JOMAR PRODUCT TROUBLESHOOTING

JOMAR PRODUCT TROUBLESHOOTING

Reason:
a. Foreign particles in raw material or Masterbatch
b. Purging through the entire system
c. Making sure the nozzle split is clean
d. Making sure the nozzle contact area at the manifold
back is clean
e. Making sure the machine nozzle is aligned with the
manifold radius
f. Cleaning and re-seating all nozzle tips
g. Cleaning the manifold face
Reason: h. Burnt Material in Manifold, open end plugs and
a. Foreign material inside core rod bearing area in Reason: purge
neck ring(s) or on mold surface, or on core rod. a. Melt temperature too high
b. Melt temperature too high. b. Preform mold temperature(s) too high. 8. Bottom Weak
c. Preform mold temperature(s) too high. (Water c. Packing or holding pressure too low or too high.
temperature control unit) d. Core rods too hot (use internal cooling).
d. Injection pressure too high. e. Core rod tip too hot (use external cooling).
e. Holding pressure too high. f. Insufficient lubricant in material.
f. Damaged mold. g. Split time or cure time too short
g. Nozzles not seated properly or are damaged, mold
nozzle seats damaged.
h. High pressure preform time too long. 5. Rocker bottoms show up as bulges in the bottom of
i. Mold and/or hose passages plugged. the bottle or as “warped” bottoms
in ovals. The bottoms are usually still hot and soft
2. Short shots in preform molds will show as short in either case.
necks or half filled preforms.

Reason;
a. Lower gate MTC temperature – parison mold
b. Move external cooling point on tip of core rod
c. Move nozzle out
d. Increase LOW PREFORM Time
e. Change Nozzle
f. Check MTC operation
g. Decrease DECOMPRESS time
Reason:
a. Loss of heat in one or more zones in the preform
mold. (Water temperature control unit) 9. Shifting of Parting line
b. Loss of heat in one or more zones in the extruder or Reason:
manifold. a. Not enough exhaust time.
c. Loss of injection pressure, or injection pressure too b. Poor blow mold venting.
low. c. Insufficient cooling of blow mold bottom.
d. Loss of holding pressure. d. Melt temperature too hot.
e. Loss of screw RPM. e. Cycle too fast for mold or bottle.
f. Foreign material blocking the nozzle orifice(s).
g. Nozzle “Frozen off” from low temperature in base 6. Wall Thickness Variation
or manifold being too cold.
h. Nozzle orifices too small.
i. Hopper out of material.
j. Not enough low pressure preform time.
k. Partially melted material blocking throat in hopper.
Reason:
3. Unblown Bottom
a. Decrease Melt temperature
b. Requires better balance of MTC lines
c. Pack parison temperature
d. Cool the core rod temperature
e. Check for proper MTC operation

Reason: NOTE
a. Increase melt temperature
b. Increase/decrease CURE TIME As a rule of thumb, thin or thick areas in the
c. Increase/decrease BLOW DELAY bottle wall are where the preform has not been
d. Check and clean core rod blow air valve; all gaps conditioned correctly.
must be the same
e. Raise “BODY” temperature in MTC Clean and polish mold surfaces and check flow
Reason: f. Check and clean MTC water lines of the correct temperature water through ALL
a. Check and Clean Foreign particle on the BOTTOM g. Check MTC operation lines in the preform mold.
BUSH of Blow mold cavity h. Check core rod alignment
b. Check and Oil Lubricate below the moving part of i. Change Core Rod
the bottom bush
7. B lack Spots

4. Plastic sticking to preform molds will show as