The Quick Change

摘要

Graham Engineering Corporation's flagship Graham wheel has introduced The Revolution MVP~R system, to its blow molding machine portfolio that comprises of two proprietary innovations; one a self-contained, modular clamp design, and second, a variable pitch feature. Combined with the Quick-Change mold system, this new design offers the precision and output of a Graham wheel with the versatility of a shuttle. The Revolution MVP system offers unprecedented flexibility from a simple change of molds, to a change of height within a configuration for running a different bottle, to completely changing the wheel to a new configuration with a different number of stations. Each clamp station is independent of the others and all forces are self-contained within the clamp. Water manifolds through the platens to facilitate a mold change, and individual clamps can be removed for offline maintenance to reduce downtime. This modularity enables the user to vary the number of clamp stations from 12 to 24 on the same platform and configure the wheel based on the application and bottle height.