PET & PP on One Machine (AS Series)

AS-series models process both PET and PP without hardware modification — switching between resins requires only a preform change and PLC recipe selection. Baby bottle producers serving both the clear-PET retail segment and the PP clinical/premium segment can run both formats on a single machine, reducing capital investment and floor space requirements.

114.3 mm Wide-Neck Precision

All models maintain neck-finish diameter variation within ±0.15 mm for the 114.3 mm wide-neck format — the tolerance required for consistent teat-collar engagement torque and airtight seal across all bottles in a production batch. Tighter than standard packaging requirements, this precision eliminates feeding leakage from inconsistent teat-collar seating that causes returns and brand damage.

BPA-Free — PET & PP

Both PET and PP are inherently BPA-free and globally approved for infant food contact under FDA 21 CFR, EU Regulation 10/2011, and equivalent national infant safety regulations. No plasticisers, no bisphenol compounds, no phthalates. PET offers superior clarity; PP offers superior heat-sterilisation resistance (120°C autoclave compatible) and microwave safety.

No-Hand-Contact — Infant Safety Standard

Fully automated production from preform feed to bottle discharge with no operator hand contact with preform or bottle interior at any stage — satisfying the fundamental infant product manufacturing safety requirement and supporting compliance submissions under EN 14350 (infant drinking equipment) and equivalent national standards.

300 to 2,000 bph — Precision Over Speed

Baby bottle blow molding is a precision-first application — throughput is secondary to dimensional consistency. The series range of 300–2,000 bph reflects the extended cycle times required for wide-neck preform conditioning and the reduced cavity counts justified by premium bottle values. Even at 300 bph, per-bottle economics are commercially strong in the premium infant feeding market.

Complete Turnkey Supply

We supply baby bottle blow molds (114.3 mm and 76.2 mm wide-neck tooling), PET and PP preform injection molds, industrial chillers, and oil-free compressor packages from a single source — ensuring food-grade and infant-contact-grade compressed air compliance and simplifying procurement for infant product brand owners and packaging converters.

▶ AS Series — PET & PP Dual-Material Baby Bottle (1 / 2 / 4 Cavity)

3 models. Higher-grade AS servo motors for maximum neck-finish precision on 114.3 mm and 76.2 mm wide-neck infant bottles. Processes both PET and PP from stored dual-mode PLC recipes — no hardware modification required between resins.

Parameter / Unit	AS-1C114.3	AS-2C114.3	AS-4C76.2
Material	PET / PP	PET / PP	PET / PP
Cavities	1	2	4
Max. Container Volume (ml)	350	350	250
Output (bph)	500	900	2,000
Max. Neck Diameter (mm)	114.3	114.3	76.2
Max. Body Diameter (mm)	80	80	65
Max. Container Height (mm)	235	235	235
Clamping Stroke (mm)	122	122	100
Mold-Open Distance (mm)	302	302	280
Stretching Stroke (mm)	400	400	350
Preform Holder	24	48	96
Max. Heating Power (kW)	20	30	33
Normal Heating Power (kW)	8	15	17
Blowing Pressure (kg/cm²)	35	35	35
HP Air Consumption (L/min)	500	1,000	4,000
Cooling Water Flow (L/min)	30	30	40
Machine Size L×W×H (mm)	2150×1660×2150	2660×1660×2150	3370×1850×2100
Machine Weight (kg)	1,500	2,600	4,000

▶ FS Series — PP-Only Dedicated Baby Bottle (1 Cavity)

2 models. Purpose-built PP-only platforms for dedicated baby bottle production. FS-1C114.3: standard wide-neck PP bottle. FS-1CG114.3: wide-neck format with enhanced neck-protection system for bottles requiring additional collar-zone thermal isolation during oven conditioning.

Parameter / Unit	FS-1C114.3	FS-1CG114.3
Material	PP	PP
Cavities	1	1
Special Feature	Standard PP wide-neck	Enhanced neck-protection system
Max. Container Volume (ml)	350	350
Output (bph)	300	300
Max. Neck Diameter (mm)	114.3	114.3
Max. Body Diameter (mm)	80	80
Max. Container Height (mm)	235	235
Clamping Stroke (mm)	139	139
Stretching Stroke (mm)	400	400
Max. Heating Power (kW)	22	22
Normal Heating Power (kW)	10	10
HP Air Consumption (L/min)	500	500
Cooling Water Flow (L/min)	30	30
Machine Size L×W×H (mm)	2150×1660×2150	2550×1660×2150
Machine Weight (kg)	1,800	1,800

▶ JS Series — PP-Only Baby Bottle Platform (1 & 2 Cavity)

2 models. PP-only platforms for single-cavity development and 2-cavity scaled production. JS-1C114.3 for pilot or premium low-volume PP baby bottle runs; JS-2C114.3 for commercial-scale PP bottle production at 600 bph.

Parameter / Unit	JS-1C114.3	JS-2C114.3
Material	PP	PP
Cavities	1	2
Max. Container Volume (ml)	350	350
Output (bph)	300	600
Max. Neck Diameter (mm)	114.3	114.3
Max. Body Diameter (mm)	80	80
Max. Container Height (mm)	235	235
Clamping Stroke (mm)	139	139
Stretching Stroke (mm)	400	400
Max. Heating Power (kW)	22	36
Normal Heating Power (kW)	10	20
HP Air Consumption (L/min)	500	1,000
Cooling Water Flow (L/min)	30	30
Machine Size L×W×H (mm)	2150×1660×2150	2660×1660×2150
Machine Weight (kg)	1,800	2,600

🛠 Wide-Neck Clamping Architecture

The 114.3 mm wide-neck format requires a substantially wider mold-platen opening than standard narrow-neck machines — all models have clamping and mold-open dimensions sized for this geometry. The FS and JS series use a 139 mm clamping stroke versus 100–122 mm in standard machines, providing the necessary clearance for wide-neck baby bottle mold access without mechanical interference during bottle extraction.

⚙ AS-Grade Servo Clamping

Toggle-link servo-electric clamping with higher-specification AS-grade servo motors in the AS series — delivering ±0.15 mm neck-finish repeatability for teat-collar seating. FS and JS series use equivalent servo-electric clamping with no hydraulic fluid, eliminating contamination risk in infant product manufacturing environments.

🌡 PP-Optimised NIR Oven

PP has a narrower process window than PET — the temperature band between under-heated (insufficient orientation, stress whitening) and over-heated (surface burning, crystallisation) is approximately 5°C versus 15°C for PET. All PP-mode oven configurations use tighter zone control, faster preform transfer from oven exit to blow station, and PP-specific blowing pressure profiles stored as dedicated PLC recipes. The AS-series dual-mode recipe system allows rapid switching between PET and PP configurations without manual oven adjustments.

🔓 Baby Bottle Mold Materials

Blow mold cavities machined from high-strength aluminium alloy with conformal cooling channels optimised for the thick-base geometry of infant bottles. All mold surfaces in contact with the bottle exterior are polished to food-contact surface finish standards. Baby bottle preform injection molds use 2316 food-grade stainless mold steel, CNC-machined with ±0.01 mm on teat-collar seating geometry.

🔓 Wide-Neck Preform Mandrel System

Wide-neck 114.3 mm preforms are significantly larger and heavier than standard beverage preforms — requiring wider-bore mandrel holders, stronger orientation bowl air jets for correct neck-up orientation, and higher-capacity inclined feeder tracks. All models are equipped with 114.3 mm-specific preform handling hardware as standard, eliminating the adaptation failures that occur when standard beverage machines are incorrectly adapted for baby bottle preforms.

📱 PLC & Dual-Material Recipes

Siemens or Mitsubishi PLC with colour HMI. Up to 50 recipes on-board — including separate PET-mode and PP-mode recipe sets for each bottle format on the AS series. Production batch logging supports infant product traceability requirements. Format changeover between PET and PP requires only preform substitution and recipe selection — oven zone power, transfer timing, and blow pressure are all managed automatically by the stored recipe.

Yes. Both PET and PP are inherently BPA-free — they do not contain bisphenol A, bisphenol S, phthalates, or other endocrine-disrupting plasticisers. Both materials are globally approved for infant food contact under FDA 21 CFR, EU Regulation 10/2011, and national infant safety standards including EN 14350. The machines in this series produce bottles from food-grade PET and PP resins with no additives introduced during the blow molding process itself.

PET offers crystal clarity for maximum visual transparency — ideal for retail packaging where product visibility drives purchase decisions — but cannot withstand repeated steam sterilisation above 75°C without deforming. PP is naturally translucent rather than crystal-clear, but withstands steam steriliser temperatures up to 120°C and is microwave-safe for formula warming. Clinical and hospital-grade infant feeding programs typically specify PP for its sterilisation compatibility. Premium consumer brands often offer both materials, using the same bottle silhouette, and the AS-series dual-material capability supports this twin-SKU strategy from one machine.

PP has a narrower processing temperature window than PET — approximately 5°C versus 15°C — and is more sensitive to cooling rate variations that affect the degree of crystallinity in the finished bottle. Under-heated PP produces stress whitening (visible as a white haze in the bottle wall); over-heated PP produces surface burn marks and dimensional instability. Consistent PP baby bottle production requires tighter NIR zone control, faster preform-to-blow-station transfer, and PP-specific blowing profiles — all managed automatically by the dedicated PP-mode recipes in the PLC on all models in this series.

The CG designation indicates an enhanced neck-protection cooling collar that provides more aggressive thermal isolation of the 114.3 mm wide-neck ring zone during oven conditioning. For PP baby bottles with very wide collar-ring cross-sections, the standard neck-protection system can allow minor heat migration into the lower face of the collar ring — causing slight dimensional instability in the teat-collar seating surface. The enhanced CG system reduces this effect, making FS-1CG114.3 the preferred platform for PP baby bottle formats with complex collar-ring geometry or premium seating-surface requirements.

All models require high-pressure air at 35 kg/cm². For infant feeding bottle production, ISO 8573-1 Class 1 oil-free air is mandatory at the blowing point — this is the highest infant-contact-grade air quality standard, requiring oil aerosol content below 0.01 mg/m³. We supply matched oil-free high-pressure compressor packages certified for infant food-contact air quality as part of our turnkey solution.

Switching between PET and PP on an AS-series machine requires three actions: (1) substitute the preform hopper with PP preforms — the same mold is used for both resins provided the preform geometry is identical; (2) select the PP-mode recipe on the HMI touchscreen — this automatically changes oven zone powers, zone temperatures, transfer timing, and blowing pressure profile to PP-optimised values; (3) allow 3–5 cycle warm-up runs for the oven zones to stabilise at the new setpoints. No tool changes, no hardware modifications, no oven lamp changes are required.

The 114.3 mm neck finish is the global standard for wide-neck infant feeding bottles, compatible with teat-collar systems from all major infant feeding accessory brands. Our blow mold neck-finish tooling is machined to the same 114.3 mm thread and seating geometry standard used across the industry. We recommend confirming your specific teat-collar thread-form and engagement-torque specification at mold design stage so the neck-finish dimensions can be validated against your closure system before mold construction.

Machine architecture documentation confirming no-hand-contact production and no-hydraulic-fluid servo-electric operation is provided for infant product safety submissions. PET and PP material compliance documentation (FDA, EU Regulation 10/2011, LFGB) can be obtained from resin suppliers for specific resin grades. Product certification testing (EN 14350 infant drinking equipment, ASTM F963 toy safety for dual-use products) is conducted at accredited product test laboratories using finished bottles — we can advise on which bottle dimensions and geometries affect test outcomes.

Standard AS, FS, and JS series machines are produced within 45–60 working days from deposit receipt. Baby bottle blow molds — including 114.3 mm wide-neck tooling with teat-collar seating precision machining — are delivered in 35–45 working days from approved 3D bottle drawing. Wide-neck PP preform injection molds take 40–55 working days. Factory acceptance testing with bottle samples and dimensional measurement reports is conducted before shipment. On-site commissioning typically requires 3–5 working days.

Yes. The 114.3 mm wide-neck machine platform accommodates any container fitting within the maximum body diameter (80 mm) and height (235 mm) envelope — including wide-neck cosmetic cream jars, ointment containers, pharmaceutical topical preparation packaging, premium food supplement containers, and wide-neck spice or condiment jars in PP. Any application requiring a 114.3 mm wide neck in PP or PET can be produced on this series with an appropriate blow mold. Submit your bottle drawing for mold design feasibility confirmation.

Send us your bottle drawing or sample, material preference (PET, PP, or both), target daily output, and teat-collar specification — our engineering team will recommend the optimal automatic blow molding machine and issue a direct quotation.