Technology - Blow Molding - Plastics Machinery Magazine

Energy Recovery: Extruders offer energy-recovery technology

Issue: July 2017

Makers of extruders and extrusion blow molding machines are offering energy-recovery technologies to capture and reuse heat, or turn mechanical energy [more]
Currier expands reliance on all-electrics

Issue: June 2017

Whenever a business tries something new, it involves an element of risk. No matter how much a company researches and does its due diligence, breaking away [more]
Suction blow molding takes on lighter, complex engine ducting

Issue: May 2017

Demand for lighter, complex and thermally tolerant ducting for new auto engine designs is heating up the suction blow molding industry. The parison suction [more]
Latest Uniloy machines standardize portfolio

Issue: February 2017

Uniloy, Milacron's blow molding brand based in Tecumseh, Mich., introduced the first model of its new M-Series, the third generation of its all-electric [more]

Patent Report: Pelletizer greatly reduces fines

Issue: February 2017

A new vacuum-assisted pelletizer from Bay Plastics Machinery Co., Bay City, Mich., significantly reduces fines, resulting in improved pellet yields, according [more]
Special Report: Blow molding controls provide more choices

Issue: October 2016

Companies that supply machine controls are developing new products that offer blow molders more options for software, HMIs and the integration of downstream [more]
Jomar's IBM combines features of all-electrics, hydraulics

Issue: October 2016

Jomar Corp. is launching a new series of injection blow molding (IBM) machines designed to incorporate the energy savings associated with all-electric [more]

Patent Report: Water coolant limits outages for extruders

Issue: July 2016

Productivity on some extrusion lines can be significantly improved through use of a corrosion-resistant water treatment, said Peter Greenlimb, a water-management [more]
Invento offers blow molded can

Issue: June 2016

There's another plastic can on the market. The new product of Invento Americas Inc., Sheboygan, Wis., is similar to existing plastic cans, with a [more]
R&B rolling out 135-ton MAX 1835

Issue: June 2016

Extruder and blow molding machinery maker R&B Plastics Machinery LLC is entering the injection blow molding (IBM) machine market with its introduction [more]