From resin to finished product: the machines a plastics plant needs
A step-by-step guide to moulding, extrusion and recycling, the machine that does each job, and how to ask Jantrayan for a quotation.
What machine are you looking for?
Type a machine name or a step of the work.
- Hopper dryer
- Colour mixer
- Injection moulding machine
- Mould temperature controller
- Blow moulding machine
- Pipe extrusion line
- Blown film line
- Water chiller
- Cutting and trimming machine
- Plastic shredder
- Pelletising line
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Plastics & rubber machines
Step 1: Material handling and drying
Hopper dryer
A heated hopper on top of the moulding machine that dries plastic granules before they melt, so parts come out without bubbles or streaks.
Availability subject to feasibility check
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Colour mixer
A drum or blade mixer that blends granules with colour masterbatch and regrind into an even mix.
Availability subject to feasibility check
Request this machineStep 2: Injection moulding
Injection moulding machine
Melts granules in a heated barrel and injects them under pressure into a closed mould, which opens to release each finished part.
Availability subject to feasibility check
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Mould temperature controller
Pumps heated or cooled water or oil through the mould to hold it at the right temperature, so every part sets the same way.
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Request this machineStep 3: Blow moulding
Blow moulding machine
Inflates a hot tube of plastic inside a mould with compressed air to make bottles, jerrycans and other hollow items.
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Request this machineStep 4: Extrusion
Pipe extrusion line
An extruder pushes melted plastic through a round die; the pipe is sized, cooled in water baths, hauled off and cut to length.
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Blown film line
Blows melted plastic from a ring die into a tall bubble of thin film, which is cooled, flattened and wound into rolls for bags and wraps.
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Request this machineStep 5: Cooling and finishing
Water chiller
A refrigeration unit that cools the water for moulds and extrusion baths, so parts set quickly and evenly.
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Cutting and trimming machine
Cuts off runners, flash and excess film from moulded or extruded products, and cuts pipe and profiles to length.
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Request this machineStep 6: Recycling scrap
Plastic shredder
Rotating knives cut plastic waste, rejects and scrap into small flakes for washing and recycling.
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Request this machineStep 6: Recycling scrap
Pelletising line
Melts clean flakes, filters the melt and cuts the strands into even pellets that can be moulded again.
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How a plastics plant works
The main ways plastic is shaped and the type of machine that usually does each job. Most plants specialise in one or two of these.
Material handling and drying
Resin pellets are dried and mixed with colour or additives before they are melted.
Machines at this step: Hopper dryer, Colour mixer
Injection moulding
Molten plastic is injected into a closed mould to make parts such as caps, crates, chairs and housings.
Machines at this step: Injection moulding machine, Mould temperature controller
Blow moulding
A soft tube or preform is blown with air inside a mould to make bottles and containers.
Machines at this step: Blow moulding machine
Extrusion
Plastic is pushed through a die in one long run to make pipes, sheet or film for bags.
Machines at this step: Pipe extrusion line, Blown film line
Cooling and finishing
Parts and moulds are cooled with chilled water, then trimmed, printed or cut to length.
Machines at this step: Water chiller, Cutting and trimming machine
Recycling scrap
Rejects and plastic waste are washed, shredded and turned back into pellets that can be used again.
Machines at this step: Plastic shredder, Pelletising line
Filling the bottles you make?
See the machines that fill, seal, label and box products on a packing line.