Packaging purposesPurpose | • Physical protection • Barrier protection • Containment or agglomeration • Information transmission • Marketing • Security • Convenience • Portion control | Types: | • Primary, the material that holds and contains the product • Secondary, the material outside the primary packaging, often used to group primary packages together • Tertiary and packaging systems, the material used for bulk handling, warehousing and transportation | Primary containes: | Bottles, cans, kegs, casks [immediate and future consumption, can be one-use or refillable] | Closure: | Single opener, resealable, functions as dust cover and tampering seal | Secondary packaging: | Enable tertiary packaging • Protect primary packaging against damage during transport and distribution • Provide handy clusters easy and convenient for consumers to handle • Promote the products towards customers and consumers | Tertiary: | Pallets lmao | Inspections: | neck, sidewall, inner sidewall, base, bottle colour, caustic/residual liquid, scuffing |
Preforms, PETOnestage | PET pre-forms are produced and blown into finished bottles in the same machine. | Two-stage process | PET pre-forms are produced and stored in containers. One advantage is that the pre-forms take up less space than the finished bottles. |
Berg’s Capacity - V!Concept | Make sure the filler is the slowest part to ensure no holdups |
| | FillingMain focus: | Avoid beer loss | | Ensure nominal fill | | Avoid contamination, precent air and oxidation, avoid CO2 loss | Types of filling | Counter pressure (Level filling, Volumetric filling[Metering chamber with transsonar level probes]) | | Gravity filling | | Mechanical valve (Conventional), Electro-pneumatic valve | When to do what: | Level filling • Returnableandnon-returnableglassbottles • Returnable PET bottles (regardless of size) • Smalldiametercontainers | | Volumetric filling • Dimensionalaccuratecontainers • Large diameter containers (in neck area) • Nonetransparentcontainers • Typically: High quality one way plastic bottles and cans of larger volumes |
PasteurisationPU | 1 PU is 1 minute at 60°C . | Formula | PU = t * 1.393^(T-60) | Flash Pasteurisation | Beer is heated in a plate heat exchanger, held at 68–72°Cfor30– 50 sec, then cooled down again |
LabellingTypes | Cold glue vs self adhesive |
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