Stretch Blow Molding

Packaging

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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Packaging

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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Packaging

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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monitoring

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 ´óÏó´«Ã½ 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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Molds & Tooling

Sidel Acquires PET Packaging Designer & Moldmaker

PET Engineering Srl in Italy adds to Sidel’s package of PET packaging capabilities.

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Krones Acquires MHT for PET Tooling

Krones significantly increased its capabilities in PET preform design and molding.

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