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Extrusion Blow Molding

  • 1st Edition - August 1, 2021
  • Latest edition
  • Author: Michael Thielen
  • Language: English

This unique book covers the wide spectrum of extrusion blow-molded hollow bodies, which find application in packaging, storage, transport or channeling of liquids or bulk ma… Read more

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Description

This unique book covers the wide spectrum of extrusion blow-molded hollow bodies, which find application in packaging, storage, transport or channeling of liquids or bulk materials. The reader is provided with the necessary information to fundamentally understand extrusion blow molding technology, making it easy to understand the interrelationships during processing and applications. This basic knowledge makes studies and daily work easier.

In addition to various fields of application and manufacturing processes, aspects of product development and possibilities of blow molding simulation are presented. Further chapters on peripheral equipment and downstream equipment, recycling, and troubleshooting round off the book.

Key features

  • Delivers the fundamentals of blow molding technology
  • Examines aspects of product development and possibilites of blow molding simulation

Readership

Engineers, materials scientists, students in these fields, manufacturers, technicians

Table of contents

1. Introduction2. Extrusion Blow Molding3. Product Development4. The Extrusion Blow Molding Business5. Recycling6. Troubleshooting

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: August 1, 2021
  • Language: English

About the author

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Michael Thielen

Michael Thielen is a PR consultant, editorial service provider, and founder and publisher of the trade journal bioplastics MAGAZINE. As a mechanical engineer, he studied plastics engineering at the RWTH Aachen University, where he also earned his doctorate. After several years in various sales and communication positions, including at the Krupp Research Institute, Krupp Kautex Maschinenbau, and SIG Plastics International, he went freelance in 2003 as a consultant and publicist. He has written several books on blow molding technology and bioplastics and has taught plastics engineering in numerous lectures and teaching assignments at universities of applied sciences in Germany and abroad.

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