Definitions

Glossary for machine and mold buyers.

Glossary hub defining PET stretch blow molding, preform molds, bottle blow molds, cavity count, neck finish and auxiliary equipment for RFQs.

Browse the terms used in machine, mold and line RFQs.

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A parameter that should not be published as fixed because it depends on bottle data, mold scope, line layout or engineering confirmation.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

RFQ-first workflow

Glossary terms should help buyers state the machine, mold, preform and line assumptions clearly.

Use glossary definitions to standardize the RFQ language before engineering review.
Send bottle drawings, material, target output, mold scope and destination before price comparison.
Bottle volume, neck finish and sample photo or drawing.
Target output and material route: PET, PP, PETG, Tritan or PPSU.
Preferred machine model, mold cavity target and destination country.
Mold only, machine only or complete line scope.
Move from generic catalog browsing to project examples, comparison tables and RFQ checklists.
Standardize bottle, preform, mold, output and auxiliary data before the first quotation.