Converter Retal has invested in its R&D capabilities in order to offer third-party testing at its laboratory in Klaipeda, Lithuania.<\/p>\n
Aleksandr Grinko, chief quality director at the company, said that the company was seeking to widen the scope of its R&D to be able to \u201ccreate and perfect our preforms and closures in accordance with customer requirements\u201d, but also saw an opportunity to test third-party preforms and closures too.<\/p>\n
Grinko continued: \u201cWe can offer a full range of tests for carbonated soft drinks and non-carbonated beverages, including prototype development, using our modern equipment, which includes a capping and filling station, large climate chambers that are 750 litres each, an automated torque tester, optical shelf-life tester, and automated open performance tester \u2013 these are all from Steinfurth \u2013 plus a Zeiss automatic measuring system, plus various other machines and tools.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Zalkin pilot capping line delivers semi-industrial testing, which allows the functionality of newly-designed closures that have been produced from a new type of raw material to be testing in aa valuable manner.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe capacity of this line is 10,000 bottles an hour and it lets us quickly detect hidden defects in a reduced time. Previously, tests were carried out on customers\u2019 lines, but of course this is far better in terms of cost, ease and speed.\u201d<\/p>\n
Equipment at the Retal testing laboratory also tests for temperature, humidity and oxygen permeability.<\/p>\n
Read online at Eco-Plastics in Packaging.<\/a><\/p>\n