Continuous blow moulding machine, preforms, system and process
AssigneeIntegrated Plastics Pty Limited
InventorsNick Mellen, Ho-Seon Kim
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Abstract
A continuously rotating, non-symmetric preform feed, stretch-blow-moulding machine dedicated to the stretch-blow-moulding of containers from non-symmetric injection moulded preforms; the non-symmetric preforms including an integral handle extending from a first junction point to a second junction point on a body of the preform; the body of the preform and the integral handle constituted from the same material.
Claims12
A non-symmetric integral PET handled preform feed, stretch-blow-moulding machine dedicated to the stretch-blow-moulding of PET containers from non-symmetric injection moulded integral PET handled preforms;
- the non-symmetric injection moulded integral PET handled preforms including an integral PET handle extending from a first junction point on the preform;
- the machine including a preform orientation system to orient each of the injection moulded integral PET handled preforms into a known orientation at arrival at a pick off position;
- loading sequentially each of the injection moulded integral PET handled preforms onto a reheating conveyor;
- the reheating conveyor maintaining each of the injection moulded integral PET handled preforms in continuous rotation about a longitudinal axis of each of the injection moulded integral PET handled preforms as the preforms are progressed to a stretch blow moulding station and are heated to a stretch blow moulding die introduction temperature.
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