Definitions

Glossary for machine and mold buyers.

Buyer-focused definitions for PET stretch blow molding, preform molds, bottle blow molds, cavity count, neck finish and auxiliary equipment.

A bottle forming route where PET preforms are heated, stretched and blown into final bottle shape inside a matched blow mold.

Tooling used to make the preform that later becomes a bottle during the blowing process.

Tooling that shapes the final bottle during the blowing process and controls body geometry, wall distribution and sample acceptance.

The number of bottles or preforms a mold can form per cycle; it must fit the machine route and output target.

The bottle mouth and thread/sealing geometry that controls cap fit, filling compatibility and leak risk.

A parameter that should not be published as fixed because it depends on bottle data, mold scope, line layout or engineering confirmation.

A bottle handling route that moves bottles after blowing toward downstream handling, conveyor or packing flow.

Support equipment and planning around air, cooling, conveyor, line handoff, installation and factory workflow.