Blow Molding Services

Widely used for manufacturing plastic bottles, blow molding is an effective and inexpensive method for plastic container manufacture. At R&D Molders, we are experienced practitioners of blow molding in a highly-automated, lean manufacturing environment. Our unique approach allows for a high quality, high volume product that remains cost-effective as well.

We are able to blow mold small, medium, and multi-part products in continuous, accumulating head, and reciprocating screw configurations. Our equipment can handle many common and specialty polymers in shot sizes up to 7 pounds, and supports designs with up to 4 cavities. Our production lines feature ERP monitoring, guaranteeing perfection in output quality. We also support mold transfer – customers can send in molds from prior work and have them integrated into the production process.

Our production facilities are also able to provide many value-added services and capabilities, such as turnkey product development, inspection and testing, moldmaking and tooling, clean room molding, and many others. We are open to orders of any size and can accommodate recurring delivery contracts. Orders are typically completed within 8 weeks.
To learn more about our high quality services, including our blow molding capability, see the table below and contact us directly.

Blow Molding Capabilities

General Capabilities

Contract
Consulting
Custom Design
Prototyping
Turnkey
Quality Control
Re-design
Transfer Programs
Just in Time (JIT)
Product Validation
Product Capabilities Small Parts
Medium Components
Multi-Component
Mold Styles Continuous
Accumulated Head
Reciprocating Screw

Material

Polyethylene
Polypropylene
Polycarbonate
PETG
ABS
Ryton
EVA
Santoprene
Hytrel
Arnitel
K-Resin
Kostrate
Shot Size
The maximum weight of plastic that can be displaced or injected by a single injection stroke. Generally expressed as ounces of polystyrene.
Up to 7 pounds
Number of Cavities
The number of cavities in the mold used to produce multiple products in one molding cycle.
Min
1 cavities
Max
4 cavities
Additional Services Assemble
Engineering
Mold Making
Machining
Engineering
Quality Control
Lab Inspection
CMM Machines
Product Development
Rapid Prototyping
Tooling
Clean Room Molding
Process Monitoring
In mold Labeling
Leak Detection
Bar Coding
Inventory Control

Lead Time

Generally 8 Weeks
Quoted on job by job basis
Emergency services available
Rush Services Available
Production Volume Specialty Production Shop
Prototype
Low Volume
Small Run
High Volume
Large Run
Long Run
Large Scale Production Volume Run

Additional Information

Industry Focus Aerospace
Automotive
Building
Communication
Consumer Goods
Electrical
Electronic
Maritime
Medical
Military
Optical
Industrial
Consumer Goods
Sporting Goods
GSA/DOD
Home & Garden
Energy
Industry Standards MAPP
Manufacturers Association for Plastics Processors
SPE
Society of Plastics Engineers
ISO 9001:2008
International Organization for Standardization
UL
Underwriters Laboratories
FDA Registered
Efficiency Lean Manufacturing
File Formats AlphaCAM (AMD,ATD)
AutoCAD (DWG,DWZ)
BMP
Bit Mapped Graphics
Catia (CATDrawing,CATPart)
Delcam (DGK, DMT)
DXF
Drawing Interchange Format, or Drawing Exchange Format
GIF
Graphics Interchange Format
IGES
Initial Graphics Exchange Specification, ANSI file format.
Inventor (IDW, IPT)
IronCAD (ICD,ICS)
JPG or JEPG
Joint Photographic Experts Group
MasterCam (MDX, MC8, MC9, SET)
PDES
Product Data Exchange using STEP, Standard for the Exchange of Product Model Data. A standard format for exchanging data between advanced CAD and CAM programs.
PDF
Portable Document Format
Pro-E or Pro/Engineer (DRW,PRT,XPR)
SAT
3D ACIS Model File
SolidEdge (DFT)
SolidWorks (SLDPRT,SLDDRW,SLDDRT)
STEP
Standard for the Exchange of Product Model Data
SurfCam (DSN)
TIFF
Tagged Image File Format
TurboCAD (TCW,TCX)
Unigraphics (PRT)