Simon Preston
DAMSL Ltd · Supplier
Learns the mapping from a preform design to the product it becomes.
In-development
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Updated Nov 2, 2026
Packaging machinery covers the equipment that forms a container, and the control that keeps it in spec. On Halo, the solutions cover designing a PET container with a model, finding a defect on the line, injection molding control, and blow molding hardware. Sign up to search the full network and post your specific need.
Designing a PET container with a model
Simon Preston
KS
Comnext, Inc (acquired by Zionex and became Zionex Japan in 2013) · Startup
A deep network predicts preform geometry and the process settings together.
In-development
AB
Iowa State University
A NURBS-aware model that runs the prediction in either direction.
In-development
Finding a defect on the line
PU
Pulpex · Startup
Computer vision finds coating flaws on fiber bottles as they are made and corrects the process.
In-development
Aneeshkumar Vr
Digital Core Technologies Pvt Ltd
Multi-spectral sensing that corrects a temperature imbalance as it finds it.
Early-stage
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Jinyang Liang
Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique · University
Polarization-resolved 3D imaging classifying bottle defects in real time.
Early-stage
Injection molding control
Thomas Mitterlehner
Moldsonics · Startup
Ultrasound inside the mold finds when cooling has actually finished.
Supply/purchaseIn-development
PM
Fraunhofer USA · University
Learns cycle time against varying post-consumer recycled content in PET.
In-development
PG
Western Washington University
In-cavity sensors adjust the process for recycled HDPE, LDPE and PP.
Sponsored researchIn-development
Blow molding hardware
Omar Basha
Re-Du Company · Startup
Modular spindles so a neck size change does not stop the line for long.
In-development
KS
Comnext, Inc (acquired by Zionex and became Zionex Japan in 2013) · Startup
A variable-diameter spindle with a flexible mechanical seal sleeve.
Early-stage
JS
Multiscale Systems · Supplier
Stress-optic inspection and tooling that take embedded stress out of a blow mold.
In-development
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Universities, startups, and suppliers with solutions in packaging machinery.
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PET blow molding accounts for almost everything on Halo. Nine entries predict a container from its preform or the reverse, eight inspect the result on the line, and a handful change the machine itself. Injection molding appears mostly as a control problem, and recycled resin is why. On Halo it spans five groups, including designing a PET container with a model, finding a defect on the line, and injection molding control.
Stage of development. Work on packaging machinery on Halo is split between university programs and companies. 65% of the solutions are in market. Co-development and sponsored research are the usual partnering routes, and about 38% of the solutions that state terms offer pilot engagements.
Three trends in packaging machinery solutions on Halo
Seventeen entries on one process. PET stretch blow molding accounts for nine design models and eight inspection systems, from ten universities and seven companies. The design entries all learn the same relationship between a preform and the container it becomes, in one direction or both. It is the most concentrated cluster in the packaging set, and it looks like a single request drew most of it.
Defects are found by heat. Of eight inspection entries, six read temperature: thermal profiling on thick walls, thermal plus normal imaging for contrast, multi-spectral sensing that corrects an imbalance, tomographic thermography, and 3D temperature profiles under semantic segmentation. Two use light instead, one polarization and one scattering. A cold spot is the signature almost everyone is looking for.
Recycled resin turned molding into a control problem. Post-consumer content varies batch to batch, and four entries respond by measuring the melt while it runs: in-cavity sensors adjusting for recycled polyolefins, ultrasonic viscosity by pulse-echo, in-line rheology predicting degradation, and a cycle-time model trained against PCR fraction. Ultrasound inside the mold decides when cooling is genuinely done.
338organizations
361solutions listed
59%from university labs
65%in market
Frequently asked questions
What are packaging machinery solutions?
Packaging machinery covers the equipment that forms a container and the control that keeps it in spec. It spans models that design a PET preform and predict what it becomes, inspection systems that find a defect as the line runs, the blow molding hardware itself, closed-loop control for injection molding including recycled resin, and the laser and printing methods that make a container another way.
What are examples of packaging machinery solutions?
Five examples of packaging machinery solutions on Halo include:
- Learns the mapping from a preform design to the product it becomes. (DAMSL Ltd)
- Real-time thermal profiling and deep learning on thick-walled containers. (University of Reading)
- Ultrasound inside the mold finds when cooling has actually finished. (Moldsonics)
- Modular spindles so a neck size change does not stop the line for long. (Re-Du Company)
- Line-cross-section nozzles extrude a plane of material onto a can. (Rice University)
What are the latest packaging machinery innovations?
Over the past 90 days, researchers and innovators on Halo have added these packaging machinery solutions:
Which companies and suppliers are developing packaging machinery solutions?
There are 338 organizations with packaging machinery solutions on Halo, 34 of them universities and research institutions. Among them are DAMSL Ltd, Comnext, Inc (acquired by Zionex and became Zionex Japan in 2013), and Iowa State University. Most offer co-development or sponsored research. Sign up to see every organization working in the area and to send them your specific need.
How do I find packaging machinery research partners?
Browsing packaging machinery solutions on Halo is free. Sign up to search the full network and save the ones you want. Post your specific need to get exact matches. Organizations reply directly on the platform.
What are R&D teams looking for in packaging machinery solutions?
Over the past 12 months, R&D teams on Halo have posted these packaging machinery solutions needs:
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