T1B

The structure:


PET pellets, bottle preform and finished product:


Preform injection molds:


More preforms:


Injection molding machine:


Blow molding machine:


PET bottles with their preforms:


Recycling:


PET recycling pelletizer:


Recycle PET flakes:


Recycle PET pellets:

Interesting stuff. I landed a consulting contract for Continental PET Technologies in the mid 90s to upgrade their preform process to accept more recycle without disturbing the inner oxygen barrier for Heinz Ketchup bottle three layer process.

We were able to increase the recycle barrier by nearly 40% using a additive from BASF. Huge bonus after completion 2 months earlier the projected. They kept me busy for a few more years until I got burned out.

At BASF, we don't make the ketchup bottles you squeeze. We make the ketchup bottles you squeeze more recyclable.

Hey now!



-The Jon

Being Dinsdale, of course I could have told you what those were...

An old friend used to use them for stash containers... and didn't tell me what "object you see every day in a different form" it was for quite a while.