PETplanet Insider Vol. 23 No. 12/22 www.petpla.net 35 K SHOW REVIEW Mold-Masters at K’ 2022 New inject to blow (I2B) system Mold-Masters’ new inject to blow (I2B) systems, developed in conjunction with its mouldmaker partner Cantoni S.r.l. (Lecco, LC, Italy), was presented at K’. Traditionally, bottle production made with injection blow moulding (IBM) or injection stretch blow moulding (ISBM) requires a dedicated production facility, special operator skills and high capital investment. The right tools and expertise to help with your rPET goals! Agr is uniquely positioned to support your venture into rPET bottle manufacturing with a powerful combination of Process Control tools, Process Consultants, and decades of industry experience. AGRINTL.COM • +1.724.482.2163 Moreover, if bottles need to be made as multilayer, then things become even more complicated. This is where Mold-Masters’ new I2B system enters the game. Moulders can use their existing injection moulding machines to make high-quality bottles and containers. The flexibility and lower capital investment requirements of this new system opens the door for many moulders to expand their project portfolio.Eliminating specialised IBM/ISBM equipment simplifies the production set-up. There’s no need to have a dedicated manufacturing call or to train operators for new skills. At the heart of this solution is Mold-Masters’ new I2B hot runner system, which is used to create the initial preform. From there, a servocontrolled shuttle moves the preform to the bottle cavity within the same machine for the bottle to be blown. The shuttle has two side-by-side cores and there are two bottle cavities on either side of the hot runner system. This allows the blow and injection function to happen simultaneously and finished bottles can be ejected at every cycle to improve productivity. The limitation of how many bottles can be produced each cycle depends on the size of the injection machine and the dimensions of the bottle. In addition, bottles can be produced either as mono-layer or co-injected. Co-injected bottles are produced without any penalty to cycle time and can incorporate either a high-performance barrier layer to extend shelf life of products or incorporate post-consumer recycled (PCR) material to meet sustainability targets. www.moldmasters.com Mold-Masters I2B system with co-injection e-multi auxiliary injection unit
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