Retrofitting Blow Molding Machines

Our retrofits may involve software development, mechanical, electrical, pneumatic and hydraulic design depending on the machine condition and customer requirements.

We perform conversion from hydraulic machines to hybrid or electric ones, in order to achieve high motion control capabilities, higher accuracy and repeatability, and increase energy efficiency.

Upgrades to the control system allow to get more functionalities, meet safety standards, improve the overall process and productivity, ease to operate and maintain, get remote service, and connectivity with other machines and IT.

The integration of the control of wall thickness into the machine controller allow us to simplify the system architecture.

Our Beckhoff Controller for Blow Molding Machines

The flexibility and expandability of the modular automation system not only applies to the hardware wiring, but also shows in the software. Depending on the process requirements, the resolution of the parison control can be 30 to 400 points. The drive technology is also freely selectable. We support both hydraulic and servo-electric axes. In hybrid architectures both concepts can be used in parallel.

The user interface developed by Beckhoff is based on many years of experience with blow molding processes and direct feedback from machine operators. The result is a clearly structured, ergonomic user interface.

The Beckhoff blow molding controller offers important functions of modern user interfaces such as user management with different access rights, language selection and storage of operator inputs. And of course, it can be customized according to customer and process requirements.

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