Spotlight on Energy Savings, Lightweighting & Greater Flexibility

摘要

Only a handful of blow molding machinery OEMs provided advance word on their exhibits at the show (March 23-27 at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Fla.). But their new models amplify recent trends: energy-saving all-electric, hybrid, and servo-hydraulic presses; more sophisticated wheels; smaller stretch-blow machines for custom PET bottles, and ever-higher outputs for soft drinks and water bottles. For the latter, a whole new concept will be introduced that offers greater light-weighting than ever before. There was also news in blow molding auxiliaries and software for process simulation.