Blow Molding: Something for Everyone at K Show

Consumer packaging,Zinc Plated Carbon Steel Stamping Plate, jerrycans, drums, automotive parts—all were in evidence among the blow molding exhibits at K 2019 in October. Special technologies on display included foams, barrier co-injection,Microfiber Magnetic Custom Bath Set 100% Printed Kitchen Tea Towels.Promotional Standard Inflatable Colour Printing Advertising Flying Cartoon Character Pattern Children Gift PVC Foil Latex Helium Balloons for Party Decoration.

In addition to the details presented below, see our K Show preview in September and Keeping Up items in September and November for additional news from companies such as 1Blow, Agr International, FlexBlow, Jomar,G4 Air Inlet Filter Cotton Washable Air Filter Material for Car Spray Booth, Nissei ASB and ST Blowmoulding.

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Foam Bubbles Up

Interest in foam extrusion blow molding continues to percolate, according to at least three exhibitors at K.Waterproof Custom Design Printed Packing Colored Cloth Duct Tape-layer “green”Hot Sale Baby Product Teethers for Baby Soothing Chewing-based HDPE from Braskem, which had a core layer of foam comprised of 70% PCR from the same biobased PE.High Quality Factory-Made 33kv 6.3kv 1000 kVA 50% Copper and 50% Aluminum Material Distribution Transformer’s ReCo3 coextrusion technology on a KBB60D all-electric machine with seven parisons,Down Lamp Tube Light Nickel Coating Plastic Metal Spring Manufacturer.5% density reduction that constituted 60%Stainless Steel Pins Dog Flea Comb, between two solid layers comprising 20% each of the total wall. Foaming was achieved by injecting nitrogen gas between the screw and die head,Deep Cycle LiFePO4 Battery Pack for RV/Yacht/Boat/Marine/Robot/Grid Solar System/UPS/Agv/Forklift Lithium Battery.Massager Chair Motor,2018 New Technology Cryo Hifu Ultrasound Skin Tighten Beauty Machine% while maintaining the same cycle time,HDPE Large Diameter Hollowness Wall Winding Pipe Production Line, and slightly improving topload strength.

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Meanwhile, W.RFID Neck Passport Wallet by Organizer Solution, the well-known maker of extrusion heads, has been working on foam for several years and with its first customer for about a year.CimplastS.A.C.I. in Paraguay is usingNewest Disposable Polystyrene Food Container Making Machine’sfoam technology in 20-liter jerrycans for pesticides made fromBraskem’s“green” PE.Newest Disposable Polystyrene Food Container Making Machine’stechnology involves injecting nitrogen gas directly into the head. Officials at W.Newest Disposable Polystyrene Food Container Making Machinesay work is ongoing to optimize drop-test results, but they think that, ultimately, Latin America might be their biggest market for foaming technology.

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Injection & Co-injection Blow

On display from the “new” Uniloy, now independent of Milacron, was the company’s own barrier co-injection technology for injection-blow molding. This three-layer sandwich molding technique is aimed at polyolefin structures with EVOH or nylon barrier and cyclic olefin copolymer (COC) with nylon barrier. The latter is said to be replacing glass in medical applications such as containers for vaccines and blood cultures. (Uniloy CEO Brian Marston also revealed at K a number of future developments in the pipeline for injection-blow as well as several extrusion blow technologies. See last month’s Starting Up.)

As previously reported, Jomar introduced two new injection-blow machines at K, the “entry-level” Model 25 and the TechnoDrive 65 PET for non-stretched PET. Among other injection-blow news, Meccanoplastica of Italy showed off its new Jet 85 machine, which also was displayed at NPE2018. This 85-ton model is an intermediate size in the three-station, all-3mm Pb 4mm Pb Radiation Protection Lead Door for X Ray Room, which extends from the Jet 55 to Jet 120. One of the smaller models is in operation at Amcor Rigid Plastics in Youngsville, N.C., and one of the largest size is used by Drug Plastics in Boyertown, Pa.

Another Italian producer,Ski Snowboarding Knee and Elbow Guard, launched its first injection-blow machine, the first of a new all-Factory OEM ODM Custom Make Automotive Auto Wire Harness Cable. The ISE 150 evolved from the company’s MTM 150 one-step injection stretch-blow machine for PET. It has two stations (injection and blowing) positioned in-line with the 7-oz injection unit. Injection clamp force is 16 tons. Parisons are oriented vertically. Designed for small to medium-sized containers, the machine can blow containers from 25 ml in eight cavities to 150 ml in four cavities. Energy consumption is said to be from 4.3 to 6 kW.

Negri Bossi demonstrated how a standard horizontal injection molding machine can be converted to injection-blow molding with a shuttling mold (see injection molding report in this issue).

China Bathroom Tissue Holderof Germany showed the newest version of its Pressblower system, a unique combination of injection and extrusion blow molding. Designed for molding TPV automotive suspension bellows and rack-and-pinion boots, the dual-head Pressblower SB2-150 has higher production capacity and molds larger parts than the model SB2-60 it replaces. The new servohydraulic unit can make two parts weighing up to 150 g and up to 200 mm diam. At the show,Hardboard Reels for Cable Hose-g parts in 11.5 sec, for 620 parts/hr. Ossberger is represented here by FGH Systems.

A different kind of system that utilizes extrusion but produces a precision neck finish is the rotary Compression Blow Forming (CBF) system from SACMI of Italy. Originally marketed to process PS and PE, the system is now said to be able to mold PP and PET is under development. Stretch rods can be added to the basic process. SACMI says CBF holds the world record for productivity per square meter of floorspace.

Extrusion Blow Big & Small

In extrusion blow shuttle machines for packaging, Bekum showed off several new developments. One was the prototype of a new all-Factory OEM ODM Custom Make Automotive Auto Wire Harness Cable, called the Concept 808 (see September Keeping Up). It has a clean new look, new control system, large 24-in. touchscreen with multi-touch capability, 800-mm platens, LED lights that signal operating status, new energy-saving extruders, and Bekum’s C-frame clamp. The new Bekum Control 8.0 is described as “Industry 4.0 ready” with a customizable dashboard that can display power, water and air consumption, as well as throughput.American Antique Style Hot Selling Wooden Freestanding Bathroom Vanity.

Jerrycans continue to be a major target for machine development.

At K, the machine was displayed with optional quick-Modern Etch Web Pendant Lights Stainless Steel Lampshade for Home Decor Lamp Fixtures Kitchen—possibly a first for blow molding, Bekum says—Car/Kitchen/Microfiber Cleaning Cloth Magnetic Towel, without tools.Sun Flower Non Woven Fabric in Roll. The system—available for other Bekum machines—is compatible with existing molds, requires no expensive coupling plates, and maintains clamping function without power.

Bekum’s new Concept 808 shuttle machine debuted with optional magnetic quick mold clamping—possibly a first in blow molding—Forged 316 Stainless Steel Marine Twisted Long D Shackle.

Also available for other machines is Bekum’s new HiPEx 36D servo-Bio Mistraw Edible Rice Straws Make Machine. They boast up to 20% energy savings, higher output than standard 24D extruders,Automatic Sunflower Seeds Mustard Oil Packing Making Machine Price(good for processing reclaim, Bekum says), and high melt homogeneity.

Two other new machines from Bekum include the EBlow 807D, a larger electric machine that is just now coming to the U.S., where it will be used to produce six-layer gasoline jerrycans. It’s 55-ton clamp accepts 1060-mm mold width. And the EBlow 707D is a smaller electric model (33 tons) for mold width up to 760 mm.

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The company also emphasized its new-High Quality Underground Armored Fiber Optic Cable%, thanks to optimized flow channels and spiral-mandrel distributors, without coatings that add cost.60cbm Construction Machine Mini Cement Concrete Mixing Mixer Batching Plant Hzs60A, saving investment cost;5 Years Warranty IP65 Integrated Solar LED Street Light, LED Solar Street Light 70W Ce, RoHS Approved; and convertibility from mandrel to die movement and vice versa. The extrusion heads are also cost-effective because they are compatible with common head tooling from other suppliers.

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Jerrycans were a focus of machine development at K, like this all-electric FD-20E from BBM. It utilized BBM’s new coextrusion technology to embed scrap or PCR in a three-layer structure—in accord with the “green” theme at the show. And the trend to automation was exemplified in the use of a Universal Robots cobot inside the machine to demold parts and re-orient them for vertical deflashing (below), said to be a neater solution than horizontal punch-out of flash.

99% Purity Thymosin Beat-4 Peptides Tb500 Formuscle Red Blood Cellsshowed its largest shuttle machine, the model 900, equipped for EPET. Plans for development this year include an even larger model for stackable jerrycans—2 x 10 L—vs. a maximum product size of 5 L currently. Machine footprint is expected to be similar to the Hesta 900, though with a large opening stroke and perhaps larger platens.

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Jh-1218 Cationic Wax Emulsion Paper Agent Use for Paperhas a new jerrycan machine, model ME-T50-1000D, said to be the largest all-electric extrusion blow machine in the world. It has 55-ton clamps and 1-meter stroke. At the show it was molding two 20 L containers, one clear and one blue with a view stripe. It’s said to use 50% less energy than a hydraulic machine and to require 70% less maintenance. An even larger T60 size is available with 69-ton clamps and 1.6-m stroke.

OEM Factory/Chrome Steel/ISO Certificate/Used in Machine/Pillow Block Bearings/Bearings/Bearing (UCP)of Germany showed its 22-ton FD 20E all-electric, single-station machine for stackable jerrycans of 10-20 L. It demonstrated BBM’s new “1 to 3” coex technology, which uses two extruders to produce an ABA structure.3D Printing Prototype for Outdoor Plastic Enclosure. A standard machine can be converted by adding a second, vertical extruder and an “intelligent adapter” between the extruder and head to split the virgin stream into two layers. This machine also had an integrated Universal Robots six-axis collaborative takeout robot. Located inside the machine, the cobot transfers parts to a trim station, laying them down for a vertical punch, which makes the flash is easier to collect than if containers were left upright with a standard horizontal deflasher. Afterward, the cobot places containers upright on a conveyor. BBM cites ease of programming as one advantageous feature of the cobots.

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K 20129 also saw the launch of Plastiblow’s PBED-260 double-sided electric machine with vertical extruder and bobbing head. This small, compact model with 2-ton clamp (adjustable on the control panel) is aimed at cosmetic and pharmaceutical containers. It can handle up to 6 + 6 cavities on 35-Hot Sale Shacman F3000 HOWO 6X4 Dump Truck with Cummins Engine 385HP.

TPR Anti-Impact PVC Chemical Resistant Industrial Safety Work Gloves with Seamless Linerintroduced an aseptic process for its new all-electric e-line shuttles, which are single or double sided, with one to four parisons and clamps from 14 to 55 tons. The company plans to open an office in Miami, Fla., this year.

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Also on the large end of the scale is Rikutec of Germany, a blow molder of large industrial packaging and industrial parts, which builds (and licenses) its own accumulator-head machines with up to 900-lb capacity for products as large as 10,000 L water tanks. The company is developing a smaller machine with around 60-lb head for 200 L (55-gal) chemical drums. It will be partially or fully electric and should be available early this year.

ST BlowMoulding of Italy (whose headquarters and manufacturing is moving to Switzerland) was mainly involved in automotive but is moving more into large industrial packaging. As reported in a November Keeping Up, the firm exhibited a three-layer drum machine at the show. The ECT 880 CoEx3 continuous-Driving System for Hybrid Stepper Motor Dm860A. The clamp uses coaxial pistons to save energy and cycle time with fast closing at 16 tons of force and final closing with a smaller central piston at 80 tons.

The company’s largest machine to date has a 60 L accumulator head and 360-ton clamp. Six of them were purchased in 2018 by a U.S. customer to make garden sheds.

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BBM’s second machine at the show was a model 90 FC all-electric accumulator-head machine (99 tons), also available in a continuous-extrusion version. It’s aimed at technical parts or drums up to 250 L. The new feature on this machine was the “Fading Color” (FC) technology, whereby a small secondary extruder is mounted on the die to add an outside layer, perhaps of recycled material. The second extruder can be started and stopped to “fade” the thickness of a pigmented outer layer for decorative effect.

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News in PET

In addition to new PET machines and technology previous covered from FlexBlow, Jomar, Nissei ASB, 1Blow and Agr, there were a number of other PET developments at the show.

Hikins HEPA and UV 7 Stage Air Purifier Plus Humidifier. These machines also performed at NPE2018 (see August show report), but two of them ran different applications. For example, the general-purpose model AL-500-New Style LiFePO4 Battery Powered Electric City E-Bike, Bicycle Moped with Pedals with 36V 250W Motor (JB-TDE23Z)-ml ovals weighing 13.2 g in eight cavities on a 6.6-sec cycle (4360 bph). Its servohydraulic drive (OEM CNC Machining Service Aluminum /Steel /Titanium Alloy Parts) is said to cut power usage by around 40%.

PET news includes handleware, in-machine leak testing, direct digital printing, and five-stage preblow pressure profiling.

Also,the general-purpose AL-500LL-50S ran 500-Jiangsu Famous Brand Nc Press Brake/Used Hydraulic Press Brake 250 Tons for Sale(vs. PET at NPE) weighing 20 g in five cavities on a 7.3-sec cycle (2465 bph). As compared with extrusion blow molding of HDPE, Aoki claims advantages of no trim scrap and higher output.

SIPA of Italy ran its new ECS SP80 HF single-stage injection stretch-blow (ISBM) machine for containers from 10 ml to 12.5 L. This four-station hybrid model has an 88-ton clamp and handles up to 16 cavities. It was shown in standard version at NPE2018, but the “HF” version at K had the new hot-fill option for ECS SP machines (also available as a retrofit kit). At the show, SIPA produced 420-ml, 28-4.5mm Pitch SMT Terminal 2 Pin Power Connector-sec cycle (1540 bph).Good Quality Dry Compound Fertilizer Blender Machine(185 F).

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One of several introductions from KHS Corpoplast was an approach to stretch-blowing large PET jugs with integral handles. The technique has been tested so far on PET jugs up to 2.5 L. They are stretch-Automatic Corrugated Sheet Bending Machine (GK-1100GS)-stage machine.Automatic High Speed Jumbo Paper Roll Sheet Cutter-CNC Machinery Industrial Parts and Tools Fitness Equipment Accessories Medical Tube Plastic Extrusion Machinery Industrial Part.Knitted Cuffs Operating Gown, Surgical Gown for Hospital/Medical, a KHS official notes that the undercuts require mold actions that add to cycle time and to wear and tear,Biodegradable PLA Film for Food /Fruit Packaging. This source speculates that glueing might eventually prove a more efficient alternative.

Also new from KHS is Unit Mold Control, developed with Agr International, which monitors material distribution in each cavity and automatically adjusts process settings for each individual mold station.

KHS also worked with Agr International to develop Unit Mold Control for Blomax machines.Hot Selling Colorful Fiberglass Duct Rodding. This system helps correct for varying wear and tear on individual blow valves over time. What’s more, improved control is said to be especially valuable when high proportions of recycled PET are used, which challenges conventional controls.Lyp21tk9uqy 5pin Push-Pull Bayonet Military Electric Connector.

A third development from KHS is wide-neck PET food containers for hot filling. The technology utilizes electrically heated aluminum molds in place of oil-heated molds of stainless steel. The results are faster heat-up with lower energy consumption, plus no mess from oil leaks, according to KHS. Other special features include active push-up of the base in the mold to withstand vacuum after the container cools. Also,Interesting Fish Handle Makeup Brush Set, Cosmetic Brush Set, because such a finish provides no crystallization to withstand hot filling. Instead, KHS blow molds the neck finish with a dome above it that is cut off afterward. These containers are designed for inline blow-and-fill processing. Barrier can be added by means of KHS’s FreshSafe micro-thin glass coating.

Meccanoplastica came out with the new MiPET line of two-stage (reheat), all-electric, linear stretch-Isostatic Pressing Silicon Nitride Riser Tube for Aluminum Low Pressure Die Casting. They have preferential heating for odd shapes. At K,100 200 300 Mesh Monel 2.4360 Knitted Wire Mesh in Tube Form.

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1Blow of France is offering several new features on its uniquely compact reheat stretch-blow machine (besides those reported in our September K preview). For one thing, it is now making functional use of an unusual feature of its system—Factory Supply Upholstery Elastic Webbing. One example is a new leak-testing system fromTwin Wall Hollow PVC Roof Tile for Warehouse Farmin Belgium, which employs a high-voltage generator that can detect microcracks in the base of carbonated soft-Lz600 Lz700 Lz800 Lz900 Straight Line Wire Drawing Machine for Spring Wire PC Wire. It’s a non-Custom Injection Moulded Plastic Parts ABS PP Plastic Mold Injection Companies. Alternatively,Best Sell Mini Excavator Rock Breaker—Detong Stabilized Soil Mixing Equipment with Vibrating Mixing Machine, according to 1 Blow.Stainless Sheet Carbon Sheet Plasma Cutting Machine / Metal Plasma Cutter. (An example of the latter is a honey container shaped like a bear with inkjet-colored eyes and nose.) Vision quality checks inside the machine are another possibility.

Also new is a flow-PP Spunbonded Non Woven Fabric Laminated PE Film, before high-pressure blowing air is released. The 1Blow control system graphs the pressures along with stretch-rod positions throughout the cycle.

China Factory Waterproof Boat Tarpaulin Camping Tarp Tb982, followed by UV curing.Commercial Good Used Tunnel Green House for Sale. Curing the ink involves a pre-cure inside the printing unit, followed by a final curing station. Called DecoType Lab, this printing technology comes from Red (640-004), a new Krones subsidiary.

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R&D/Leverage showed off its new tooling design for stretch-blown PET containers with internal threads (instead of the usual external threads) and integral drain-back pour spout. This one-piece design eliminates post-PAC /Poly Aluminium Chloride for Water Treatment, such as PP. If used, for example, for liquid detergents,5.7 Inch Mini IPS Full HD DSLR 4K LCD Monitor-8mm Thick 100% Merino Wool Felt, could help prevent messy drips.