Barrier Blow Molding

Injection-Blow Molding Multi-Layer Barrier Bottles
Kortec hot-runner technology and an auxiliary injector convert a standard machine to three-layer co-injection blow molding.

Blow Molding: Heavy-Duty Bottle Deflashers
A pair of high-impact bottle deflashers are designed for heavy-wall containers made of tough resins like PC and E-PET.

BLOW MOLDING: IR Gauge Measures Parison Thickness During Blow Molding
Helps fine-tune setup within minutes.

BLOW MOLDING: Multi-Layer Thickness Gauge For Barrier Bottles
Fast, nondestructive measuring of individual layers in multilayer bottles.

BLOW MOLDING: Versatile Wheel & Reciprocating Blow Molders at NPE
New wheel offers "unusual flexibility," and is joined by recip-screw extrusion machine.

Blow Molding: New Machine Adopts Electro-Mechanical Actuators, Quick-Change Trimmer
Working in conjunction with customer Nampak, Velocity Equipment Solutions (New Castle, Penn.) is introducing two technology advances for the blow molding of HDPE containers.

MATERIALS: New Blow Molding Resins at SPE Conference
WEB EXCLUSIVE: Two new materials were presented at the recent SPE Annual Blow Molding Conference in Chicago.

Blow Molding: Change PET Bottle Molds in Under a Minute—November 2010
The Bottle Switch is a patented quick-change system from Sidel (U.S. office in Norcross, Ga.) that reduces PET mold-change times to less than a minute.

Blow Molding & Injection Molding Combined in One Process
WEB EXCLUSIVE: A novel process and a new material combined to produce one of the more unusual entries among the finalists for the SPE Automotive Innovation Awards last fall.

New Milestones for Hot-Fill Bottles
WEB EXCLUSIVE: Smallest, lightest, hottest—the past year has seen three “firsts” for hot-fill PET containers.