1. Feeder
  • Glass too cold

 

1. Feeder
  • Adjust the glass temperature 

 

2. Machine Setup and Operation
  • Plunger contact time too long
  • Finish equipment running too cold
  • Incorrect adjustment of plunger mechanism height (too low-too-High)
  • Mold is closing too late
  • Bad end of stroke cushioning to invert mechanism on blow mold side
  • Take-out tongs are out of line
  • Take-out tongs are set too high
  • Take-out tongs are closing too hard
  • Blow head or internal cooling nozzle out of line
  • Neck ring is opening too fast

 

2. Machine Setup and Operation
  • Shorten plunger contact time
  • Use a smaller neck ring
  • Adjust plunger mechanism height
  • Adjust mold to close earlier
  • Improve cushioning of transfer on blow mold side
  • Realign take-out tongs
  • Lower take-out tongs
  • Slow down the action of take-out tongs
  • Realign blow head and cooling tube
  • Reduce speed of neck ring opening
3. Mold Equipment
  • Bad match between blank and ring
3. Mold Equipment
  • Check the blank mold and neck ring match with the mold gauge

 

4. Stacking Equipment
  • Careless handling of cold ware

 

4. Stacking Equipment
  • Check setting and operation of push bar and tong heads on the stacker

 

5. Inspection Equipment
  • Faulty gauging heads
  • Incorrectly set gauging heads
5. Inspection Equipment
  • Change the gauging heads
  • Reset the gauging heads