Published on 09/08/2018 3:43 am
Fastest neck change

In the highly saturated market of PET SBM machines one need to pos­sess a competitive advantage against other manufacturers to gain custom­ers' attention and trust. FlexBlow claims that the latest 2018 two cavity FlexBlow2 model is the most univer­sal 2-stage PET SBM machine on the market. It enables the produc­tion of wide range of PET contain­ers possible on one piece of equipment with necks ranging from 18mm up to 110mm and bottle volumes from 50m1 up to 6,000m1. Changing the bottle format including moulds, neck and gripper parts, and fine-tune the machine afterwards takes no longer than 30m, according to FlexBlow Marketing Manager Gytis Sirvinskas.

There is a number of developments that FlexBlow has addedto their new machine in 2018 to stretch the ease of use and flexibility even further. To begin with, their dedicated Siemens control panel now has several new functions to make theexperience of operating the machine intuitive. There is an integrated opera­tor's manual that guides the user along every step of operation to make it repeatable and minimise the impact of human factor. There Is also an integrated catalogue to achievingtop PET bottle quality with pictured troubleshooting guide, not to mention the machine production and efficiency statistics for per­formance tracking.

The challenge of auto­matically loading a range preforms with significant dif­ferences in neck diameter from narrow neck to wide mouth has been tackled by the use of dual preform loading system. When it comes to minimising the support ring, FlexBlow uses the precision adjust­able feeding slides that allow loading preforms with support ring starting from 0.8mm. Inversed preforms with body wider than support ring is also compatible with FlexBlow universal feeding system due to inno­vative gate-like structure that opens slightly at the end of preform slide to allow the thicker preform body to come out.

The company plans to bring equip­ment for wide-mouth jar production, SBM machine for cosmetic bottles and a PET blower for large size bot-tles — all in one machine. Live change­over shows will take place daily to demonstrate the process of switching between wide mouth jar and cosmetic bottle production.

For more information visit us at:- http://www.flexblow.com/



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