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Guide to Extrusion Blow
This is a new book written to give engineers, operators, sales people, and managers practical and useful information in their daily business. Ottmar Brandau started as service engineer with Bekum in 1978 and has since then worked on a large number of machines of various types and manufacturers besides being involved in product design, plant layout and sales. This book details on 290 pages with 220 figures:
- How to calculate clamp tonnage
- How to calculate extruder output
- How to set up and work with a programmer
- The various challenges to multi-cavity production
- The newest technologies for optimal production
- Setup for efficient quality procedures
- All different machine types: shuttle, recip, accumulator, and wheel
- The most up-to-date head technologies
- Basic material science and machine control
- Mold technologies with an emphasis on proper venting and pinch design
- An overview of all auxiliary equipment and how to calculate requirements
- Troubleshooting guide of the most common defects, most with pictures
- Tips and tricks for processors
How to acquire the book
You can buy the book here. If you are not sure if you want the entire book or are just interested in certain aspects of the process, you can buy pdf files of the chapters separately. Each chapter is complete in its description of the material and has all the figures that are in the book. They are in color whereas the book is black & white.
Here are some early comments:
And here is one from Jaime Marrero, Aftermarket and Sales Manager at Graham Engineering Corporation:
“I recently, while at the Packex in Las Vegas, had opportunity to read your new book uninterrupted during my flights. I found the information extremely helpful allowing me to begin connecting “the dots” if you will of the blow molding machines used in industry.
While I am not new to plastics or sales I am relatively new to extrusion blow molding, your descriptions and detailed explanations were excellent. As a result, I am finally grasping more of the nuance in the art of blow molding from your book.”
