Blow Molding
PPA Inducts Eight New Members
Plastics Pioneers Association adds to membership roster following April meeting.
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Blow Molding: New ‘Lay-Flat’ Bottle Packer With Collaborative Robot
Proco Machinery uses a cobot to pack bottles on their sides rather than vertically.
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Blow Molding: Mold Better PET Bottles 50% Faster
New “Zero Cooling” design moves preform cooling from the injection station to the conditioning station, allowing for overlapping cooling and injection of a new shot.
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Blow Molding: New Six-Layer Coex Head for Packaging
Kautex returns to in-house production of six-layer blow molding heads for packaging.
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Solving the Bane of Stretch-Blow Molding: Off-Center Gates
There are many reasons why off-center gates happen, and processors should be aware of all of them to quickly find the ones causing the problem.
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First All-Plastic Drum for Highly Aggressive Chemicals
Rikutec’s 200 L HDPE drum-in a drum competes with metal and plastic-metal versions.
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Blow Molding: Economical PET Machine Molds Two Different Bottles Alternately
PET Technologies has a new reheat stretch-blow machine for bottles of 3 L to 10 L.
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Are We Having a Good Day? Real-Time Production Data Has Answers for a Custom Blow Molder
“Information automation” is one of the keys to running a successful custom blow molding business for Meredith-Springfield Associates.
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‘We Don’t Shy Away from a Challenge’
Meredith-Springfield thrives on technically difficult blow molding jobs that others avoid. Its latest pioneering effort is pushing the limits in the new field of EPET.
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Simultaneous Blowing/Filling Process ‘Breaks Down Walls’ in Supply Chain
Amcor’s LiquiForm technology supports new ‘holistic’ on-site processing service.
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