4:59 min ONE:15

Investigation of stretch ratio dependent material models of PET bottles in O2-barrier and topload simulation routines

This article describes an approach to determine virtual prototypes of PET bottles from a given preform design and process parameters using a three-dimensional simulation of the stretch blow molding process. The material behavior of PET bottles is described considering the dependency ...
4:11 min ONE:15

Quantitative measurement of residual stresses for PET Preforms and bottles offers new hope for our old nemesis – stress cracking

This article summarizes a study of a high precision quantitative stress measurement ...
4:50 min ONE:15

Minting the preform base

Lightweighting PET bottles is a process where we are continuously seeking and ...