ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

I would like to thank all the people who got involved in my project work. Special thanks to
PROF. ANIKET AKHADE who supported our ideas and gave us helpful feedback and inputs
throughout the process.

During the Bottle Blowers building and manufacturing MR. ANKIT DWIVEDI and MR.
RANJEET PATEL did an amazing job producing all the parts needed to actually visualize my project.
Their effort and knowledge helped me greatly when assembling and putting together all the parts. The
time spent in the workshop has always been really enjoyable and friendly due to the welcoming
atmosphere.

I would like to thank Mr. SANJAY KOTHARI, PROPRIETOR M/S SUN DIAPET, VASAI for
his kind and timely help when I was confronted with problems concerning plastics and preforms. His
supply of PET preforms was greatly appreciated.

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 INDEX

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1 ABSTRACT
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2 LIST OF FIGURES

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3 LIST OF TABLE

Sr. no. Chapter Page no.

1 Introduction 1

1.1 Concept 1

1.2 Materials suitable for Blow Molding 4

1.3 Objective 5

1.4 Report Layout 6

Literature Review
2 7

The use of plastic for beverage bottles - a brief history

2.1 7

Opportunities of expansion
2.2 9

Top industries that offer promising growth

2.3 10

Therorotical evolution and Methodology

3 11

Plastic used for Bottles

3.1 11

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 PET ( POLYETHELYNE THERAPTHALATE )
3.2 12

Manufacturing VS. Buy – IN Preforms

3.3 13

Suppliers of Preform 14
3.4

Details of preform selected

3.5 15

Preform Heating test

3.6 16

Design of blow molding machine

3.7 18

Actual photograph of machine after assembly of all components

3.8 23

Experimental procedure, Function and operation

3.9 24

Results, Interpretation and analysis.

4 25

Testing and results

4.1 25

Project Cost estimation

4.2 27

Summary, Conclusions and future scope

5 28

Summary
5.1 28

Conclusion
5.2 29

5.3 Future scope 30

References
6 31

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 ABSTRACT

This project presents the research of packaging juices into plastic bottle and the design and
manufacturing of Prototype PET Blowing Machine for Production of Plastic Bottles. The machine will
be used for the production of plastic bottles suitable for bottling juices. Premanufactured PET preforms
have proven to be the most convenient and promising choice for the fabrication of blown bottles. Basic
tests to understand the behaviour of the preforms and the challenges of the blowing process have been
carried out.

A special focus has been placed on the different circumstances in contrast to industrial bottle
production, in particular the needed air pressure to form the bottles. The following step was to find the
ideal method and principle to handle the preforms and to transform them in the desired shape. Finally
the design, drawing of the parts and assemblies were carried out with the 3-D CAD software Solid
works. The designed parts for the bottle blower have been manufactured at the mechanical
Workshop.The final assembly and testing of the blower then concluded the practical work for this
project. A suitable design for the bottle production was found and the assembled Bottle Blower can
now be used for the production of PET bottles.

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 LIST OF FIGURES

Figure No. Name Page No.

1.1 Blow Molding Manufacturing Process 1

3.1 Section view of preform 15

3.2 actual image of preform 15

3.3 Heating of preform immersed in hot water 16

Temperature development of preform inside wall during

3.4 16
heating in hot water

3.5 Assembly of PET blowing machine 18

3.6
Structural Frame 19

3.7 Mould 19

3.8 Nozzle holder 20

3.9 Lever Arm 20

3.10 Nozzle 21

3.11 Actual photograph of machine after assembly of all components 23

4.1 Result 1 25

4.2 Result 2 25

4.3 Result3 25

4.4 Result 4 25

Graphycal Representation of Pressure vs percent of bottle

4.5 26
blowned

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Table no. Name Page No.

3.1 Plastic used for bottles 11

3.2 Material selection 22

4.1 Result 25

4.2 Project Cost estimation 27

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