Blow Molding
All-Electric Shuttle and Stretch-Blow Machines
NPE2024: Meccanoplastica shows off a double-sided shuttle for containers up to 5 L and a reheat stretch-blow molder for up to 2.5 L PET containers with four cavities — both all-electric.
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New 15-Ton, All-Electric Shuttle
NPE2024: Plastiblow demonstrates double-station, quad-head machine making 500-ml HDPE bottles.
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Large Recip-Screw Machine Boasts Numerous Upgrades
NPE2024: Rocheleau adds side-shift option, new controls and diagnostics to its RS-90 unit.
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High-Output Drum Machine Boasts Fast Cooling, Color Change
NPE2024: Graham Engineering’s new 40-lb accumulator press has adjustable-height extruder platform.
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In the Zone: Bottles
NPE2024: The Bottle Zone is the place to explore cutting-edge bottle and container technologies.
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Midsize Electric Shuttle Blow Molder Balances Flexibility, Compactness
NPE2024: New Magic EBM model is loaded with features for the U.S. market.
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Get Color Changes Right In Extrusion Blow Molding
Follow these best practices to minimize loss of time, material and labor during color changes in molding containers from bottles to jerrycans. The authors explore what this means for each step of the process, from raw-material infeed to handling and reprocessing tails and trim.
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Krones Acquires Netstal
Krones adds PET preform injection molding to its bottle blowing and filling capabilities, as well as cap molding and expansion into medical, food and other markets.
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Adding Remote Service Functions for PET Bottle Blowing
KHS has added features to its internet machine communications portal for PET stretch-blow molding.
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Revamped All-Electric Shuttle Blow Molder
Tahara’s new eight-head, double-sided coex machine has many new mechanical and electronic features.
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