Process for the manufacture of PET containers designed to be filled with a hot liquid
US5145632A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 28, 1990 |
| Grant date | Sep 8, 1992 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 28, 2010 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB29K2067/00
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A process for the manufacture of a polyethylene terephthalate (PET) container from a hollow amorphous PET preform which includes an open end and a closed end, the open end forming a neck section having dimensions already conformed to its final size and shape, the container being able to withstand relatively severe thermal conditions encountered when the container is filled with a hot liquid, without appreciable deformation, including the steps of: a) rapidly heating only the body of the PET preform, exclusive of the neck section, to a temperature at which subsequent longitudinal and transverse stretching cause no stresses in the PET; b) transferring the hot preform from step (a) to a mold whose walls are maintained at a temperature lower than the temperature of the hot preform body; c) longitudinally stretching the preform body while simultaneously transversely expanding it by blow-molding using a pressurized fluid so as to mold the preform body to the shape of the mold cavity; d) rapidly evacuating the pressurized fluid from the molded container of step (c); and e) removing the container from the mold.
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