Two dramatic new additions to online monitoring and control of PET bottle quality were announced at NPE2015 by Agr International, Inc., Butler, Pa. First, Agr has added to its Pilot Profiler in-the-blow-molder thickness-management system for stretch-blown PET bottles. The new function predicts shelf-life performance of the bottle-CO2 and moisture barrier-based on the wall-thickness profile. The math behind the predictive feature is based on the M-Rule container performance model developed by Container Science, Inc., Atlanta.
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