machine. (See PT, March ’19 for an On-Site profile of the company.)
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