At Apex Plastics, our employees are at the heart of everything that we make. When consistency and quality assurance are as important as they are to us, it is essential to have a workforce that is happy, healthy, passionate, and informed using blow molding manufacturing training.
We recently had Lew Ferguson come to our facility to with his specialized plastics manufacturing training program. Lew has over 40 years of experience in the blow molding industry and is widely recognized and respected. He brought with him an extrusion blow molding training program he created for the Pennsylvania College of Technology, an institution whose Plastics Innovation Center is regarded as the best in the nation for research, development, and education in our field. Lew’s and Pennsylvania College of Technology’s areas of expertise include injection molding, extrusion, blow molding, and thermoforming.
Training topics included advantages and disadvantages of blow molding, making die adjustments and fixing parison curl, and advanced parison programming and shaping. Lew spoke about utilizing check sheets to identify areas for improvement, minimizing die lines, and the importance of managing and handling regrind properly. Training sessions like this are an integral part of the programs that keep Apex Plastics’ employees sharp and ready to make the best plastic bottles and containers possible.