Rotary wheel technology blow molding machines GRAHAM ROTARY wheel systems installed • In-mold labeling The MINI™ Wheel is Graham’s WHEEL BLOW since 1968 on four continents. • View stripe latest breakthrough. It is MOLDING SYSTEMS Graham rotary machines • Aseptic blow molding intended for mid-sized blow process virtually any • Systems for bottles as small molders and emerging Worldwide, only one name is thermoplastic. as 60-110 ml markets. It is small enough synonymous with the mass • Systems for bottles as large to ship in a standard freight production of superior quality Graham wheel machines offer as 30 liters container, but can produce plastic bottles on rotary maximum flexibility for the • Turnkey engineering and coextruded plastic containers extrusion blow molding delivery of ideal packaging installation (up to seven layers) of machinery. That name is solutions. • Other key advantages include exceptional repeatable quality. Graham Engineering • Single and multi-cavity molds bottle lightweighting, Corporation. • Monolayer structures and unsurpassed energy Our equipment coextrusion up to seven layers efficiency, and labor savings. conforms to all national and Our rotary wheel blow molding international safety and equipment is the result of operating standards with ANSI advanced technology developed certification and CE capability. and refined on hundreds of Our sales and service professionals work closely with customers to identify and install optimal production machinery solutions and to provide responsive 24-hour support for reliable, consistent production line performance. THE TECHNOLOGY KEY OF CHOICE ADVANTAGES

Graham Engineering’s wheel • Graham’s proprietary parison systems are used extensively programming requires only for the production of HDPE a small, simple hydraulic and PP extrusion blow molded system containers. Their high output • High repeatability of the capability established them blowing process as the technology of choice • Ability to run two different for producing motor oil bot- bottles on one wheel system tles, household and industrial in some cases • Wheel machines provide the Wheel Processing chemical containers, and • Lowest possible bottle costs most accurate multilayer Consistency many other high volume when properly applied system technology requiring • 100% controlled parison, packages. Graham wheels • High speed production only one or two parisons held at both ends, with are also popular for the up to 8.5 RPM (7 second tolerances reduced to an production of juice and dairy cycle time) Flowhead Technology absolute minimum and based bottles. Graham • Neck-to-neck molding • All Graham rotary machines target layer thicknesses wheels are configured to capability are available with multi- easily reduced produce both conventional • Patented positive bottle layer production capabilities, • Graham is experienced at and aseptic dairy packages. takeout up to seven layers of engineering for high speed material distribution melt flows and very fast • Graham multilayer reaction times of parison coextrusion systems wall thickness control facilitate use of in-process • Melt pumps may optimize or post-consumer recycled flow consistency materials • Graham’s patented remote Wheel IML die adjuster allows operator • Labeling usually occurs with to fine-tune flow head for no loss in cycle time and precise sidewall distribution, with precise, consistent operating without tools and placement accuracy while wheel is running • Runs up to 60-65 strokes per minute • Dual placement units position labels in two cavities at a time and doubles placement rate Conveying, Trimming, and Reaming • Graham rotary machines require no reorienting — bottles exit machine uniformly on a single conveyor • Variety of in-house and third-party trimmer equipment can be integrated by Graham on our manufacturing floor

Wheel Models for Every Capacity Requirement • MINI Wheel (12 molds) — for emerging markets, smaller production Graham MINI Wheel requirements and ideally suited for coex applications • Compact (9/12 molds) — for general duty smaller size food applications • Regular wheels (9/12 molds) — general duty wheels for a variety of applications • Super (12/14/16/18 molds) — for handleware (detergent bottles) and oil bottles (quart/liter size, neck-to-neck) • Mega (18/20/22/24 molds) — for high output production of small bottles • Mighty (9/11 molds) — for large parts, quart oil bottles (4/cavity = 44 bottles), high clamp force, and long parison lengths XBM NAVIGATOR™: • Remote diagnostics via PC-BASED CONTROLS Ethernet connection — DEVELOPED BY enables fast, easy trou- BLOW MOLDERS bleshooting by Graham's FOR BLOW MOLDERS technical support team • Swing arm mounted operator station (optional) The efficiency of a production allows for improved line-of- line is closely linked to the sight setup and operation accuracy and ease of use of • Graham’s equipment its controls. That is why every manuals represent a Graham blow molding valuable added resource machine uses the XBM for customers. Available in Navigator™, a proprietary paper and electronic PC-based system designed by formats. Manuals can be us. The hardware is a accessed from the standard, 24-volt industrial machine’s PC as clickable PC, which eliminates any PDFs offering helpful need for manufacturer- photos, schematics, and specific components or parts lists. system expertise. The man-machine interface is a flat panel color display with touch screen capabilities. But XBM Navigator,™ the real beauty of the system winner of lies in its Windows® platform Control Design’s operator interface software 2008 Innovator — it is a package developed Award by Graham, whose years of blow molding experience ensure that set-ups, trending, Graham's XBM Navigator™ PC controls utilize analysis, and troubleshooting intuitive, graphical screens, allowing operators to functions will all be intuitive come up-to-speed quickly. The graphical approach aids in to the operator. setup and troubleshooting; for example, the color of the • All machine control heater bands changes to red when heat is applied, and to parameters and process blue when cooling is applied. Multiple access levels allow different levels of control for operators, technicians, and variables are easy to call maintenance personnel. The screens can be switched up, check, and adjust between dual languages with the touch of a button. • 100 or 180 point parison Other features include remote diagnostics, trending of key programming can be added variables, and complete logging of process changes.

SUSTAINABILITY Wheel machines offer the replace traditional glass ability to incorporate Post bottles, reducing shipping Graham rotary wheel machines Consumer Recycle (PCR) resin, weight and breakage. offer unsurpassed light either in a single layer, or as a weighting capability for extru- middle, buried layer. Scrap Graham wheel machines sion blow molded packaging. generated as part of the compare favorably with any With low conversion energy manufacturing process can be type of shuttle EBM system: and high efficiencies, wheel immediately recycled into • Lower resin consumption — machines are at the forefront subsequent containers. And bottle weight reduction made in offering the industry best with coex capability up to possible by 100% control of manufacturing practices and seven layers, lightweight the parison and upward material conservation. containers can be produced to extrusion. Graham wheel machines program the parison thickness, using up to 180 increments per log. And with constant parison length and positioning, bottle weights are tightly controlled. • Lowest weight tolerances from cavity to cavity — allowing operators to set minimal weight median targets • Very energy efficient operation — the wheel is driven by only one or two small electric motors, providing all energy required for mold opening, closing, and clamping force • Quieter, cleaner and more efficient through completely electro-mechanical hybrid operation. Cam driven, no timers, and no hydraulics (except for a small, low-flow unit for the parison programmer)

Graham Engineering Corporation • 1203 Eden Road, York, PA 17402-0673 • USA Tel: 717-848-3755 • Fax: 717-846-1931 • www.grahamengineering.com • [email protected]