Technology — Inside the Manufacturing Line

Stage 01

All-Electric

Hydraulic-free Arburg Allrounder presses — zero machine-side oil leakage.

Stage 02

Aoki ISBM

Single-stage injection stretch blow — preform & bottle in one continuous cycle.

Stage 03

Hot Process

HB-Therm closed-loop conditioning at 125 °C for hot-oil tolerance.

Stage 04

Kinex Capping

In-line capping at 62 caps/min — bottle sealed before open-air exposure.

Stage 05

In-House Pack

HP Latex R530 print + Jwei CNC cut. Custom branding without tooling.

01 / Injection Moulding

Arburg Allrounder Comfort A series — all-electric, hydraulic-free.

The Allrounder Comfort A is Arburg's all-electric workhorse. Replacing hydraulic actuation with servo-electric drives eliminates the largest contamination vector in conventional injection moulding: fugitive hydraulic oil aerosols carried into the moulding cell on every shot.

The Gestica control system orchestrates clamp, screw, and injection in lockstep, while Arburg's Fill Assist function delivers shot-to-shot repeatability inside ±0.01 g — the foundation of dimensionally consistent sample-bottle necks, threads, and seal surfaces.

Press FamilyArburg Allrounder Comfort A · all-electric
ControllerGestica with Fill Assist
Shot Repeatability±0.01 g typical
DriveServo-electric · zero hydraulic fluid
Cycle QualityClosed-loop pressure / position profile per shot

FIG. 01·A · Allrounder Clamp Unit · All-Electric

Arburg Allrounder all-electric clamp unit assembly

FIG. 01·B · Gestica Controller · Fill Assist

Arburg Gestica controller touchscreen interface

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INJECTION MOULDING

02 / Stretch Blow Moulding

Aoki single-stage ISBM — preform and bottle in one cycle.

Aoki's injection stretch blow moulding (ISBM) machinery is the Japanese gold standard for clear-PET-G sample-bottle production. Unlike two-stage blow moulding — where preforms are produced, stored, transported, and re-heated — Aoki's single-stage process forms the preform and blows the bottle inside a single thermal pass.

The advantage for fluid analysis: the bottle interior never encounters open air between forming stages, never sits in storage where dust accumulates, and never re-heats in a cycle that risks plasticiser migration. The result is crystal-clear PET-G containers with cleanroom-grade interiors straight off the press.

ProcessAoki ISBM · injection stretch blow moulding
StagesSingle-stage · preform → blow → eject
ResinPET-G · optical-grade
ClarityCrystal-clear · sub-1% haze
In-Line CappingSealed on press · zero open-air dwell

FIG. 02 · Aoki Single-Stage 3-Station ISBM

Aoki single-stage 3-station injection stretch blow moulding process diagram

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STRETCH BLOW

03 / Thermal Conditioning

The Aoki Proprietary Hot Process.

Used-oil samples are drawn hot. An oil sampler valve on a haul truck, a turbine bearing housing, a compressor crankcase — these all extract lubricant at 60–90 °C. A sample bottle that softens, deforms, or leaches plasticiser at that temperature compromises every downstream analytical reading.

The Aoki Proprietary Hot Process is a thermal conditioning stage applied immediately after Aoki ISBM. It cross-tunes the PET-G crystallinity so the finished bottle retains dimensional stability and chemical inertness at hot-oil extraction temperature — without compromising clarity or seal-surface integrity. The conditioning hold is held at a verified 125 °C through HB-Therm closed-loop temperature control across the production cycle.

StageAoki Proprietary Hot Process · post-ISBM
ControllerHB-Therm closed-loop · 125 °C hold
Service TempStable to 95 °C continuous
Open-Air DwellZero · sealed immediately downstream

FIG. 03 · HB-Therm Thermal Controller · 125 °C Hold

HB-Therm temperature controller display showing 125°C hot-process hold temperature

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HOT PROCESS

04 / In-Line Capping

Kinex in-line capper — sealed before the bottle ever sees air.

Atmospheric purity is only as good as the moment the closure goes on. A bottle that's been moulded, conditioned, and inspected — and then sits open on a packing bench for ten minutes — has lost every contamination guarantee the earlier stages bought.

Fluid Science seals each bottle on the production line itself with a Kinex Cappers in-line capping system. At a verified 62 caps per minute, with closed-loop torque, presence detection, and cap-reject diagnostics on every cycle, the interior of every Fluid Science bottle is sealed within seconds of leaving the Hot Process stage.

The result: a bottle whose interior atmosphere is the Class 0 oil-free air of the Aoki blow station — not the warehouse, not the packing room, not the courier truck.

SystemKinex Cappers · in-line · application-specific tooling
Throughput62 caps / min verified
DiagnosticsTorque · presence · cap-reject · per cycle
Open-Air Dwell< 4 s · bottle exit → seal

FIG. 04 · Kinex In-Line Capping Line

Kinex Cappers in-line capping machinery sealing bottles immediately after Hot Process conditioning

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IN-LINE CAPPING

05 / Packaging & Branding

HP Latex R530. Jwei CNC cut. In-house, on-site.

The integrity story doesn't stop at the bottle. Sampling kits — a custom-printed box, a foam insert, an instruction card, a return label — usually involve three or four outside vendors and a tooling lead time of weeks.

Fluid Science brings the entire kit-packaging stack in-house. The HP Latex R530 rigid-and-flexible printer produces full-colour, oil-resistant, food-grade-rated branding on board stock up to 64" wide. Jwei CNC cutting then forms the box geometry — any geometry, no tooling required.

For our clients this means: custom-branded sampling kits sized to the application, ready for dispatch in under a week, with zero up-front tooling cost. Mining houses, refineries, fleet operators, and inspection agencies all receive kits in their own livery.

PrintHP Latex R530 · hybrid rigid & flex · 64" wide
CNC CutJwei · any box geometry
ToolingZero · digital workflow
Design → DispatchUnder one week typical

FIG. 05 · HP Latex R530 · Rigid & Flex Hybrid

$HP Latex R530 hybrid rigid and flexible printer in operation$

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PACKAGING

The Ultra Clean Protocol

Four engineered guarantees, one absolute standard.

The Ultra Clean Protocol is the compliance specification all Fluid Science sample-grade plastics are produced to. It is the contractual integrity baseline we hold the manufacturing line to — every shift, every shot.

Zero-Contamination Foundation

All-electric Arburg Allrounder Comfort A — no hydraulic fluid in the press cell. Gestica with Fill Assist holds shot mass inside ±0.01 g.

Atmospheric Integrity

Certified Class 0 oil-free compressed air at both injection and blow-moulding. Hydrocarbon and particulate ingress is removed at the source.

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Structural Resilience

Aoki ISBM plus Hot Process tunes PET-G for hot-oil extraction. Automated in-line capping seals every bottle on the press itself.

Integrated Supply Chain

HP Latex print and Jwei CNC bring kit-box manufacturing in-house. Custom branding with zero tooling lead time, no broken chain of custody.

Spec a Production Run

Tell us what your analyser needs to see.

Volume, resin, closure, branding, kit geometry, sampling temperature — we engineer back from the analytical method. Start a conversation with our manufacturing team and we'll come back with a sampled prototype.

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