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1. Flash in Bottom and Neck Reason:

a. Check and Clean Foreign particle on Reason:
the BOTTOM BUSH of Blow mold cavity a. Increase melt temperature
b. Check and Oil Lubricate below the b. Increase/decrease CURE TIME
moving part of the bottom bush c. Increase/decrease BLOW DELAY
d. Check and clean core rod blow air valve;
all gaps must be the same
4. Plastic sticking to preform molds will e. Raise “BODY” temperature in MTC
show as “pulls” or “stringing” of the f. Check and clean MTC water lines
plastic as the molds open. Common g. Check MTC operation
causes of plastic sticking to the core h. Check core rod alignment
rods are: i. Change Core Rod

7. B lack Spots

Reason:
a. Foreign material inside core rod bearing
area in neck ring(s) or on mold surface,
or on core rod.
b. Melt temperature too high.
c. Preform mold temperature(s) too high.
Reason:
(Water temperature control unit)
a. Foreign particles in raw material or
d. Injection pressure too high.
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e. Holding pressure too high.
b. Purging through the entire system
f. Damaged mold.
c. Making sure the nozzle split is clean
g. Nozzles not seated properly or are
d. Making sure the nozzle contact area at
damaged, mold nozzle seats damaged. Reason:
the manifold back is clean
h. High pressure preform time too long. a. Melt temperature too high
e. Making sure the machine nozzle is
i. Mold and/or hose passages plugged. b. Preform mold temperature(s) too high.
aligned with the manifold radius
c. Packing or holding pressure too low or
f. Cleaning and re-seating all nozzle tips
2. Short shots in preform molds will show too high.
g. Cleaning the manifold face
as short necks or half filled preforms. d. Core rods too hot (use internal cooling).
h. Burnt Material in Manifold, open end
e. Core rod tip too hot (use external
plugs and purge
cooling).
f. Insufficient lubricant in material.
8. Bottom Weak
g. Split time or cure time too short

5. Rocker bottoms show up as bulges in

the bottom of the bottle or as
“warped” bottoms
in ovals. The bottoms are usually still
hot and soft in either case.

Reason:
a. Loss of heat in one or more zones in the
preform mold. (Water temperature
control unit)
b. Loss of heat in one or more zones in the
extruder or manifold.
c. Loss of injection pressure, or injection
pressure too low. Reason;
d. Loss of holding pressure. a. Lower gate MTC temperature – parison
e. Loss of screw RPM. mold
f. Foreign material blocking the nozzle b. Move external cooling point on tip of core
orifice(s). rod
g. Nozzle “Frozen off” from low c. Move nozzle out
temperature in base or manifold being d. Increase LOW PREFORM Time
too cold. e. Change Nozzle
h. Nozzle orifices too small. Reason:
f. Check MTC operation
i. Hopper out of material. a. Not enough exhaust time.
g. Decrease DECOMPRESS time
j. Not enough low pressure preform time. b. Poor blow mold venting.
k. Partially melted material blocking throat c. Insufficient cooling of blow mold bottom.
in hopper. d. Melt temperature too hot.
9. Shifting of Parting line
e. Cycle too fast for mold or bottle.
3. Unblown Bottom
6. Wall Thickness Variation

Reason:
a. Decrease Melt temperature
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b. Requires better balance of MTC lines
c. Pack parison temperature
d. Cool the core rod temperature
e. Check for proper MTC operation

NOTE

As a rule of thumb, thin or thick areas in the

bottle wall are where the preform has not been
conditioned correctly.

Clean and polish mold surfaces and check flow

of the correct temperature water through ALL
lines in the preform mold.