BMT is transforming PET bottle production with BLOWSCAN and THERMOSCAN, helping manufacturers improve performance, reduce waste, and accelerate development cycles.
At drinktec 2025 (C6-531), Blow Moulding Technologies (BMT) will showcase leading innovations in PET packaging, featuring advanced tools like BLOWSCAN and THERMOSCAN alongside its signature workflow, The BMT Way, to enable data-driven sustainability and efficiency. According to Yannis Salomeia, BMT’s CEO:
“We aim to bridge the gap between sustainability and performance for PET bottles, making innovation achievable for global manufacturers.”
BLOWSCAN: Smarter Material Analysis for PET Bottles
BLOWSCAN is a lab-based stretch blow moulding (SBM) platform delivering insights into material behaviour and bottle design. It enables rPET and other sustainable materials to be tested without production disruption.
Key Features:
- Modular design: Switch seamlessly between free-blow and mould-blow modes.
- Data collection: Captures temperature, inflation pressure, and blow geometry for robust analysis.
- Material benchmarking: Ideal for rPET and bio-polymers for early validation.
- Efficiency: Reduces material validation time by up to 20%.
According to Josh Turner, Head of Materials Characterisation:
“BLOWSCAN de-risks bottling development by offering precise insights, supporting design validation, and enabling scalability for sustainable materials.”
THERMOSCAN: Precision temperatures for sustainable bottles
THERMOSCAN revolutionises thermal profiling, addressing challenges from recycled materials like rPET, which often result in thermal variability.
Key Features:
- Temperature accuracy: Provides lab-grade temperature profiles for vPET and rPET.
- Material changeovers: Reduces guesswork during thermal adjustments.
- Efficiency: Cuts profiling time by 30% and accelerates setup and process optimisation.
- BMT’s emphasis on precision ensures consistent processing conditions, reducing material waste and inefficiencies.
The BMT Way: A Comprehensive approach to PET bottling
The BMT Way combines hardware, data, and digital simulations for holistic bottle development. This workflow ensures accelerated design, validation, and production while significantly reducing costs and risks.
Steps in The BMT Way:
- Measure: Tools like BLOWSCAN and THERMOSCAN gather data on material behaviours and performance.
- Digitise: Transform real-world data into virtual models for analysis and design iteration.
- Execute: Feed insights into production with process adjustments for consistent and efficient operations.
BMT’s collaborative method closes the gap between design, prototyping, and production, giving manufacturers an edge in sustainable innovation.
