Husky, expressed hesitation with regard to taking up the 144-cavity challenge In issue 9 Robert Schad, back then CEO of Preform system for many years in issue 8, with a 24-cavity tool from Otto We featured the first vertical Krauss-Maffei The machine was shown at that year’s K show. Netstal’s new 144-cavity preform system with a cycle time of less than 11 secįor a 20.8 g preform. Cycle times of 14-16 sec for preforms with wall thicknesses of 3.0-3.6 mm With this, a 7 sec cycle time could be achieved for 0.5 l preforms. Quad Index machine as a further development of the Index range introduced inġ997. Swedish company produced 70 million preforms for 0.5 l bottles for Coca Cola. Recycled material was used for the inner layer. System was presented by Demag and installed at Kulleborn & Stenström in Highlights 1999-2019, as reported in PETplanet Insider 1999 Preform developments, the last topic of our jubilee year series! PET preforms – some Enjoy the journey through 20 years of PET Three times longer to injection mould preforms than to blow bottles).ĭisadvantages in terms of output or flexibility (amongst other factors), and This blow mould usuallyĬontains a third of the number of cavities of the preform mould (as it takes Injection moulded, partially cooled to maximise stability and then temperatureĬonditioned before being passed to a blow mould. Nissei ASB developed the 1.5 step moulding method, in which preforms are Stretch-blow moulding machinery in a second step. The finished preforms with aĬomplete neck can then be re-heated and stretch blow moulded into bottles in Preform heat from the injection or injection-compression process to blow mouldīottles into an equal number of blow cavities.Ģ-step process, preforms are manufactured on injection moulding machines as aįirst step by melting and moulding the PET resin. PET resin is melted and moulded into a bottle in one machine, using residual Processes can be carried out independently using different machinery (2-stage PET bottles, preforms have to be manufactured and stretch blow moulded. Results from the bottle wall thickness multiplied by the biaxial stretch ratio. The Hoop stretch ratio and the bottle’s diameter. Neck) as well as the axial stretch ratio, while the core diameter results from The length of the preform results from the bottle’s height (minus Shape, the neck finish and mechanical and barrier characteristics that need toīe achieved. We have moved away from the annual replacement of oil suggested by Husky for conventional oils, and after two years continue to see positive oil analysis reports on the viscosity and cleanliness."įor more information, visit preforms, a number of parameters have to be defined, like the overall "We lowered energy usage, which in turn reduces our carbon footprint. "With our conversion to the new SYN-Nth hydraulic fluid, we have increased the mean time between failure of our components, and our hydraulic systems run cleaner and generate less heat into the hydraulic fluid," said Art Schrimpe, national process improvement manager of Nestle Waters. For the second year of monitoring, there were no servo-valve failures, the fluid analysis indicated no wear metals or oil degradation, and the energy efficiency improved by more than 13.5 percent after 13,000 hours of operation. The program also intended to extend drain intervals, reduce energy consumption, reduce bottom-line costs and be environmentally intelligent and appropriate for use in a food/beverage plant.Īfter two years, the program demonstrated that use of Hydrotex SYN-Nth hydraulic fluid in this application, when combined with the principles of lubrication management, significantly reduced incidence of valve failure and improved energy efficiency. Nestle Waters North America recently released the results of a collaborative program designed to eliminate servo-valve failures in its Husky HyPET 500 units, which caused downtime and multiple component replacement.
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