LIST OF FIGURES LIST OF TABLES PREFACE ABOUT THE EDITORS 6.BLOW MOLDING INTRODUCTION Container Industry Size BLOW MOLDING PROCESS Blowing Requirements Airflow Control Extrusion versus Injection Blow Molding BASICS IN PROCESSING EXTRUSION BLOW MOLDING Extruder Melt Flow Parison Sag Parison Head Parison Wall Thickness Machine Design Single—Stage Design Two—Stage Design Continuous Extrusion Design Intermittent Extrusion Design INJECTION BLOW MOLDING STRETCH BLOW MOLDING Injection Stretch Blow Molding Special Machines Extrusion Stretch Blow Molding Dip Blow Molding Multibloc Blow Molding Other Blow—Molding Processes Blow Molding with Rotation MOLD Basic Features Materials of Construction Pinch— Off Zone Flash Control Blowing and Calibrating Device Venting and Surface Finish Cooling PLASTIC MATERIAL Blow Molding and Plastic Behavior of Plastics Barrier Plastic Barrier Material Type Blow Molding Reinforced Plastic DESIGN Bottle Design Industrial Products Complex Irregular Shape Oriented 3—D Parison Other Design Approaches SUMMARY History
