Extrusion blow moulding of plastic tubular objects

Regular end products: packaging articles, i. e. bottles, canisters or barrels, technical articles, we. e.
ventilation ducts, gaiters (e. g. steering equipment gaiters and axle shoes or boots), suitcase hulls,
luggage racks or gasoline tanks, large childrens toys (e. g. push-powered cars or Bobby-Car?)
Standard materials: PE, PP, PMMA, PC, PA, ABS, PLA, TPU, colour masterbatch
Typical throughputs: 300-1000 kg/h
Process description
In the extrusion blow moulding course, thermoplastic color and resins masterbatch granules are
mixed at the consumption of a single screw extruder. The thermoplastic resins generally emerge
from silos while the color masterbatch granules emerge from containers on the device pedestal.
Flash from blow moulding development is ground straight at the machine and the regrind is
certainly directed from the grinder over a cyclone and blown right into a buffer container. All three
parts (thermoplast, colour masterbatch and and regrind) are dosed respectively through a dosing
axle of the GRAVICOLOR (gain-in-weight). Scrap is generally reground centrally, in some cases it
afterwards is regranulated. This materials is fed back into the buffer container through a hopper
loader and then reintroduced into the process.
Due to the high throughputs found in the blow moulding process it makes sheet extruder sense to
possess a central vacuum system when several machines are participating. In a vaccum brand
system, the air level of the conveying blower along with the vacuum tubing happen to be calculated
so that only 1 hopper loader can convey at a time. This means that the proportion of blowers to the
number of conveying products in the line must be chosen so that every point of consumption is
supplied with sufficient material all the time. In a central vacuum system several hopper loaders are
capable of feeding simultaneously per collection or within the entire system. Through the variable
allocation, output must not be reserved which effects in considerable energy savings. The paralleloperated pumps will shut down automatically (pressure controlled) depending on surroundings
requirements. Since total vacuum exists at all period and does not have to be built up after a run-on
period as in lines, bigger throughput rates can be attained.
In the extrusion blow moulding plan, a hose is generated through a mould by the end of the
extruder. The hose is lower to length and fed to the final blow moulded merchandise for further
processing.
Customer benefits
Adaptable operation through modular designReduction of downtimes at material changes through
intuitive handling (spring catches, etc.)High-quality (digital) load cell technology secures better
recipe integrity because of an extremely short reaction time at recipe and/or throughput
adjustments. Furthermore, the time-consuming process of sampling and calibrating the machine is
certainly omittedAcquisition of the intake data precise profile of fees and stockkeeping
possibleVery specific control of the entire process (start-up stage, recipe change, fast and
continuous adjustment of production capacities), automatic start-up method through integration of
upstream controlExpertise in process engineering and process-oriented total know-how makes
motan-colortronic the perfect partner for you