Stretch Blow Molding, Third Edition, provides the latest on the blow molding process used to produce bottles of the strength required for carbonated drinks. In this updated handbook, Ottmar Brandau introduces the technology of stretch blow molding, explores practical aspects of designing and running a production line, and looks at practical issues for quality control and troubleshooting.

Extrusion Blow Molding (EBM) is the oldest of the various blow molding processes. It really came into being in the 1930s when a Mr. Ferngren developed plastic bottles made from cellulose acetate in an automatic process. 

Injection blow molding is one of the main processes used in the blow molding industry. And although you may find information on this topic in general books on blow molding, the coverage is skimpy and lacking in details. None of them supply the sharply focused, essential information you will find in Samuel Belcher’s Practical Guide to Injection Blow Molding. Taking a straightforward approach, the book explores the entire industry from conception, design, costing, tooling, and machinery, to troubleshooting, testing, and daily production.

Over the years, numerous handbooks and design guides on the subject of plastics have been published. None of these dealt in any depth with the subject of this handbook-blow molding. The recent growth of blow molding as an economically feasible process has been rapid in many areas. 

The second edition of this widely accepted book provides a general understanding of the blow molding process. It offers a practical, hands on approach, concentrating on real life, day to day problems faced by those working to create cost effective blow molded parts.

The author used an integrated approach to plastic part design, considering material properties, process benefits and limitations, mold engineering, decoration, finishing, and assembly techniques, while always keeping a focus on manufacturability issues.

The focus of Understanding Blow Molding is on hands-on practical applications, which will benefit those new to the plastic blow molding industry, as well as those who are experienced but may not have been exposed to all facets of a blow molding plant. People from various disciplines such as product and manufacturing engineering, marketing, design, research and development, as well as operation personnel, will also gain insight into solving the everyday problems of a blow molding operation.

Blow molding, explained as having evolved from glass blowing, is used in plastic materials applications as diverse as soda bottles and automobile fuel tanks. 

Based on his extensive experience in the industry's development and a series of seminars on the subject, Lee covers the basics, advances in materials and computer technology, procedures repres

Plastics Materials and Processes: A Concise Encyclopedia is a resource for anyone with an interest in plastic materials and processes, from seasoned professionals to laypeople. 

Fundamental concepts coupled with practical, step-by-step guidance

A product of the LANXESS Applications Engineering Group, this manual is primarily intended as a reference source for part designers and molding engineers working with LANXESS plastic resins. The table of contents and index were carefully constructed to guide you quickly to the information you need either by topic or by
keyword. The content was also organized to allow the manual to function as an educational text for anyone just entering the field of plastic-part manufacturing. Concepts and terminology are introduced progressively for logical cover-to-cover reading.