Bottle – Fenix Packaging

Vine Retail

fenixpackaging — Fri, 13 Jan 2017 20:35:29 +0000

The earliest bottles or vessels were made by ancient man. Ingredients were melted to make glass and then clay forms were dipped into the molten liquid. When the glass cooled off, the clay was chipped out of the inside leaving just the hollow glass vessel. This glass was very thin as the fire was not as hot as modern day furnaces. The blowpipe was invented around 1 B.C. Now, molten glass could be gathered on the end of the blow pipe and blown into the other end to create a hollow vessel.

Once made, bottles may suffer from internal stresses as a result of unequal, or too rapid cooling. An annealing oven, or ‘lehr’ is used to cool glass containers slowly to prevent stress and make the bottle stronger. When a glass bottle filled with liquid is dropped or subjected to shock, the water hammer effect may cause hydrodynamic stress, breaking the bottle.

Modern bottles, when moulded, will be given marks on the heel (bottom) of the bottle. These marks serve a variety of purposes, such as identifying the machine used in the production of the bottle (for quality control purposes).

Milk Bottle

fenixpackaging — Fri, 13 Jan 2017 20:35:26 +0000

Many beverages, food items and other consumer products are delivered in bottles or packages made from PET. The #1 code is usually found on or near the bottom of the container.

Manufacturers like it because it’s safe, strong, transparent and versatile. Customers choose it for its safety, light weight, resealability, shatter-resistance and recyclability. Up to 100% of a PET package can be made from recycled PET, and the material can be recycled again and again.

It’s used to make new bottles, but recycled PET can also be made into fiber for carpets; fabric for t-shirts or fleece jackets; fiberfill for sleeping bags, winter coats, and dog beds; industrial strapping; sheet and thermoformed (clam shell) packaging; and automotive parts such as headliners, bumpers, and door panels. PET has good barrier properties that protect and preserve the contents of its package. Different technologies can further enhance PET’s inherent barrier properties and offer greater protection to the natural properties of packaged products against oxygen migration and carbon dioxide.