NPE Booth W642
HK series These high-speed machines from Bole are designed especially for making packaging, including thin-walled packaging, lunch boxes and coffee cups, as well as cutlery and zip ties. They have a single-injection cylinder plasticizing system for handling materials used in containers, including PS and PP. Special plasticizing systems for biodegradable materials also are available.
What’s new? The series, which makes its U.S. debut at NPE with the demonstration of a fully automated packaging cell centered around the 449-ton BL400HK. It will be molding cutlery with biomaterials and packaging the molded pieces in a dispensing package of 12 pieces per package. The company will be offering the complete molding cell — including the machine, mold, robot and packaging machine — as a turnkey system if desired.
Benefits Energy efficiency and speed. Also, according to the company, the injection rod does not rotate with the screw, eliminating the risk of oil leaks.
Bole Machinery Inc., Stow, Ohio, 330-983-4700, www.boleamerica.com
Vital Statistics
Model |
Clamping force |
Shot weight (PS) |
Maximum injection speed |
Range of possible mold height |
BL300HK |
337 tons |
15.9 ounces |
18 inches per second |
9.8 inches to 25.6 inches |
BL300HK-H |
337 tons |
15.9 ounces |
18 inches per second |
9.8 inches to 25.6 inches |
BL400HK |
449 tons |
26.6 ounces |
18 inches per second |
10.6 inches to 26.4 inches |
BL400HK-H |
449 tons |
26.6 or 60.4 ounces (depending on injection unit) |
18 inches per second |
10.6 inches to 26.4 inches |
BL460HK |
517 tons |
26.6 or 60.4 ounces (depending on injection unit) |
18 inches per second |
11.8 inches to 29.5 inches |
BL460HK-H |
517 tons |
26.6 or 60.4 ounces (depending on injection unit) |
18 inches per second |
11.8 inches to 29.5 inches |
BL550HK-H |
618 tons |
26.6 or 85.8 ounces (depending on injection unit) |
18 inches per second |
13.8 inches to 33.9 inches |
Karen Hanna | Senior Staff Reporter
Senior Staff Reporter Karen Hanna covers injection molding, molds and tooling, processors, workforce and other topics, and writes features including In Other Words and Problem Solved for Plastics Machinery & Manufacturing, Plastics Recycling and The Journal of Blow Molding. She has more than 15 years of experience in daily and magazine journalism.