Packaging Machinery - News, Technology and Reviews

Glass bottles are specifically designed for the purpose of storing liquid products which are either not storable or not shippable in plastic containers. The best example of such products is the chemical solutions. These products need to maintain a high level of purity as a result of which they need to be stored in glass bottles.

Now the glass bottles being very brittle and delicate, it is necessary to cushion glass bottles containing chemical products to prevent breakage during shipping and storage. And this resulted in the invention of bottle packaging.

Packages for bottles are generally uses up materials like aluminum, steel, low as well as high density polythene, polypropylene and polyvinyl chloride.

As far as the machineries and technology used by the bottle packaging industries are concerned, there is an endless list of them.

Retort Packaging
In this type of packaging, the machine provides the seal to the container along with the packaging so as to protect the contents during the entire life of the product.

Liquid Packaging 
This machine does the work of filling the liquid into the bottle and then provides a strong hermetic sealing.

Vacuum/MAP, Thermo Forming 
Chamber and ‘Thermo Forming Vacuum Packaging’ machines provide various sizes, shapes and features to the bottle packages.

Sealing machineries
These are simple tabletop machines type, which automatically turn to a high-speed bottle-sealing machine. These machines are aptly suitable for packaging bottle containing medical instruments, food items, wines, beauty products and the like.

Kiss Packaging Systems, Liquid Packaging Solutions, Rapak are some of the big names associated with the world of innovative bottle packaging machineries.

The manufacturing process of bottle packaging typically begins with a compact system. The process involves washing, drying and sterilizing the bottles, then filling them up with the necessary contents, an over seal capping and finally subsequent traying-off. Compact systems for bottle packaging are finished using sterile room equipment. Then the containers are checked, labeled and end-packaged on subsequent machines.

Processing Steps

1. Cleaning
2. Sterilization
3. Filling and pressing in stoppers
4. Over sealing
5. Traying off

Subsequent Processing Steps

1. Check for particle freedom and cosmetic defects.
2. Check packages for impermeability with the inspection machine.
3. Application of a self-adhesive label with the labeling machine
4. End packing of containers in thermoformed blisters, folding boxes and/or cartons with cartooning machines.