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Identification method of various blister packaging materials

The commonly used materials for blister packaging products include PP, PET, PVC, etc. How to identify blister packaging materials is a headache for many businesses. Today, the editor of Hefei Yuanlong Packaging Products Co., Ltd. will introduce you the small methods to identify various types of blister packaging materials.

1. PP material features: good softness and toughness, environmental protection and non-toxicity, high temperature resistance, poor plasticity, difficulty in plastic absorption, lack of gloss on the surface, showing a dull color.

Sensory identification: this product is white and transparent, and has higher transparency than LDPE, and has a sound when rubbing.

Combustion identification: when burning, the flame is yellow and blue, the smell is like oil, melting and dripping, and there is no black smoke when burning.

2. PET material features: this material is environmentally friendly, with good hardness, strong transparency and bright surface.

Sensory identification: this product is white and transparent, hard to handle, and has a sound when rubbing, and looks like PP.

Combustion identification: there is black smoke during combustion, and the flame has the phenomenon of fire jump. After combustion, the surface of the material is black carbonized. Rub the black carbonized substance after combustion with your fingers, and the carbide is in powder form.

3. PVC material features: strong toughness and good molding. It will become brittle and easy to crack in case of low temperature weather.

Sensory identification: the appearance is very similar to EVA but elastic.

Combustion identification: black smoke is emitted during combustion, which is extinguished after leaving the fire, and the combustion surface is black without melting and dripping.

The arrival of degradable packaging era

With the popularity of the Internet, our life is becoming more and more convenient, especially the rapid development of the takeout platform, which brings convenience to our life, but also causes white pollution. According to the statistics of the three major take-out platforms in 2017, about 60 million waste lunch boxes (cups) are produced every day, which can be stacked up to more than 330 Everest heights according to the height of the lunch box of 5 cm. The resulting large-scale white pollution has exacerbated the deterioration of the environment. Therefore, the active development and utilization of degradable packaging plays a positive role in environmental protection and the sustainable development of the plastic industry.

So, what are the advantages of degradable packaging?

1. Degradable packaging is made of natural materials, with good permeability, non-toxic and harmless;

2. Degradable packaging can be completely decomposed after being buried or composted without any negative impact on the environment.

3. The physical properties of degradable packaging can replace plastic materials based on petroleum

Source: Hefei Yuanlong

Spain will levy taxes on plastic bags and boxes

According to Oulang News, the plenary meeting of Spanish cabinet ministers opened the green light for the release of the draft plastic tax text today, which will mean that Spain will set up a new tax to levy taxes on contaminated plastics and waste products. The Spanish government made a plan to levy taxes on plastic products last year. After the draft legislation was released by the cabinet, it will be submitted to the parliament for discussion to formally formulate a plastic tax.

According to the explanation of the government spokesman, Ms. Mar í a Jes ú s Montero, at the press conference after the plenary meeting of the cabinet, “this is an unfinished task, and now it is again mentioned to the work desk agenda”, “this is one of the biggest challenges in the environment, and the legislation is aimed at and contributes to the sustainability of human health, including the proper management and treatment of plastics and waste products.” According to the explanation, “The legislative text for the first time limits the use of disposable plastic products, will set up taxes to limit the use, and require plastic manufacturers to provide necessary information to consumers according to the EU policy line, and keep consistent with the EU to make it a suitable resource”, “The legislative text includes taxing waste incineration sites and making landfill disposal the last choice.

In short, for example, plastic bags and packaging boxes used in stores and restaurants will be taxed later. According to the draft legislation, the amount of one-time non-recyclable plastic products will be charged at 0.45 euros/kg. That is to say, in the future, stores will pay a tax of 0.45 euros per kilogram for purchasing disposable plastic bags for consumers from suppliers. However, these are implemented after the draft legislation is officially released by the Congress, which may take several months, but may be earlier. This is the expected legislation. After Spain legislated a few years ago to prohibit shops from providing free plastic bags to customers, the government announced that it would collect plastic taxes.

ARTICLE SOURCE:Oulang News

Future prospects of aseptic medical device packaging standard system in china

With the continuous development of packaging skills and the introduction of advanced foreign skills into China, the packaging industry of sterile medical devices in China is also quietly changing. The development of the packaging industry has driven the development of the sterile medical device industry, which has not only eliminated the backward packaging of sterile medical devices in the past, but also promoted the construction of the sterile medical device packaging specification and its system in China, making it continuously improved. This continuously improved regulatory system, in turn, has played a role in standardizing and promoting the development of sterile medical device packaging industry and sterile medical device manufacturing industry, making it continue to develop healthily. The “aseptic inspection” of the device was wrongly regarded as the exclusive method of the review package to adhere to the sterility of the medical device, and the “aseptic inspection” was excessively relied on to control and review the aseptic condition and shelf life of the device. Suzhou medical blister box can not ensure the sterility of sterile medical devices within their shelf life because all parties do not understand the meaning of “sterility assurance level” of sterile medical devices. Backward packaging planning makes the packaging of many sterile products neither suitable for the selected sterilization process nor “sterile access”. Because the aseptic packaging planning is unreasonable, the packaging is not planned as the internationally accepted “peel off” packaging, but as the “tear off” packaging. The medical blister packaging makes it impossible to complete the “aseptic access” of sterile medical devices. For the backward “pull apart” planning, doctors have already polluted the internal devices when they pull open the package to take the devices.

Select unreasonable packaging materials, and lack of knowledge that sterile medical device packaging is an important part of sterile medical devices. Many sterile medical devices that are sterilized with ethylene oxide are packaged with non breathable packaging materials, which is neither suitable for the selected sterilization process nor conducive to the useful release of ethylene oxide after sterilization. The inspection of sterile medical device packaging in manufacturing enterprises in China is relatively weak. Because the experimental methods given in the current specifications in China are destructive, and the nondestructive inspection methods used in the production line are still blank, the inspection of sterile medical device packaging by medical blister box can only be conducted by sampling inspection, instead of online nondestructive full or sampling inspection as in foreign countries, which makes the integrity of sterile medical device packaging less effectively guaranteed. At present, there is no transport experimental method to evaluate whether the packaging system loaded with instruments and sterilized can accept mechanical and physical damage that may occur during storage, transportation and circulation in China’s regulatory system. Because there is no experimental specification that imitates this process, the medical device manufacturer can only prove that the integrity of the medical device packaging at the time of delivery meets the requirements. The heat sealing machine cannot prove whether the sterile packaging of the device can adhere to its due integrity after withstanding the mechanical damage (such as pressure, impact, oscillation, drop and atmospheric pressure, etc.) during the rigorous storage, transfer, transportation and circulation process through recognized experimental methods.

The PP lining plate can not prove whether the sterile packaging of the device can maintain its due integrity after withstanding the severe atmospheric strain (such as the environmental temperature changes repeatedly under extreme conditions such as normal temperature, high temperature and low temperature) during storage, transfer, transportation and circulation by using recognized experimental methods. The establishment of China’s sterile medical device packaging specification system has been highly valued by the national competent department. In the process of establishing this system, it has been widely participated in and strongly supported by domestic and foreign professionals. Just like this, this normative system is relatively perfect. The author believes that with the development of sterile medical device packaging in China, and with the more in-depth discussion of all participants, the standardized system of sterile medical device packaging in China will be increasingly improved, and will certainly play a greater role in the development of sterile medical devices in the future.

Introduction to high cold resistant PP blister sheet

It is impossible to produce good products without good materials, which is enough to show the importance of raw materials in the manufacturing industry. Blister packaging plants are no exception. Good material suppliers and material quality assurance are the key to Blister packaging.

The blister packaging aims at separation, shockproof and foil. The packaged products are mostly electronic, IT, industrial parts, toys, stationery, food, handicrafts and cosmetics. It can be used to package many and small products, such as electronic blister packaging, stationery blister packaging, toy blister packaging, metal blister packaging, food blister packaging, daily chemical gifts and handicrafts blister packaging, etc., to make the products more beautiful as a whole. PP blister box packaging box can improve the price and image of the product. If a trademark and brand are printed on the box, it can also play a role in spreading and expanding the enterprise brand and promoting the enterprise’s popularity.

PP blister has the following advantages: environmental protection, beautiful, silk screen printing, offset printing, bronzing, high temperature resistance, low temperature resistance, high transparency, flexion resistance, easy folding, products that meet the food test standards (or can not), microwave.

The main advantages of  PP blister packaging are: saving raw and auxiliary materials, light weight, convenient transportation, good sealing performance, and meeting the requirements of environmental protection and green packaging; It can pack any special-shaped products without additional cushioning materials; The packaged products are transparent and visible, beautiful in appearance, convenient for sales, and suitable for mechanized and automatic packaging, convenient for modern management, manpower saving, and efficiency improvement.

PP sheet is suitable for packaging of high cold resistant frozen food, such as ice cream boxes, dumplings boxes, soup dumplings boxes, etc.

What are the packing box materials

1. The packaging box is made of many materials. The plastic packaging box made of PP with triangle arrow mark and number 5 in the box can be used for microwave heating. Other plastic packing boxes cannot be put into microwave oven for heating. In addition, packaging boxes made of foam and paper materials cannot be heated by microwave oven. When heating with glass packaging boxes, the heating time should not be too long.

2. There are seven kinds of plastic materials, which are mainly distinguished according to the figures in the triangle arrows on the plastic materials. The following is a detailed introduction:

(1) The plastic with the number 1 in the triangle arrow is made of PET, such as pure water bottles and various beverage bottles. This kind of material cannot be put into the microwave oven for heating. The bottle body will shrink under high temperature and produce harmful chemical components.

(2) The plastic with the number 2 in the triangle arrow is made of HDPE, and the bottles containing medicine, shower gel and detergent are made of this kind of material. Recycling and heating are not recommended. It contains a lot of chemical components and is easy to produce chemical reactions under high temperature.

(3) The plastic with the number 3 in the triangle arrow is made of PVC. The heat resistance of PVC is not high. Under high temperature conditions, it is easy to produce toxic and harmful ingredients, so it cannot be put into the microwave oven for heating.

(4) The plastic LDPE material with the number 4 in the triangle arrow is generally used to make the fresh-keeping film, which has poor heat resistance. It is easy to produce harmful substances when heated in the microwave oven, and it will be damaged to some extent after human consumption.

(5) The plastic with the number 5 in the triangle arrow is made of PP, which has strong heat resistance. It is not easy to produce chemical reaction when it is heated in the microwave oven, so it can be safely heated in the microwave oven.

(6) The plastic with the number 6 in the triangle arrow is made of PS, which cannot be heated at high temperature, otherwise it will produce toxic and harmful chemical components, and it is easy to form polystyrene, which may affect your health.

(7) The plastic with the number 7 in the triangle arrow is made of PC, which is mainly used to make milk bottles, space cups, etc. It contains polyphenol A. After heating, it may react with other substances, producing substances harmful to human health.

Material type of plastic packaging box

Plastic packaging is one of the four major materials in the packaging industry: paper packaging accounts for 30%, plastic 25%, metal 25%, glass 15%. Blister and plastic box are a major category of plastic packaging.

There are several classifications of plastics. According to the properties of plastics, there are two kinds of plastics. The first is thermoplastic plastics whose raw materials can be recycled and reused. The macromolecules of this material are completely out of order. We call it amorphous thermoplastic plastics. Such as PVC, PC, PET, etc. These materials are characterized by good transparency, low mechanical strength and good flexibility.

The second kind is thermosetting plastic that can only be melted once. It is generally engineering plastic, mainly used for heat insulation, abrasion resistance, insulation, high voltage resistance and other plastics used in harsh environments. The most common types of plastics in life are frying pan handles and high and low voltage electrical appliances

The raw materials of blister boxes and plastic boxes are thermoplastic. Thermoplastic packaging products have the following characteristics:

1. The auxiliary materials are saved and the forming is easy. The required forming energy consumption is lower than that of steel and other metal materials, saving the material cost. The blister has good sealing performance, is light and easy to transport, can pack any special-shaped products, and does not need additional cushioning materials for packing; The packaged products are transparent and visible, meeting the requirements of environmental protection and green packaging;

It has beautiful appearance and is convenient for sales. It is also suitable for mechanized and automatic packaging, which is convenient for modern management, manpower saving and efficiency improvement.

2. The raw materials of blister and plastic box have good chemical resistance, good acid resistance, alkali resistance, resistance to various organic solvents, and can be placed for a long time without oxidation.

 

A store in Xiamen sells this takeout packaging box

Disposable foamed plastic tableware will not only cause serious pollution to the environment, but also is not resistant to high temperature. It is easy to cause harm to the human body in the use process, and there are large potential safety hazards. As early as 2020, the state banned production and sales.

However, even today, there are still merchants operating secretly. Recently, the Quality Supervision Section of Huli District Market Supervision Bureau of Xiamen City took the lead in the investigation of a case of selling disposable foamed plastic lunch boxes expressly prohibited by the state according to clues. 3100 disposable foamed plastic lunch boxes were seized on the spot. The store involved in the case is located on Heshan Road, mainly dealing in daily necessities such as pots and pans and disposable catering appliances.

The white disposable foam lunch box is wrapped with a layer of thin plastic bags of different colors, such as red, green, yellow and white. The bag mouth is placed on the ground with a knot at random. The name of main raw and auxiliary materials, precautions for use, product description and other information are printed on the outside of the bag, but no information such as production license number is found.

The party concerned explained that the purchase price of these disposable lunch boxes was much cheaper than the regular commodities, and they were very competitive in price. They were generally sold to roadside snack stalls, small restaurants and fast food restaurants.

The law enforcement personnel seriously pointed out that the behavior of selling disposable foamed plastic lunch boxes violated the provision of Article 35 of the Product Quality Law of the People’s Republic of China that “the seller shall not sell products that have been eliminated and stopped by the state and invalid and deteriorated products”.

The law enforcement personnel seized 3100 disposable foamed plastic lunch boxes on the scene according to law and put them on file for investigation.

The law enforcement personnel remind the majority of operators to consciously do not purchase or sell disposable foam plastic tableware, effectively prevent plastic pollution, and protect the health of consumers.

If consumers find that a business uses disposable foam plastic tableware, they can call 12315 to complain to the market supervision department.

How to choose and buy disposable tableware correctly?

Look at the packaging: When purchasing lunch boxes, you should choose the products with good packaging, pay attention to the production date and shelf life, and avoid selecting products beyond the shelf life to prevent bacteria and mold.

Look at the label: it should be clear whether the product name, material, name, address, contact information, production date and shelf life (when applicable) of the manufacturer and (or) distributor are identified according to the requirements of the national food safety standard, National Food Safety Standard General Safety Requirements for Food Contact Materials and Products.

Look at the appearance: you should choose the lunch box with smooth surface and uniform color, and try to choose the colorless and transparent products without decorative patterns.

Smell: you can smell it first to see if it is foul smelling. A normal lunch box should be odorless and tasteless. The use of tasty lunch boxes to contain food may affect food safety, so purchase and use should be avoided.

(Source: Xiamen Consumer Protection Commission)

What is a vegetable and fruit tray? Do you know

With the continuous improvement of economic development benefits, people’s diet and daily life have changed from the previous single survival type to the current diversified nutrition type. At this stage, with the promotion of the new idea of nutrition composition by authoritative experts, vegetables and fruits are widely regarded and consumed more and more. So let’s take you to know what a vegetable and fruit tray is today.

Vegetable and fruit tray

It can avoid the destruction of fresh food and has certain heat resistance. The so-called vegetable and fruit tray is a kind of molded product formed by adding multi-functional plastic film or long chemical fiber non protective cloth to the whole board. This kind of vegetable and fruit tray basically improves the functions of adjusting environmental humidity, manipulating vapor components, and avoiding the breeding of Aspergillus flavus, so it can maintain the freshness of fresh fruits. This kind of tray can reduce the change of packaging specifications caused by digestion and absorption of water.

The vegetable and fruit tray is a plastic granulation processing technology. The key basic principle is to warm and loosen the flat plastic and hard plastic plate, select a vacuum pump to suck it on the surface of the abrasive, and then form it after refrigeration. It is generally used for fruit preservation, retail and capital turnover.

Vegetable and fruit tray: It is a general term for plastic products produced by processing technology of plastic packaging box of fresh fruit, and the products are packaged by relative machines and equipment.

Wooden packaging products of vegetables and fruits include: fresh fruit suction plastic, and the synonyms of sealed cans also include: vacuum pump cover, bubble cover, etc.

The key advantages of the vegetable and fruit tray are that it saves raw materials, is light in weight, convenient in transportation, has good sealing characteristics, and conforms to the regulations of environmental protection and green environmental protection; It can pack all kinds of fresh fruits without adding more cache raw materials; It can be seen from the transparency of the packaged goods that the appearance design is beautiful and generous, which is conducive to market sales, and suitable for mechanical automation and automatic technology packaging, which is conducive to modern management, saving human resources and improving work efficiency

What are the advantages and effects of blister packaging

In production and life, we often see the application of blister packaging. Although many people do not know that it is blister packaging, many people have been exposed to it. The use of blister packaging is very extensive in daily life. So why is blister packaging so popular? Today, let’s share the advantages and effects of blister packaging.

One of the advantages of blister packaging: blister packaging has strong plasticity and protection function. The basic function of blister packaging is to protect products, especially during transportation, to avoid collisions between goods. The customized grid of blister packaging can make the product difficult to move, even in the hard movement, it can also protect the integrity of the product.

The second advantage of blister packaging: the blister packaging is exquisite and has the aesthetic effect of packaging. In our life, some valuable products or gifts need to be placed in blister packaging, which can not only increase the beauty of product packaging, but also make the quality and grade of products reach a higher level.

The third advantage of blister packaging: it is anti-corrosion, durable and recyclable. The same products can be recycled in time after using blister packaging, which can help us save a lot of packaging costs. It is applicable to a wide range of products. Components such as electronics, food and machinery can use blister packaging, and blister packaging is not easy to damage, which is one of the reasons why it is popular.