This comprehensive volume covers the entire blow molding process, discussing technological, performance, marketing and financial aspects. The Handbook presents information logically and simply, emphasizing both practical and theoretical viewpoints.

Contents Include:
The Complete Blow Molding Operation, Blow Molding Machines, Injection Stretch Blow Molding, Plasticating Screw Process, Controls for Blow Molding, Designing Blow Molded Products, Designing and Manufacturing of Dies/Molds, Blow Molds and Operation, CAD/CAM/CAE for Blown Parts and Die/Mold Design, Mold Cool and Flow Analysis, Auxiliary Equipment, Processing Plastic Materials, Polyolefins: LDPE, EVA, LLDPE, and PP, Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET), Polyvinyl Chloride, Polymer Structure in Blow Molding Processing and Properties, Melt Rheology and Blow Molding, Troubleshooting -- Processing Problems and Solutions, Testing and Quality Control, Statistical Process/Quality Control, Production Plant Design and Operation, Blow Molding Highly Irregular Shaped Parts, Evolution of an Imaginative Technology -- Double Wall Blow Molding, Technical Cost Modeling, Effective Plant Management Financial Control, Profit Through Technological Advances.