Maintaining Your Equipment

plastics machinery preventative maintenance serviceWith over 40-years of manufacturing experience, R&B Plastics Machinery’s technical service team has the knowledge and experience to be an extension of your maintenance department and assist you with regularly scheduled maintenance checks.

  • Our technicians can provide periodic maintenance to keep your equipment in proper working condition and identify problems before they turn into downtime.
  • We can work independently to take the burden off your existing staff or work hand-in-hand to help educate your maintenance staff on the proper procedures to inspect and maintain your extrusion and blow molding equipment.
  • With broad exposure to the plastics industry, our staff can keep you informed of the latest upgrades available in the marketplace, while adding value to your existing operation.
  • R&B field service techs are backed by a full staff of mechanical and electrical engineering support to resolve negative findings quickly on your extrusion and blow mold machinery, all makes, all models.
  • We can build a customized inspection checklist to meet your machines and application or work with your existing maintenance program.
  • We have the tools necessary to measure your screws and barrel for wear and bore scope your barrel to insure proper alignment. Take full advantage of your maintenance downtime by allowing us to help you get a complete assessment of your machinery condition.
  • Let us take over scheduling and performing your PMs and put your focus on strategic planning, predictive maintenance, and efficiency improvements.

Before and After Pictures

Preventive Maintenance keeps machinery running longer with better throughput. If properly maintained, processing machines can last for decades.

Here are some Before and After examples of R&B’s rebuild work for machines that had operated under tough conditions. Many more examples are available for blow molding machines, trimmers, and extruders of all sizes. E-mail us details on your machinery and we’ll follow up with solutions: info@rbplasticsmachinery.com.

2.5 inch extruder Before
2.5 inch extruder Before
2.5 inch extruder After
2.5 inch extruder After
4.5 inch extruder Before
4.5 inch extruder Before
4.5 inch extruder After
4.5 inch extruder After

Call today to discuss how we can help, or for a rebuild or upgrade quote:
PH: 734-429-9421 for Service
We welcome your visit to see our facility and current retrofit/upgrade projects!


Maintenance, repairs, even rebuilds can happen at your plant or R&B’s fully equipped 60,000 sq. ft. facility.

Call the Service Dept. to schedule a visit: 734-429-9421 or describe production problems in an e-mail, send to info@rbplasticsmachinery.com.
We’ll follow up with solutions.