Medium size, high performance blow molding machine

If the customer determines that he only wants to produce a PET bottle with a maximum specification of 1.5 liters on a stretch blow moulding machine, he will be satisfied with a smaller size machine: The Contiform S30M is the prototype of a new generation of stretch blow moulding machines. M here represents a medium specification.

The maximum volume of 1.5 liters is typical of PET containers, especially in Western Europe. In order to produce bottles of this size, Krones now offers the option of building 30 mould cavities on the mechanical platform of a conventional blow moulding machine, which is usually designed for 24 moulds of up to 3 litres each. So the S30M offers higher yields with smaller machines, which also means that the cost per cavity is relatively low. With a production volume of 1800 bottles per hour per blow molding station, the S30M achieves an hourly throughput of 540,000 PET containers with a maximum size of 1.5 liters and a diameter of 95 mm. The M series is the fifth generation of the evolution of the Krones blow molding machine. Type, for Contiform S (standard type), H (hot fill), SK (common small cavity type) and HK (hot filled small cavity type).