Technology/Machinery at K2016 Blow Moulding • Austrian Mould & Matic, a part of Kiefel, will introduce its updated Blowliner injection stretch blow moulding (ISBM) machine. All the machine movements of the stretch/blow moulding station are actuated by a servo-electric system. The firm says it cooperated “with a renowned partner” for the best injection moulding technology, reportedly Austria’s machine maker Engel. It can produce 10-30 million 0.5-l containers/year. Mould & Matic’s latest IBM features electric movements for the stretch/blow moulding station
• Engel itself will show injection blow moulding (IBM) boasting higher speeds using a standard allelectric injection machine (E-motion 740/220) and an eight-cavity cube mould by Foboha of Germany. To shorten cycle time, preforms are blown in the opposite mould, parallel to injection moulding. An easix six-axis robot removes the finished parts and places these onto the conveyor belt with the opening facing upwards, without any increase in cycle time. An insulating cover in the blowing stations prevents the preforms from cooling off. Engel says this concept could be scaled up to 96 cavities without
compromising cycle time or accuracy and is beyond the range of conventional IBM, adding that process consistency can be achieved with its self-regulating iQ weight control and iQ clamp control software. Mould Engel says its new IBM concept temperature control can allow the production of up will be provided by six to 96 containers/shot Engel e-flomo watermanifold units, each having four automatic flow control circuits. • Italy’s ST Soffiaggio Tecnica will be exhibiting its top selling ASPI 150.2 Mono model. It has a 70-mm extruder, 2-l accumulator head and will be equipped with a robot for the extraction and handling of parts. The manual rotation of the extruder allows for ease of maintenance and screw extraction without displacement of the accumulator head and the possibility to completely retract the platform, to allow mould change from the top. • German Kautex is extending its all-electric KBB line, which it launched at K2013, for jerry cans. The KBB200 and KBB400 models are said to set new benchmarks for speed and efficiency. At the show, a model will be equipped with a three-layer head for the Kautex ReCo process, which incorporates regrind in the centre layer and colourant in the outer layer.
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