There is a continual economic and environmental push for minimizing plastic bottle weight. Terms like down-gauging, weight reduction, weight minimization and minimal environmental footprint are being used more and more often. This paper describes how the process of virtual prototyping in blow molding can be a very effective tool to ensure that new bottle designs achieve the objective of weight reduction while still fulfilling function.
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