Blow Molding
AlphaMAC All-Electric Extrusion Blow Molders Come to U.S.
Italian-built machines for containers up to 30 L are offered with built-in robot, quality-control station, and Industry 4.0 features.
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New Inspection Systems for Caps at K 2022
Improved separation and simpler inspection of tethered caps; cloud-based remote data access; new cap-tightening evaluation; and new sanitary washdown design.
Read MoreComprehensive Optical Inspection for PET Preforms
Delta Engineering teams with Intravis to inspect preform mouth, body, thread and color.
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All-rPET Bottles with Glued-in Handles Save Material
At K 2022, KHS is showing a 2.3 L PET bottle with glued-in handle that offers 10% material savings and other advantages over clip-in handles. Bottle and handle are both 100% rPET.
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Old Fishing Nets to Child’s Watering Can: Blow Molding rPE at K Show
High-quality marine recyclate is suited to continuous-extrusion blow molding without an accumulator head.
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Energy-Saving Accumulator-Head Blow Molder
ST BlowMoulding’s new AX 880 has all-electric clamping, electro-hydraulic parison push-out, and twin adiabatic extruders.
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Understanding the ‘Science’ of Color
And as with all sciences, there are fundamentals that must be considered to do color right. Here’s a helpful start.
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Uniloy Introduces Small Electric Shuttle at K 2022
Uniloy’s new UCS-E all-electric shuttle blow molder has 10-ton clamp, 400-mm carriage stroke.
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Mold Opaque White PET Bottles – Without Pigment
Trexel and Husky are cooperating on molding recyclable opaque white preforms for PET bottles, which provide a light barrier using foam instead of pigment.
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All-Electric Machines & Blow Molding Automation Featured at K 2022
Magic MP spa will present new EBM auto adjustment, electric accumulator-head technology, a larger ISBM machine, a quick-mold-change system, and robotic product handling/palletizing at this month’s show in Düsseldorf.
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