Glass packaging
P. Grayhurst, British Glass, UK
Abstract:
Glass is one of the oldest packaging materials and still maintains an important place today. this chapter covers the production of glass and its forming into containers for packaging, including an overview of the decoration processes used. Glass quality is discussed, including typical defects, and useful points for container design are given.
Key words
borosilicate
decolourisers
ultraviolet
soda glass
cullet
furnace
forehearth
lehr
gob
blow-and-blow
press-and-blow
narrow neck press-and-blow
parison
baffle
plunger
neck ring
neck finish
annealing
surface coating
head space
frosting
danner process
vello process
ampoules
vials
7.1 Introduction
Although glass shares some characteristics ...
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