Food Storage Containers Unit

Project cost & finance

Raw materials & machinery

Manufacturing process

1. Procure raw materials and store in inventory.
2. Mount the required profile dies into the injection moulding machine.
3. Heat the barrel section of the machine to the required melting temperature.
4. Add plastic pellets into the hopper to be fed into the heating zone via a rotating screw.
5. Inject molten plastic into the die at controlled pressure.
6. Cool the die using a water-cooling arrangement to solidify the plastic.
7. Open the mold and eject the finished container.
8. Remove excess runners, burrs, and trim the product.
9. Crush any deformed products in a grinder for recycling.
10. Pack the final food storage containers for dispatch.

From the project report