Know-How
Why Not Just Let ’r Leak?
Here’s how a typical West Coast molding facility with 20 injection presses investigated the downtime impact of water leaks in the plant.
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Get a Handle on Stress-Cracking In HDPE Bottles
One of the first applications for blow molded HDPE bottles was the replacement of glass for bleach packaging.
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Find the Source of Visual Defects
The appearance of visual defects on parts such as cracking, crazing, grooves, ripples, wave marks, and flaky brittleness often indicates more than an aesthetic problem.
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Sticking Sprues or Parts? Lots of Possible Causes and Solutions
Material sticking in the mold can be a production killer, whether it is the sprue or the formed part in the cavity.
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Eliminate Problems with Container Handles
Extrusion blow molding a container with a handle may sound easy.
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Eliminate Surface Defects on Molded Parts
Visible defects on the surface of a molded part appear as dull, glossy, or hazy areas, or as a rippled surface, called orange peel.
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Less Downtime = More Profits With Accumulator-Head Machines
A fundamental challenge in operating accumulator-head extrusion blow molding machines is to minimize downtime.
Read MoreWhat You Can Learn from Shot Profiles
Want to know more about your molding process? Need a better way to diagnose problems? There's no better tool than the electronic 'signature' provided by process-monitoring curves of cavity pressure and other variables. Here's a sampling of seven real-world molding issues as revealed through shot profiles.
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