Abstract: A method and apparatus of making hollow plastic articles are disclosed in which the preforms or other articles are sequentially molded from a continuous stream of plasticized resin supplied by an extruder. The preforms are formed sequentially in a plurality of molds and immediately transferred from the molds to blowing apparatus where they are blown into plastic articles. The molds are disposed in sets of two or more molds each, and the number of blowing apparatus units is equal to the number of sets of molds, with at least two sets of molds being provided. After the preform is formed in one mold of a set of molds, it is transferred while it is still hot to the corresponding blowing apparatus for that set while the extruded stream of plasticized resin is fed into the other molds to form other preforms.

Abstract: A method and apparatus of making hollow plastic articles are disclosed in which the preforms or other articles are sequentially molded from a continuous stream of plasticized resin supplied by an extruder. The preforms are formed sequentially in a plurality of molds and immediately transferred from the molds to blowing apparatus where they are blown into plastic articles. The molds are disposed in sets of two or more molds each, and the number of blowing apparatus units is equal to the number of sets of molds, with at least two sets of molds being provided. After the preform is formed in one mold of a set of molds, it is transferred while it is still hot to the corresponding blowing apparatus for that set while the extruded stream of plasticized resin is fed into the other molds to form other preforms.

Abstract: Apparatus is disclosed for indicating the final tonnage produced by a press having a toggle mechanism actuated by a closing means. The apparatus comprises means for measuring the closing force exerted on the toggle mechanism by the closing means, means for detecting the initial peak closing force measured by the measuring means, means for converting the initial peak closing force to a final press tonnage value preferably using a proportional relationship, and means for outputting the final press tonnage value. In addition, the apparatus may include switch means for disconnecting the measuring means from the detecting means after the detecting means has detected the initial peak closing force. The apparatus is easily adaptable to most presses having toggle mechanisms such as those used in injection molding machines, and may be used to provide an accurate tonnage indication without the necessity of directly measuring tonnage such as by mounting strain gages on the tie bars.