Stretch Blow Molding Machines offer fast change-over option.
February 19, 2010 -
Contiform S16-S28 series are available with semi-automatic MouldXpress Advanced, which is integrated into blowing wheel and reduces change-over time to less than 1 min per blow-molding station. Different mold sets are kept securely in changing trolley, and unambiguous identification of molds using designated compartments reduces risk of installation errors. Also, rotating function principle ensures removal position is always same for operator.
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Original Press release
Krones AG
9600 S. 58th St.
Franklin, WI, 53132
USA
Fast Mould Change-Over with the Krones MouldXpress Advanced
Krones AG, Neutraubling, Germany, has developed a system called MouldXpress Advanced, which strikingly downsizes the change-over time for moulds in the Contiform, thus improving still further the availability levels of the stretch blow-moulding machine. The semi-automatic system integrated into the blowing wheel shortens the change-over time from about 3.5 minutes to less than one minute per blow-moulding station.
The different mould sets are kept securely in a design-enhanced, human-engineered changing trolley. Unambiguous identification of the moulds using appropriately designated compartments reduces the risk of installation errors. Thanks to a rotating function principle, the removal position is always the same for the operator.
Higher overall equipment effectiveness
MouldXpress Advanced is used in Contiform blow-moulding machines of the S16 to S28 series for the standard process, and for relax-type moulds with neck-cooling. The semi-automatic system reduces the make-ready time by up to 75 per cent, thus creating a higher level of overall equipment effectiveness. Another advantage is that mould change-overs are always carried out with the same consistent quality, and since no tools whatever are required they are less onerous and less time-consuming for the operator. Krones MouldXpress Advanced - an extremely useful simplification for mould change-overs.
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