PET Injection Molder Introduces rPET Capabilities

Husky Technologies has launched the HyPET6e molding platform. Building on the company’s flagship PET preform injection molding system, HyPET6e delivers a combination of system components meant to meet sustainable molding requirements, such as rPET capability, enhanced energy efficiency and closed-loop quality control, in addition to simplified operation.

HyPET6e is an integration of machine, mold, auxiliary and real-time remote monitoring, and improvements have been made to optimize processing of preforms made from 100% rPET. An integrated drying solution enables accurate material blending, metal contaminant removal and consistent material preparation when running these materials. A high throughput screw design delivers optimized rPET melt quality with more uniform melt flow. To reduce rPET color variability, an integrated, self-adjusting, real-time inspection system achieves closed-loop color correction and automatic color adjustments.

The molding system has been designed with regenerative, system-level energy management to delivers on-demand performance, intuitively reducing energy consumption. At the heart of HyPET6e is intelligent, adaptive technology that uses feedback from pressure and actuator sensors to determine the optimum pressure required to effectively and efficiently mold applications. This adaptive system monitors and automatically adjusts for optimal energy consumption without impacting system capability, cycle time or part quality.

To simplify operation, HyPET6e has also adopted additional features so that operators of all skill levels are able to achieve maximum productivity and part consistency. Intelligent, connected mold features provide real-time monitoring, extended mold life and support increased levels of rPET while maximizing uptime. Uniform preform cooling minimizes cycle time and yields high preform quality. Simplified machine greasing performed during operation reduces maintenance time, enhanced conveyor features ensure gentle part handling to minimize defects and automated preform sampling supports enhanced quality inspection.

All systems are equipped with Advantage+Elite remote connectivity for real-time, predictive and transparent monitoring, and the introduction of an online Husky Complete Portal delivers instant access to on-demand maintenance videos, posters, manuals and OEM parts resources.