Practical Guide to Blow Moulding
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Norman C. Lee
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Practical Guide to Blow Moulding
by
Norman C. Lee
Attractive Design Ltd.
Contents
1 What is Blow Moulding? 1
1.1 Introduction . 1
1.1.1 Definition 1
1.1.2 Basic Process 1
1.1.3 History and Development . 2
1.2 Types of Blow Moulding . 4
1.2.1 Introduction . 4
1.2.2 Stretch Blow Moulding . 6
1.2.3 Extrusion Blow Moulding . 7
1.3 Material Considerations 10
1.3.1 Materials Selection 10
1.3.2 Product Properties and Market Usage . 11
References . 12
2 Design and Engineering . 13
2.1 Design . 13
2.1.1 Product Design and Development System . 14
2.1.2 Process Management Tracking Systems . 14
2.2 Basic Design . 15
2.2.1 Basic Design Considerations . 17
2.2.2 Bottle and Container Design 22
2.2.3 Structural Design . 27
2.2.4 Design Details 29
2.3 Selection of Materials . 32
2.3.1 Polymer Principles . 32
2.3.2 Types of Polymers 32
2.3.3 Amorphous and Crystalline 34
2.3.4 Fundamental Properties 34
2.4 Characteristics For Blow Moulding 39
2.4.1 HDPE . 39
2.4.2 Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene (ABS) . 40
2.4.3 Polycarbonate (PC) 41
2.4.4 Polypropylene . 42
2.4.5 Polyphenylene Oxide 43
2.5 Colouring Plastic Materials . 44
2.6 Regrind 45
2.6.1 Re-grind Specifications 45
2.6.2 Process Performance . 45
2.6.3 Physical Properties . 45
2.7 Post Consumer and Industrial Recycled Materials . 45
References . 46
General Reading 46
3 Mould Design and Engineering 47
3.1 Main Characteristics of the Mould . 47
3.2 Basic Design and Construction Considerations 47
3.2.1 Mould Materials 48
3.2.2 Selection of Materials . 50
3.2.3 Characteristics of Mould Materials . 50
3.3 Cut Mould versus Cast Moulds . 52
3.3.1 Cast Aluminium Moulds 52
3.3.2 Cut Moulds . 53
3.3.3 Cast and Cut Moulds . 53
3.4 Importance of Fast Mould Cooling 534
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3.4.1 Fast Heat Transfer Material Considerations . 53
3.4.2 Manifolds . 59
3.4.3 Control of Flash . 60
3.4.4 Rate of Cooling 61
3.4.5 Remedies for Flash 61
3.5 The Pinch Off . 62
3.5.1 Importance . 62
3.6 High Quality, Undamaged Mould Cavity Finish 64
3.6.1 Mould Cavity Finish . 64
3.7 Effects of Air and Moisture Trapped in the Mould . 66
3.7.1 Polished Moulds 66
3.7.2 Moisture . 66
3.8 Injection of the Blowing Air . 66
3.8.1 Injection Blowing Air 66
3.8.2 Blowing Devices . 67
3.9 Ejection of the Piece from the Mould 67
3.9.1 Ejection Methods . 67
3.9.2 Manual Ejection . 68
3.9.3 Automatic Ejection 68
3.9.4 Hydraulic Systems 68
3.10 Pre-Pinch Bars 68
3.10.1 Top Pinch 68
3.10.2 Bottom Pinch . 68
3.11 Bottle Moulds 68
3.11.1 Neck Ring and Blow Pin Design 68
3.12 Dome Systems 70
3.12.1 Dome Blow Pin 70
3.12.2 Trimming Types 71
3.13 Pre-Finished System . 71
3.13.1 Pre-Finished Neck Rings 71
3.14 Unusual Problems 71
3.14.1 Special Features . 71
3.14.2 Irregular Shaped Parts . 72
3.15 Computer Aided Design and Engineering for Mould Making . 73
3.15.1 Application in Mould Making 73
3.15.2 Systems and Methods 73
3.16 General Mould Buying Practices . 77
3.16.1 Mould Procurement 77
3.16.2 Request for Quotation 77
3.17 Mould Maintenance Program . 78
3.17.1 The Moulds Used to Produce Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) and
Polyethylene Terephthalate 78
3.17.2 Moulds for PE 78
3.17.3 Mould Cooling Lines . 78
3.17.4 Guide Pins and Bushings 78
3.17.5 Striker Plates and Blow Pin Plates 78
3.17.6 Pinch off . 79
3.17.7 Shut Down . 79
Acknowledgements 79
References . 79
Further Reading 79
4 The Extrusion Blow Moulding System . 81
4.1 Extruder . 81
4.2 Drive . 82
4.2.1 Motors 825
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4.3 Gear Box 83
4.4 Screw Support Bearings 83
4.4.1 Life of Thrust Bearings 83
4.5 Extruder Feed 84
4.5.1 Feed 84
4.6 Hopper 85
4.6.2 Feed Throat 85
4.7 Single-Screw Extruder . 86
4.7.1 Barrel Construction . 86
4.7.2 Zone Heating . 86
4.7.3 Venting 86
4.7.4 Wear Resistant Barrels 87
4.7.5 Grooved Barrels . 87
4.7.6 Pressure Generation 87
4.8 Melt Filtration . 87
4.9 The Screw . 87
4.9.1 General-Purpose Screw . 87
4.9.2 Screw Zones . 88
4.9.3 Dedicated Screws . 88
4.9.4 Barrier Screws 89
4.9.5 Wear-Resistant Screws . 89
4.9.6 Mixing Pins and Sections . 90
4.9.7 Distributive and Dispersive Mixing . 90
4.10 The Extrusion Blow Moulding Head and Die Unit 91
4.10.1 Centre-Feed Die 92
4.10.2 Side-Feed Dies 93
4.10.3 Wall Thickness . 93
4.10.4 Accumulator Head 93
4.10.5 Die and Mandrel 93
4.10.6 Die Swell 94
4.10.7 Parison Adjustment 94
4.10.8 Die Shaping 95
4.10.9 Parison Programming 96
4.10.10 Blow-up Ratio 97
4.11 Mould Clamping Systems 98
4.11.2 Clamping System Requirements . 98
4.11.3 Clamp Operation . 98
4.11.4 Press Types . 98
5 Extrusion Blow Moulding Advanced Systems 103
5.1 Co-Extrusion Blow Moulding 103
5.1.1 Arrangement of Extruders for Co-Extrusion 103
5.1.2 Multi-Layered Structures . 103
5.1.3 Co-Extrusion Systems . 103
5.2 Three-Dimensional Blow Moulding . 105
5.2.1 Introduction to 3-D . 105
5.2.2 3-D Extrusion Processes . 106
5.2.3 Suction Blow Moulding . 106
5.2.4 Parison Manipulation 110
5.2.5 3-D Extrusion Systems . 111
5.2.6 Head Adapter Radial Wall System 114
5.3 Double Walled Parts and Containers . 116
6 Injection and Stretch Blow Moulding Machines . 117
6.1 Introduction . 117
6.1.1 Injection Moulding Process . 118
6.2 Process Characteristics . 1186
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6.2.1 One step Machine . 118
6.2.2 Two Step Process . 120
6.2.3 Moulding Process 120
6.3 Tooling . 121
6.3.1 Introduction . 121
6.4 Stretch Blow Moulding . 127
6.4.1 Introduction . 127
References . 129
7 Safe and Effi cient Set-up, Start-up, Operation, Shutdown
Procedures and Safety 131
7.1 Start-up 131
7.1.1 Start-Up Preparations 131
7.1.2 Melt Temperature . 131
7.1.3 Warming up an Empty Machine . 132
7.1.4 Warming up a Full Machine . 132
7.1.5 Initial Operation and Purging 132
7.1.6 Commencing Moulding – Manual Operation 133
7.1.7 Commencing Moulding – Automatic Operation . 133
7.1.8 Changing Conditions and Dimension Verification 133
7.1.9 Recording Production Conditions 134
7.2 Safety in Normal Machine Operation 134
7.2.1 Operation . 134
7.2.2 Safety Considerations 134
7.3 Shutting Down 135
7.3.1 Temporary Stops 135
7.3.2 Overnight Stops . 136
7.3.3 High Temperature Work . 137
7.3.4 Heat-Sensitive Materials . 137
7.3.5 Purge Materials . 137
7.3.6 Shutting Down an Injection Blow Moulding Machine . 137
7.3.7 Check Recommendations 138
References . 138
8 Fault Finding – Causes and Effects . 139
8.1 Introduction . 139
8.2 Troubleshooting 139
8.3 Brainstorming 139
8.4 Problems and Causes . 140
8.4.1 Background Sounds of the Plant 142
8.4.2 Quality Problems . 142
8.4.3 Machine and Equipment Problems 142
8.4.4 Importance of Consistent Material . 143
8.4.5 Process Settings . 143
8.4.6 Ambient Conditions 143
8.5 Preventive and Corrective Actions . 143
8.5.1 Corrective Actions . 143
8.5.2 Corrective-Action Team 145
8.5.3 Root Cause . 145
8.6 Packaging 146
8.7 Scrap . 147
8.7.1 Contaminated Material . 147
8.7.2 Reworked Parts 147
9 Auxiliary Equipment: Design, Function, Operation, and Safety 149
9.1 Bulk Material Handling Systems . 149
9.2 Dryer 149
9.2.1 Hot Air Dryers 1497
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9.2.2 Dryer Operation 150
9.2.3 Dryer Safety . 151
9.3 Blenders and Metering Equipment (Feeders) 151
9.3.1 A Volumetric Blender 152
9.3.2 Gravimetric Systems . 152
9.3.3 Metering and Blending Equipment . 152
9.3.4 Machine Operation . 152
9.4 Machine Safety . 153
9.5 Hopper Loader 153
9.5.1 Loader Operation 154
9.6 Water Temperature Controllers . 154
9.6.1 Operation . 155
9.7 In-line Inspection and Testing Equipment 155
9.7.1 Laser Measurement . 155
9.7.2 Ultrasonic Testing 155
9.7.3 Vision Systems . 156
9.7.4 Mechanical . 157
9.8 Conveyors 157
9.9 Granulators 158
9.10 Safety 158
10 Finishing 161
10.1 Planning for the Finishing of a Blow Moulded Part . 161
10.1.1 Product Design 161
10.1.2 Mould Engineering . 162
10.1.3 Process Planning 163
10.2 Removing Domes and Other Sections 167
10.3 Flash Removal 167
10.3.1 The Cutting Machine – Round Parts versus Parts with Corners 167
11 Decoration of Blow Moulded Products . 169
11.1 Testing Surface Treated Parts 169
11.2 Spray Painting . 170
11.3 Screen Printing 170
11.4 Hot Stamping 172
11.5 Pad Printing . 172
11.6 Labels and Decals 174
12 Glossary
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