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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 can discover the most relevant plastic packaging test and measurement solutions used to ensure product performance, regulatory compliance, and packaging integrity throughout the production process.
At Industrial Physics, we specialize in advanced testing and measurement technologies designed specifically for the plastic packaging industry. Our solutions help manufacturers improve production efficiency, reduce waste, optimize material usage, and ensure every bottle or container meets demanding quality standards.
Whether you are measuring wall thickness, verifying top-load strength, evaluating burst resistance, inspecting dimensions, testing closure torque, or assessing material performance, our instruments provide reliable, actionable data across the entire production line.
By implementing the right testing solutions at every stage, manufacturers can identify issues early, maintain process control, and consistently deliver high-quality products at scale.
Discover how Industrial Physics helps plastic packaging manufacturers and fillers achieve smarter, more efficient production with industry-leading test and measurement solutions tailored to the challenges of modern plastic bottle and container manufacturing.
Ergonomic and easy to use - with sophisticated touch screen electronics - the MFR300 melt flow indexer is packed with features to verify and validate sample materials quickly and efficiently.
The Ray-Ran Ohaus MB range gives food, plastics, coatings, pharmaceutical, and paper QC labs loss-on-drying moisture analysis on-instrument - three heat-source technologies (infrared, halogen, carbon fiber), touchscreen options for regulated workflows, and results in minutes instead of oven-drying hours.
The Torus B306 Polarised Light Box is a compact, manual inspection tool that helps identify internal defects in clear plastic preforms. Using a polarised light system and LED illumination, it highlights stress patterns, material inconsistencies, and flow issues—essential for quality control during bottle preform production.
The B301 Semi-Automatic Optical Inspection Gauge has been developed to provide a fast, non-contact, traceable measurement solution for neck finish and body dimensions.
The B305 Automatic Preform Inspection System is a modular system that can inspect and measure to find all of your preform defects.
The Torus B309 Internal Diameter Gauge for plastic bottles offers non-contact internal diameter measurements in a single operation with industry leading measurement range.
The Torus TQ-Lab is a unique, total quality testing station for plastic packaging such as plastic bottles and jars, typically used for soft drinks, health supplements, cosmetics, and domestic cleaning products.
The Torus B303 Semi-Automatic Test Burst Gauge is a high-precision testing system developed for burst testing of bottles and aerosol containers. It verifies burst pressure and expansion volume to ensure packaging integrity, safety, and industry compliance.
The B302 Semi-Automatic Thread, Body and Thickness Inspection Gauge is unrivalled in non-contact dimensional inspection equipment for plastic containers.
The Torus B304 Semi-Automatic Top Load, Volume and Weight Gauge provides the worlds first in-line combination test for measuring vertical strength and capacity.
The Systech 8700 & 8701 OxySense® Oxygen Permeability Analyzers present the ultimate solution for fast, reliable and flexible oxygen permeability testing of bottles, containers and packages.
The Torus B300 Manual Thickness Inspection Gauge has been developed to provide a simple solution to single sided thickness measurement on plastic components.
The B300 Semi-Automatic Wall Thickness Gauge provides a factory calibrated solution to material thickness distribution, bottle height and base clearance measurements with unrivalled position, accuracy and repeatability.
The Torus B309 Internal Diameter Gauge for plastic bottles offers non-contact internal diameter measurements in a single operation with industry leading measurement range.
The B307 Top Load Gauge is a manually loaded gauge providing fast top load results to validate process setup and container specification.
A high-precision automated cap torque testing system designed to eliminate operator variability and improve packaging quality control. Ideal for food, beverage, pharmaceutical, and consumer goods applications; it delivers consistent torque measurements, advanced data management, and safer, faster testing compared to manual desktop models. This makes it a powerful alternative to traditional cap testers, closure torque checkers, and other manual torque devices.
A reliable torque measurement tool offering an accurate method for determining the torque needed to open or close bottle caps.
Steinfurth’s reliable, manual instrument to test and measure the closure and torque of sealed bottle caps and twist-off closures.
The Steinfurth Past Control equipment for pasteurization gives you precise pasteurization monitoring results, whether you’re making canned or bottled products.
An oxygen analyzer employing an optical sensing technology that can be used for measurements in oil, water and air, the Systech OxySense 5250i is an innovative oxygen testing solution. It’s a non-consuming system for measuring and monitoring oxygen that can be used for a variety of applications; head space analysis, permeation rate determination, dissolved oxygen and more.
Offering reliable CO₂ monitoring in beverage bottles and cans, the Steinfurth Semi-Automatic CO₂ Tester CDA MK-6 is easy to use, has dynamic sample preparation and takes high-precision measurements.
Wide range of manual pressure tester options for measuring the pressure in cans and bottles. Pressure Tester models are available in analog or digital.
Browse through our full range of instruments available for plastic containers here.
In our latest case study, discover how one manufacturer improved consistency, reduced variability, and achieved substantial cost savings with a smarter approach to cap testing. The results speak for themselves – saving up to $330 a day in avoidable losses.
Contact us today to discuss our plastic container test and measurement equipment further.
Key terms Term Definition Gloss The degree to which a surface reflects light in the specular (mirror) direction. Higher gloss means a shinier surface. Specular reflection Light reflected at the equal and opposite angle to the incident light, as from a mirror. 75 degree geometry The measurement angle used for paper and board gloss, taken…
Gloss is the visual perception of shininess, and it comes from the way a surface reflects light. When light hits a very smooth surface, most of it reflects in a single direction, the specular direction, and the surface looks glossy. When the surface is rough or open, light scatters in many directions and the surface…
Gloss is a measure of how much light a paper or board surface reflects in the specular, or mirror, direction. A high-gloss sheet reflects light sharply and looks shiny. A matte sheet scatters light and looks dull. In the paper and board industry, gloss is a controlled optical property because it shapes how printed packaging,…
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