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Record 1 2015-07-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plastics Manufacturing
DEF

A method of forming hollow objects by inflating a parison into a mould with compressed gas.

OBS

blow moulding: term and definition standardized by ISO.

Key term(s)
  • blow molding

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plasturgie
DEF

Méthode de formage d'objets creux, par insufflation d'un gaz comprimé dans une paraison maintenue dans un moule.

OBS

moulage par soufflage : terme et définition normalisés par l'ISO.

Key term(s)
  • moulage soufflé
  • gonflage
  • moulage par gonflage

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Fabricación de plásticos
DEF

Método para formar en un molde objetos huecos inflando con gas comprimido un parisón.

Key term(s)
  • soplado
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Record 2 2006-09-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Packaging in Metal
CONT

One trend in packaging has been to add "shape" to aluminum beverage containers to provide brand differentiation. Shaping processes such as rheoforming, which utilizes internal water pressure to the can into a mold, and blowforming, involving air pressure in concert with axial compression, require more of the can material from a formability perspective.

OBS

A recent development by CarnaudMetalbox is a pneumatic ‘blowing’ technique to produce asymmetrically shaped cans.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Emballages en métal
DEF

Technique de formage qui consiste à placer une boîte métallique dans un moule et à la gonfler d'air (compression) pour qu'elle prenne la forme du moule.

OBS

Boîtes de forme [...] Les techniques utilisées [...] sont la déformation mécanique simple par segments ou la technique du «blowforming», qui produit des formes par pression ou soufflage par un fluide de l'acier dans un moule.

OBS

pneumatoformage : terme construit sur le modèle des termes «hydroformage» et «rhéoformage» qui désignent également des techniques de formage pour boîtes métalliques.

Spanish

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