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Explore every stage of the modern plastic bottle and container manufacturing process with our interactive process map. From raw material preparation and preform production through to stretch blow molding, filling preparation, inspection, labeling, and palletizing, every step requires precision, consistency, and rigorous quality control. By clicking on each stage within the diagram below, you…
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Explore every stage of the modern canmaking line with our interactive beverage can manufacturing process map. From coil handling and cupping through to decorating, necking, and palletizing, each step in the process demands precision, consistency, and quality assurance. By hovering over each stage in the diagram below, you can discover the most relevant beverage can…
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Overview Burst strength testing is one of the most widely used methods for evaluating the performance of sealed flexible packaging. It applies controlled internal pressure to a package until failure, measuring the point at which the seal or material gives way. For quality managers, R&D specialists, and operations experts working across flexible packaging production, burst…
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Definition: Wet coating thickness measurement is the process of measuring the thickness of applied coating or paint layer immediately after it has been applied to a metal coil substrate — before the coated product enters the curing oven and dries. This is achieved using non-contact, optical sensor-based technology positioned inline at the point of application. Why it matters: In coil coating production lines, coatings travel at high…
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Color consistency in metal can manufacturing refers to the ability to reproduce a brand's specified colors accurately and repeatedly across every decorated aluminum or steel beverage can - regardless of production run, facility, or geography. In the can-making industry, color is measured using three attributes: hue (the recognized color, such as red or blue), chroma (the vividness or saturation of that color), and lightness (how light or dark the color appears). These are quantified using…
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Our metrology toolkit has been created by specialist experts with in-depth knowledge It offers insight and best practice advice for UK-based manufacturers working with CMMs, arms, height gauges, or master artefacts. Through UKAS-accredited Torus Metrology Services, you can rest assured that your metrology needs are being handled by true specialists with the appropriate knowledge, certifications, and expertise required to deliver results. Our free toolkit offers advice on…
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To ensure that paints and coatings are easy to apply and durable in their nature, oils and additives are required. To know that the addition of these components doesn’t adversely affect the composition of your final paint or coating, you need thorough and efficient viscosity testing. Oils and lubricant additives in paint The addition of…
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Can seaming to achieve robust, hermetically sealed metal packaging is a preferred practice to protect a wide range of types of products across many industries. An effective double seam is crucial to the integrity of a can. The process of can seaming has been around for decades and has undergone some massive transformations over the…
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The barrier capabilities of packaging are incredibly important when it comes to the pharmaceutical industry. Oxygen or water permeation can destroy the integrity of the products and compromise the sterility of the environment, which can have health-critical negative ramifications for the end user. Permeation testing for sterile packaging When you need to check whether packaging…
Headspace gas chromatography makes it possible to test even volatile substances for the presence of certain compounds, by utilizing and analyzing the associated vapor phase. It’s a technique that’s been around since the 1950s and one which is still useful today. What is gas chromatography? Gas chromatography is a method of separating and detecting the…
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Background Throughput of water vapour through packaging films or barriers has numerous drivers. The obvious one of typical food packaging is now well served by readily available permeation measuring instruments. The more demanding requirement for films used for the present commercial generation photo voltaic solar cells is arguably within the limit of present day commercial…
Using the ambient oxygen ingress rate (AOIR) method, you can measure the permeability of oxygen through films in finished packaging. We spoke to the inventor of the AOIR method about her work, now incorporated into patented PermMate inspection technology supplied by Systech, our permeation testing specialist brand. This oxygen permeation test has a huge range…
There are different ways to work with permeation rate calculations, depending on what you are testing for and the type of testing you need to carry out. If you want to find out how much oxygen will permeate through your package, or if you need to analyze the throughput of water vapor through packaging films…
You think you’ve picked the perfect packaging to protect your precious products...then you encounter an oxygen permeation problem. A problem that can lead to product recalls, expense, wasted time, and reputational damage. Knowledge of oxygen transmission rates is important - particularly if you’re a food producer that packages goods in a modified atmosphere. In this…
You think you’ve picked the perfect packaging to protect your precious products…then you encounter an oxygen permeation problem. An issue that can lead to product recalls, expense, wasted time, and reputational damage. Knowledge of oxygen permeability is important because it determines the oxygen transmission rate (OTR) of a package. This is the amount of oxygen…
Why is water vapor permeation testing important? And how do permeation testing instruments help you? Let’s start with the first question...in fact, there are several reasons, depending on what you make and how you make it. We can take a look at an obvious one - food packaging. Nobody wants a soggy, stale potato chip,…
