PETpla.net Insider 05 / 2018

TRADE SHOW PREVIEW PET planet Insider Vol. 19 No. 05/18 www.petpla.net 54 TRADE SHOW PREVIEW 54 Next generation stretch-blow moulder Since commencing production in 2010, 1Blow has been producing next generation stretch-blow moulding machine ideally suited for the custom PET bottle converter. And, in 2018, these limits are said to be pushed further with the commercial launch of the new 4LO stretch-blow moulder. The 4LO is built upon the same, efcient virtual-rotary platform that has been commercialised in numerous industrial applications around the world over the last six years. At its core, the 4LO possesses all of the superior 1Blow machine features and benets. S14089 TUNING UP YOUR PRODUCTION Mould & Matic Solutions GmbH Ziehbergstraße 2 4563 Micheldorf AUSTRIA T +43 7582 617 60-0 VѝJL'TV\SKHUKTH[PJ JVT www.mouldandmatic.com LIVE ON DEMONSTRATION NPE 2018 7–11 May , Orlando, FL USA Hall B, W2727 BLOWLINER Injection Stretch Blow Moulding – customised to your needs Rotary motion is the key to achieving high-speed and low energy consumption in machinery through its unique Virtual Rotary Concept. Over 90% of the 4LO Machine Motions are rotary with a maximum mechanical output of 2,000bph and machine efciencies of +95% which are in-line. All of the main machine motions on the 4LO are affected by servo motors. Known for their repeatability and reliability, servo motors are most energy efcient motion system. 1Blow said that comparative operational testing to similar sized competitive machines has demon- strated that their machines can use up to 60% less energy and they are said to be the cleanest and quietest stretch-blow moulding machines. The 1Blow clamp format and stretch-rod pitch were designed for all blow mould formats cur- rently being used. This research, combined an open architecture format allow 1Blow machines to accommodate blow moulds from virtually all other competitive SBM machines on the market. This ability allows customers to utilise existing blow moulds on a 1Blow machine, some of the company’s customers are using two or three different blow moulds. The 1Blow can be congured to accommo- date the most widely manufactured and lowest cost blow moulds avail- able. The 4LO was designed to minimise the number and quantity of change parts with the goal of reducing format costs for convert- ing customers. Another benet of minimising the number and quan- tity of change parts is that it takes less time to do a machine change- over in some cases the machine has 50% less change parts. Despite its compact footprint, the 4LO has superior internal accessi- bility for technicians. Virtually every external body panel of the machine is actually a door which opens completely. The Virtual-Rotary Concept is spatially efcient and provides many open areas inside the machine large enough to com- fortably accommodate a technician. Four technicians can be inside the machine at the same time. The 4LO machine goes to the Next Generation with its platform’s ability to accommodate all of the ve key technology kits with a maximum mechanical output of 8,000bph. 1Blow said that this is perfectly suited for the both the custom bottle moulding demands and production outputs of the North American Market. The ve key technology kits are: South Hall 14089