How to Increase the Profitability of Your Blow Molding System With an Extruder Upgrade

Technology

Extruder

The extruder significantly determines the throughput and therefore the profitability of blow mold production. It is therefore worth taking a critical look at the performance data of older existing systems in particular. With its blow molding extruders, Reifenhäuser enables an increase in throughput of up to 25 percent and, thanks to its particularly compact design, quick and easy integration into existing systems from all manufacturers.

Reifenhäuser has decades of experience in the development and manufacture of extruders for a wide range of applications and is a partner and supplier to leading OEMs. Reifenhäuser blow molding extruders have regularly achieved top benchmarks. With an extruder upgrade, producers can benefit from this know-how easily, quickly and cost-effectively.

This is how operators of blow molding systems benefit from an extruder upgrade:

1.
Increase in throughput

The increased performance of Reifenhäuser blow molding extruders is largely the result of special screw and barrel designs that are precisely tailored to the requirements of blow molding. As a result, up to 25 percent higher throughputs can be achieved with the same extruder size.

2.
Reduction in energy consumption

Due to the higher throughput, the existing extruder can be replaced by a correspondingly smaller Reifenhäuser extruder that delivers the same output. The more compact and efficient design significantly reduces energy consumption.

“Many blow mould manufacturers are often unaware of the optimization potential that can be achieved by replacing extruders. Or they shy away from the supposedly high integration costs. This is precisely where we come in with our Reifenhäuser extruder concept. Thanks to our many years of experience, we know the exact requirements in the blow molding sector, have consistently aligned the design accordingly and, if required, can take over the integration at the customer's premises quickly and easily. Thanks to our compact design, we can usually integrate the extruder into the existing platform.”

Tom Schneider

Head of Extruder Department at Reifenhäuser Extrusion Systems