1. Overview of 10L Extrusion Blow Molding Machine
1.1 Core Definition and Working Principle
A 10L extrusion blow molding machine is a specialized industrial plastic molding equipment designed for mass production of medium-capacity hollow plastic containers ranging from 1 liter to 10 liters. As a core model in the medium-sized extrusion blow molding equipment series, it adopts integrated plastic extrusion and blow molding technology to complete continuous plastic melting, parison extrusion, mold clamping, air blowing, cooling shaping, and product demolding in one automated workflow. This type of extrusion blow molding machine is highly targeted for daily chemical and food packaging container manufacturing, becoming the preferred equipment for standardized production of edible oil drums, laundry detergent drums, disinfectant barrels, and other 10L-class hollow plastic products.
The core working principle of the Apollo 10L extrusion blow molding machine follows mature extrusion blow molding process logic with optimized structural upgrades. First, plastic raw materials such as HDPE, LDPE, and PP particles are transported to the extruder barrel, heated and plasticized evenly through segmented temperature control to form a uniform molten plastic parison. The quantitative parison is extruded downward between the open molds, then the mold clamps tightly to cut off the excess parison. Compressed clean air is injected into the sealed parison cavity to blow the molten plastic tightly against the inner wall of the precision mold. After rapid circulating water cooling and solidification, the hollow container is shaped, and finally the mold opens to complete automatic demolding. The whole process is automated and continuous, with stable molding accuracy and high production efficiency.
1.2 Industry Positioning and Application Scenario Advantages
In the global plastic packaging manufacturing industry, 10L medium-capacity plastic drums occupy a crucial market share in food packaging and daily chemical packaging fields. Compared with small-sized blow molding equipment for bottles below 5L and large-scale equipment for industrial barrels above 20L, the 10L extrusion blow molding machine has unique market adaptability. It perfectly matches the mainstream capacity demand of household edible oil packaging, large-capacity laundry detergent packaging, and industrial daily chemical solvent packaging, balancing production flexibility and scale production efficiency.
Traditional injection molding and manual blow molding processes for 10L plastic drums have prominent defects such as low production efficiency, uneven wall thickness, poor sealing performance, and high defective rate. The Apollo 10L extrusion blow molding machine solves these industry pain points through optimized mechanical structure and intelligent control system. It realizes one-time integral molding of plastic drums without welding seams, effectively improving the structural strength, pressure resistance, and leakage resistance of finished containers. The equipment is exclusively optimized for edible oil and laundry detergent drum production processes, with targeted upgrades in parison control, mold cooling, and wall thickness uniformity, making it a professional customized production solution for the packaging industry.
1.3 Core Equipment Features for Food and Daily Chemical Packaging
Different from general industrial blow molding equipment, the Apollo 10L extrusion blow molding machine has multiple exclusive configurations adapted to food-grade and daily chemical-grade container production. In terms of material adaptability, it supports food-grade HDPE, environmental-friendly PP, and other non-toxic and odorless plastic raw materials, meeting international food packaging safety standards and daily chemical product packaging specifications. The whole machine production process realizes zero pollution, no residual impurities, and no odor pollution to finished products, fully complying with food safety and environmental protection production requirements.
In terms of molding performance, the equipment realizes precise wall thickness control of 10L drums, effectively avoiding thin wall deformation and liquid leakage during container filling, transportation, and stacking. The optimized blow molding air circuit system ensures smooth inner and outer surfaces of finished drums, no bubbles, no wrinkles, and good printing and labeling adaptability, which is convenient for subsequent brand printing and packaging processing of edible oil and laundry detergent products. In terms of production efficiency, the automated continuous operation mode reduces manual intervention, greatly improving the output capacity of medium-capacity packaging drums and reducing unit production costs.
2. Product Parameters and Core Performance Specifications
2.1 Standard Technical Parameters of Apollo 10L Extrusion Blow Molding Machine
The Apollo 10L extrusion blow molding machine adopts mature and optimized industrial configuration, with standardized and stable technical parameters, specially designed for mass production of 1-10L edible oil drums and laundry detergent drums. The equipment supports maximum product molding capacity of 10 liters, compatible with conventional 2L, 5L, 8L, and 10L medium-capacity hollow plastic containers, realizing multi-model product switching production with one device. The matching mold size is customized for medium-sized drums, with mold clamping force stably maintained at 80-100 tons, ensuring tight mold closing and no flash on product edges.
The extruder system adopts a high-efficiency plasticizing screw with a diameter of 65mm and a length-diameter ratio of 28:1, which can realize rapid and uniform plasticization of HDPE and PP raw materials, with a plasticizing capacity of 120-180kg/h. The intelligent segmented temperature control system covers the feeding section, compression section, metering section, and die head section, with temperature control accuracy up to ±1℃, ensuring stable melt viscosity and consistent parison state. The equipment adopts a hydraulic servo driving system, with stable mold opening and closing speed, low noise, and high positioning accuracy.
In terms of production efficiency, the cycle time of single 10L drum molding is 45-60 seconds, and the hourly output can reach 60-80 pieces, with stable continuous production capacity. The equipment supports 24-hour uninterrupted industrial production, with a long-term stable operation rate of more than 98%. The finished product wall thickness tolerance is controlled within ±0.2mm, meeting the high-precision size requirements of food and daily chemical packaging drums.
2.2 Key Performance Advantages for Edible Oil Drum Production
Edible oil packaging drums have strict requirements on safety, air tightness, and structural stability. The Apollo 10L extrusion blow molding machine has targeted performance upgrades for edible oil drum production. The food-grade molding configuration ensures no toxic additives or residual substances during production, and the finished drums pass food-grade safety certification, suitable for long-term storage of edible oil. The seamless integral molding process eliminates welding seam leakage risks, effectively preventing edible oil oxidation and leakage during storage and transportation.
The precise wall thickness control technology realizes uniform stress distribution of the drum body, improving the compression resistance and drop resistance of finished edible oil drums. The finished product can withstand stacking pressure of more than 50kg and drop impact from a height of 1.2 meters without cracking, solving the problem of easy damage of traditional edible oil drums during logistics and storage. In addition, the smooth inner wall of the drum reduces oil residue adhesion, facilitating cleaning and repeated recycling of empty drums, meeting the energy-saving and environmental protection requirements of the food packaging industry.
2.3 Special Performance for Laundry Detergent Drum Production
Laundry detergent and daily chemical packaging drums need to adapt to corrosive liquid storage and complex transportation environments. The Apollo 10L extrusion blow molding machine optimizes the molding density and structural toughness of finished products for daily chemical product characteristics. The high-density melt molding process improves the compactness of the drum body, enhancing corrosion resistance and aging resistance, and avoiding drum body deformation and cracking caused by long-term storage of alkaline laundry detergent liquids.
The equipment optimizes the molding structure of the drum mouth and bottom, ensuring precise caliber size of the drum mouth, good matching with conventional sealing caps, and excellent sealing performance to prevent laundry detergent leakage and volatilization. The anti-slip and wear-resistant structure of the drum bottom improves the placement stability of finished drums, adapting to automated assembly line packaging and high-density stacking storage. The produced laundry detergent drums have uniform appearance color, smooth surface, and strong printing adhesion, which is convenient for brand pattern and product information printing, improving product market competitiveness.
3. Complete Production Process Workflow
3.1 Raw Material Preparation and Pretreatment
The production of 10L edible oil and laundry detergent drums mainly adopts food-grade HDPE and high-toughness PP plastic particles as raw materials. Before production, raw material pretreatment is required to ensure finished product quality stability. First, screen and sort plastic particles to remove deteriorated particles, impurity particles, and oversized particles, avoiding black spots, impurities, and color difference defects in finished drums. For raw materials with slight moisture absorption, constant temperature drying treatment is carried out at 60-80℃ to control raw material moisture below 0.05%, preventing bubble generation inside the drum body during high-temperature extrusion and blow molding.
According to product customization requirements, add food-grade color masterbatch, anti-aging agent, and toughening agent in a fixed proportion, and complete uniform mixing through a professional mixing machine. The mixed raw materials are transported to the equipment feeding bin through an automatic conveying system to realize quantitative and stable feeding, laying a foundation for continuous and stable production of the extrusion blow molding machine.
3.2 Extrusion Plasticization and Parison Forming
Pretreated plastic raw materials enter the extruder barrel of the Apollo 10L extrusion blow molding machine, and complete gradual heating, melting, plasticization, and homogenization under the action of screw rotation and segmented temperature control. The intelligent temperature control system accurately adjusts the temperature of each barrel section according to raw material characteristics, ensuring full melting of plastic particles without thermal decomposition and carbonization.
The uniformly molten plastic is extruded downward through the precision die head to form a cylindrical plastic parison with uniform wall thickness. The equipment is equipped with an automatic parison thickness control system, which dynamically adjusts the parison thickness of different parts according to the structural characteristics of 10L drums, realizing thickening reinforcement at the drum bottom and drum mouth and uniform thinning of the drum body, which not only ensures the structural strength of the finished product but also saves raw material consumption and reduces production costs.
3.3 Mold Clamping, Blow Molding and Cooling Shaping
When the parison is extruded to the set length, the high-precision hydraulic mold clamping system acts quickly to close the mold and cut off the excess parison material. The mold clamping system maintains stable and uniform clamping force to prevent flash and burrs on the edge of the drum body. After mold clamping, the high-pressure clean air blowing system injects compressed air into the parison cavity instantly, pushing the molten plastic parison to fit closely with the inner wall of the mold.
The mold is equipped with a circulating water cooling system with uniform cooling channels, which realizes rapid and balanced cooling of the drum body. The cooling temperature and time are intelligently adjusted according to the drum volume and raw material characteristics, ensuring rapid solidification and shaping of the plastic drum while avoiding internal stress deformation caused by uneven cooling. The whole blow molding and cooling process is completed automatically with high precision, ensuring consistent size and structural performance of each finished drum.
3.4 Demolding, Trimming and Finished Product Inspection
After the cooling and shaping process is completed, the mold opens automatically, and the finished plastic drum is demolded smoothly under the action of the ejection system. The automated trimming device removes edge flash and excess residual materials at the mold closing position, realizing smooth and burr-free product edges. The whole trimming process is precise and efficient, avoiding manual trimming errors and improving product appearance consistency.
Finished products enter the automatic inspection link, including appearance inspection, size detection, air tightness test, and compression resistance test. Inspect whether the drum body has bubbles, wrinkles, color difference, and deformation, detect whether the caliber size and wall thickness meet the standards, and conduct air tightness test to ensure no liquid leakage after sealing. Qualified products are automatically sorted and stacked, and unqualified products are recycled and reprocessed to ensure factory product qualification rate.
4. Core Advantages of Apollo 10L Extrusion Blow Molding Machine
4.1 Intelligent Control and Stable Operation Performance
The Apollo 10L extrusion blow molding machine adopts an integrated intelligent PLC control system, with a human-machine touch screen operation interface, realizing one-click setting and automatic operation of all production parameters. Operators can adjust production speed, temperature parameters, parison thickness, and cooling time according to different product specifications and raw materials, with simple operation and high parameter adjustment accuracy. The system has an automatic fault detection and alarm function, which can timely monitor equipment operating status, identify abnormal problems such as temperature deviation, insufficient air pressure, and mold jamming, and reduce equipment failure downtime.
The whole machine adopts optimized mechanical transmission structure and high-quality hydraulic servo system, with stable operation, low vibration, and low noise during long-term continuous production. The key components such as screw, die head, and mold are made of high-strength wear-resistant alloy materials, with strong corrosion resistance and wear resistance, long service life, and low long-term failure rate, ensuring long-term stable and consistent production performance of the equipment.
4.2 Energy Saving and Consumption Reduction, Low Production Cost
Compared with traditional ordinary extrusion blow molding equipment, the Apollo 10L extrusion blow molding machine has significant energy-saving advantages. It adopts a high-efficiency energy-saving heating system and frequency conversion speed regulation technology, which can automatically adjust power output according to production load, reducing invalid energy consumption. The overall energy consumption of the equipment is 15%-20% lower than that of traditional equipment of the same model, greatly reducing the electricity cost of long-term mass production.
The precise parison thickness control technology optimizes raw material usage, reducing the single product raw material consumption by 8%-12% on the premise of ensuring product strength. The high equipment qualification rate reduces the defective rate and reprocessing loss, further reducing comprehensive production costs. For medium and large-scale packaging drum manufacturers, the energy-saving and material-saving advantages can bring substantial cost savings and improve corporate profit margins.
4.3 High Precision and High Yield Production Capacity
The equipment adopts high-precision mold processing technology and closed-loop parison control system, with extremely high product molding accuracy. The size error of finished 10L drums is controlled within ±0.5mm, and the wall thickness uniformity is far higher than the industry standard, ensuring consistent product quality in batches. The automated continuous production process realizes fast cycle molding, with stable hourly output and high production efficiency, which can fully meet the large-scale order production needs of edible oil and laundry detergent packaging enterprises.
In addition, the equipment has strong product compatibility, which can quickly switch production of 1L to 10L different specifications of plastic drums by replacing simple molds, realizing multi-product flexible production with one device, improving equipment utilization, and expanding enterprise product production categories.
4.4 Food-Grade Safety and Environmental Protection Production
All parts of the Apollo 10L extrusion blow molding machine in contact with plastic raw materials and finished products adopt food-grade safe materials, which do not produce toxic and harmful substances at high temperatures, meeting the strict production standards of food packaging containers. The whole production process is free of volatile pollutants and dust pollution, realizing clean and environmentally friendly production.
The produced edible oil drums and laundry detergent drums have passed multiple environmental protection and safety certifications, with non-toxic, odorless, and corrosion-resistant characteristics, suitable for long-term storage of food and daily chemical products. The equipment meets the global green manufacturing requirements, helping enterprises produce environmentally friendly and safe packaging products and meet international market access standards.
5. 2026 Equipment Price and Comprehensive Cost-Benefit Analysis
5.1 Apollo 10L Extrusion Blow Molding Machine Price Estimation
In 2026, the market price of the Apollo 10L extrusion blow molding machine is formulated based on equipment configuration, performance parameters, and after-sales service system, with high cost performance in the medium-sized blow molding equipment market. The full set of standard configuration equipment is priced at $32,000-$36,000 FOB Shanghai. The standard complete set includes host extrusion system, hydraulic mold clamping system, intelligent control system, circulating water cooling system, high-pressure air blowing system, automatic trimming device, and complete electrical control system.
For customized upgraded configurations such as full-automatic feeding system, finished product automatic sorting system, and high-precision customized mold, the overall equipment price is $37,000-$42,000 FOB Shanghai. All equipment quotations include factory assembly debugging, on-site installation guidance, professional operator technical training, and one-year free after-sales maintenance service, with no hidden additional fees. The equipment has a service life of more than 12 years, with ultra-long service cycle and low long-term replacement cost.
5.2 Daily Production Operation Cost Breakdown
The daily operation cost of the Apollo 10L extrusion blow molding machine mainly includes raw material cost, power consumption cost, labor cost, and equipment maintenance cost. The main raw material for producing 10L plastic drums is HDPE particles, with a single product raw material cost of $1.2-$1.5. Thanks to the equipment’s precise material-saving technology, the raw material waste rate is controlled below 1.5%, far lower than the industry average of 3%-5%.
In terms of power consumption, the equipment’s frequency conversion energy-saving design reduces hourly power consumption to 8-10 degrees. Calculated based on 24-hour continuous production, the daily power consumption cost is controlled at a low level. The automated production mode realizes single-person operation of multiple devices, greatly saving labor costs, with a single product labor cost of only $0.08-$0.12.
In terms of maintenance cost, the equipment has a stable structure and low failure rate. The annual replacement cost of vulnerable parts such as filter screens and sealing rings is only $500-$800, with extremely low long-term maintenance investment and no frequent shutdown maintenance losses.
5.3 Project Profit Calculation and Investment Return Cycle
The market sales price of finished 10L edible oil drums and laundry detergent drums is $2.5-$3.5 per piece, with a single product gross profit of $1.0-$1.8. Calculated based on the equipment’s hourly output of 70 pieces and 20-hour daily production, the daily output can reach 1400 pieces, and the daily gross profit is stable at $1400-$2520. After deducting daily operation costs, the net monthly profit of a single equipment can reach $35,000-$60,000.
The investment return cycle of the standard configuration Apollo 10L extrusion blow molding machine is 8-10 months, and the return cycle of the customized high-efficiency configuration is 10-12 months. After recovering the equipment investment, the equipment can bring stable and continuous net profit for enterprises for a long time. With the expansion of market demand for food and daily chemical packaging, the equipment has strong market risk resistance and long-term investment value.
6. Common Production Defects and Professional Optimization Solutions
6.1 Drum Body Bubbles and Surface Wrinkle Defects
Bubbles and surface wrinkles on the drum body are common quality problems in blow molding production, which seriously affect the appearance and sealing performance of edible oil and laundry detergent drums. The main causes include excessive raw material moisture, unreasonable extrusion temperature setting, insufficient air blowing pressure, and uneven mold cooling. Excessive raw material moisture will vaporize at high temperature to form internal bubbles; too low extrusion temperature leads to incomplete plasticization of raw materials and wrinkle generation on the parison surface; insufficient blowing pressure cannot make the parison fully fit the mold, resulting in surface wrinkles.
The Apollo 10L extrusion blow molding machine solves this problem through targeted system optimization. The supporting raw material pretreatment system strictly controls raw material moisture content; the intelligent segmented temperature control system accurately matches the optimal plasticization temperature of raw materials to ensure full and uniform melting of plastics; the high-pressure stable air blowing system provides constant blowing pressure to ensure full fitting of the parison and mold; the uniform circulating water cooling system avoids local cooling deformation and wrinkle generation, completely eliminating bubble and wrinkle defects of finished products.
6.2 Uneven Wall Thickness and Local Deformation
Uneven wall thickness of the drum body will lead to insufficient local strength of the plastic drum, easy deformation during stacking and transportation, and liquid leakage in severe cases. Traditional ordinary blow molding equipment has single parison control mode, which cannot adjust the thickness of different parts of the parison according to the drum structure, resulting in thin wall of the drum bottom and drum mouth and excessive thickness of the drum body, causing uneven stress and deformation of the finished product.
The Apollo equipment is equipped with a multi-point parison thickness intelligent adjustment system, which dynamically optimizes the parison thickness curve according to the structural characteristics of 10L drums. It realizes automatic thickening of the stress-bearing parts such as the drum bottom and drum mouth and uniform thinning of the drum body, ensuring uniform wall thickness and balanced stress of the whole drum. The optimized mold cooling structure ensures synchronous cooling of all parts of the drum body, avoiding internal stress deformation and effectively improving the dimensional stability and compression resistance of finished products.
6.3 Poor Sealing Performance and Drum Mouth Size Deviation
The inaccurate size of the drum mouth and poor flatness directly lead to poor matching with the sealing cap, resulting in liquid leakage and volatilization of edible oil and laundry detergent. This defect is mainly caused by unstable mold clamping accuracy and unreasonable parison molding size of the equipment. Ordinary equipment has low mold clamping precision, which is prone to mold displacement and drum mouth deformation during production.
The Apollo 10L extrusion blow molding machine adopts high-precision mold positioning and locking technology, with stable mold clamping force and high positioning accuracy, ensuring zero displacement during mold closing. The precise die head molding system ensures accurate and stable caliber size of the drum mouth, with flat and smooth end face, perfectly matching standard sealing caps, and excellent overall sealing performance, completely solving the leakage problem of finished packaging drums.
7. Equipment Daily Maintenance and Production Optimization Guidelines
7.1 Daily Inspection and Routine Maintenance Specifications
Before daily startup of the Apollo 10L extrusion blow molding machine, operators need to conduct comprehensive inspection of key components, including extruder temperature control system, hydraulic mold clamping system, air blowing system, cooling system, and control system. Check whether the temperature parameters are accurate, whether the hydraulic pressure and air pressure are stable, whether the cooling water circulation is smooth, and eliminate potential faults in advance to ensure stable startup operation.
After daily production is completed, thoroughly clean the residual plastic materials in the extruder screw and die head to prevent material carbonization and adhesion, which will affect the plasticization effect of subsequent production. Clean mold surface impurities and keep the mold smooth to ensure the appearance quality of subsequent finished products. Regularly lubricate the equipment transmission and moving parts, check the wear status of vulnerable parts such as sealing rings and filter screens, and replace them in time to maintain the optimal operating state of the equipment.
7.2 Regular Maintenance and Parameter Calibration
Carry out comprehensive equipment maintenance every month, including checking the wear degree of the extruder screw, debugging the sensitivity of the hydraulic system and air blowing system, calibrating temperature control accuracy and parison thickness control parameters, and ensuring that all performance parameters of the equipment meet the production standards. Conduct mold maintenance regularly, polish and maintain the mold surface, and adjust the mold clamping precision to avoid product flash and size deviation caused by mold wear.
Long-term continuous production equipment needs quarterly system debugging and performance optimization, check the aging status of electrical components and lines, and ensure the stable operation of the intelligent control system. Standardized regular maintenance can effectively extend the service life of the equipment, reduce failure downtime, and ensure long-term stable and high-efficiency production.
7.3 Production Process Optimization Suggestions
According to different raw material types and product customization requirements, dynamically adjust the equipment’s extrusion temperature, screw speed, blowing pressure, and cooling time parameters. When producing high-toughness laundry detergent drums, appropriately optimize the plasticization temperature and parison thickness to improve product toughness and corrosion resistance; when producing food-grade edible oil drums, strictly calibrate temperature parameters to avoid material thermal decomposition and ensure food safety.
Optimize the raw material mixing ratio and feeding speed, cooperate with the equipment’s automated production rhythm, further improve production efficiency and product qualification rate. Reasonably arrange production schedules, avoid frequent equipment startup and shutdown, reduce energy consumption and material waste, and maximize the cost-effective advantage of equipment production.
8. Industry Application Prospect and Market Trend
With the continuous development of the global food packaging and daily chemical industry, the market demand for medium-capacity 10L plastic packaging drums maintains steady growth. Consumers’ increasing requirements for packaging safety, appearance, and durability have promoted the upgrading of blow molding production technology. Traditional low-precision, high-energy-consumption blow molding equipment is gradually eliminated by the market, and high-precision, energy-saving, intelligent extrusion blow molding machines have become the mainstream choice of packaging manufacturers.
In the edible oil and daily chemical packaging market, integrated seamless blow molding products have completely replaced traditional welded plastic drums due to their safety, leak-proof, and durable advantages. The Apollo 10L extrusion blow molding machine, with its food-grade safety production capacity, high-precision molding performance, and low-cost production advantages, perfectly adapts to the current market product upgrading demand. The equipment’s flexible production capacity can meet the personalized customization needs of different brands of edible oil and laundry detergent packaging, with strong market adaptability.
In the future, the packaging industry will further develop towards green environmental protection, energy saving and consumption reduction, and intelligent production. Apollo will continue to optimize the performance of extrusion blow molding machines, upgrade intelligent control and energy-saving technologies, launch more efficient and environmentally friendly blow molding production solutions for medium-capacity packaging drums, and help global packaging enterprises reduce production costs, improve product quality, and seize market development opportunities.
9. Conclusion
The 10L extrusion blow molding machine is the core professional equipment for mass production of edible oil drums and laundry detergent drums in the modern packaging industry. The Apollo 10L extrusion blow molding machine integrates intelligent control, energy-saving and consumption reduction, high-precision molding, and food-grade safe production advantages, solving multiple pain points of traditional blow molding equipment such as low precision, high energy consumption, unstable product quality, and poor safety.
With stable operating performance, low comprehensive production cost, high product qualification rate, and short investment return cycle, the equipment provides a one-stop efficient production solution for food and daily chemical packaging enterprises. It can stably produce high-quality, safe, and durable 10L medium-capacity plastic packaging drums, fully meeting the large-scale production and product upgrading needs of the industry.
As a professional extrusion blow molding equipment manufacturer, Apollo relies on mature technical accumulation and perfect after-sales service system to provide reliable equipment support and professional technical solutions for global packaging manufacturers, helping enterprises improve market competitiveness, realize cost reduction and efficiency improvement, and achieve long-term stable industrial development.
