Stretch Blow Molding
Sidel Launches ‘Game-Changing’ Laser Heating for PET Preforms
“World’s-first” technology promises higher quality and productivity, lightweighting and lower maintenance.
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Blow Molder Packs Sustainability Into Every Container
With back-to-back EcoVadis platinum recognitions, Ring Container Technologies is a sustainability frontrunner. PT toured the company’s Fontana, California, blow molding facility to see what it takes to be an eco-conscious producer of plastics packaging.
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AI Upgrades Closure Inspector for Tethered Caps
KHS has enhanced its Innocheck TSI closure inspector with AI capabilities for tethered caps on PET bottles.
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Recyclability of PET/PEF Multilayer Barrier Bottles Gets Further Validation
Europe’s RecyClass considers PET/PEF multilayer bottles to be fully recyclable in the PET stream.
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Cobot Automates Label Reel Loading for High-Volume PET Beverage Bottles
Sidel’s new CoboREEL system uses a cobot to automate a shift’s worth of label reel loading.
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Ultralight PET Preform Design
The Factor 101 design created by KHS and Husky uses just 5.89 g of material to hold 591 mL of product — equivalent to a 20-ounce water bottle.
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Precision Concepts Buys Meredith-Springfield
Latest acquisition by this diversified producer of rigid packaging is a Northeast leader in technical blow molding.
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Make PET Containers From 20 ml to 5 L on One Machine
Cypet’s new PRO Series of one-stage injection stretch-blow molding (ISBM) machines boasts high flexibility, high output, fast payback.
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Lightweight Bottle Base for 100% rPET Still Products in High-Speed Production
Sidel’s new StarLITE-R Still base design for still products meets the combined challenges of lightweighting, high-speed production and 100% rPET.
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Is There a Better Way to Heat PET Preforms for Stretch-Blow Molding?
Is near-infrared (NIR) heating better, faster and more energy efficient? So far, only two machine builders are making such claims for NIR in place of standard mid-infrared preform heating, though their systems appear to be well accepted. Meanwhile, an altogether different alternative is in the works.
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