Receptacle manufacturing

A method of manufacturing a product, comprising:

• extruding a parison to include longitudinally weakened portions;
• gripping the parison with opposed grippers on opposed sides of the weakened portions;
• and
• retracting the opposed grippers to tear the parison apart to define parison halves.

A method of manufacturing a product, comprising:

• extruding a parison;
• separating the parison into halves;
• positioning the parison halves between mold halves of a mold;
• applying a film against at least one of the parison halves or the mold halves;
• and
• forming the film and parison halves against the mold halves to produce multi-layer product halves.

An apparatus for manufacturing a product, comprising:

• an extruder to extrude a parison;
• a mold having mold halves;
• pincers to collapse upper and lower portions of the parison to define a sealed interior of the parison;
• grippers to position the parison in the mold, wherein the mold is partially closed to leave gaps between the mold halves, and pressurized gas is introduced into the sealed interior of the parison to inflate the parison;
• and
• cutters to cut the inflated parison into halves along the gaps between the mold halves.