Used Bekum Blow Moulding Machines for Sale 15

Extrusion blow moulding rewards machine longevity like few processes: the technology matured decades ago, moulds transfer between machines of matching capacity, and a well-kept press from the 1990s produces saleable bottles all day, which makes the used market the industry's normal capacity route and Bekum its reference brand. The Berlin firm's head technology, with spiral distributors delivering even wall thickness, and its build standards keep old HBD machines running in packaging plants that could afford newer.

Configuration defines the purchase more than age: article size capacity (from sub-litre pharma bottles through UN-approved canisters), head count and cavity configuration matching your production volumes, parison control points (100-point wall thickness control on later generations), and options like in-machine leak testing or view-stripe capability for fuel containers. Continuous versus accumulator head architecture follows article size, with accumulator machines serving large industrial articles. Against used Kautex equipment, the eternal German comparison, Bekum trades at parity with head technology preferences and service proximity deciding, while both command premiums over used Italian and Asian machines that their durability records justify.

Buying a used Bekum blow moulding machines: what to check

Run the machine with material if at all possible: parison consistency, wall distribution on a blown article, and cycle stability reveal the extrusion and clamp condition no static inspection reaches. Check the screw and barrel via output rate and documented measurements, and inspect the head for burnt material history and spiral condition.

Verify clamp platen parallelism and tie-bar or column wear, test the parison programmer through its points, and cycle calibration and blow-pin stations watching alignment. Review hydraulics for leaks and temperature stability, confirm the control generation with recipe backups transferring, and check downstream equipment, with deflashing and leak testers, where included. Ask what articles the machine ran and request the mould list it served.

On Exapro, used Bekum listings show model, capacity, heads, photos, and location. Compare available machines and submit an enquiry through the listing page on Exapro to request production demonstrations and inspection.