PET bottles are an integral part of the food and beverage industry. The manufacturers of food products need the best packaging materials that are strong enough to bear the forces and impacts during transportation, and also, they need to be safe for the food products. The PET bottles serve both these concerns when it comes to packaging of food products. Now, when the manufacturers are making a choice of packaging for their product, they need to test the strength of the material thoroughly in every aspect using proper testing machines so that it does not fail during transportation or storage. One such machine offered by Pacorr is a top load tester.

What is Top Load for a PET bottle?
The top load is considered to be the force that is applied on a PET bottle from the top angle. Generally, this load is implemented on the bottles during stacking for storage and loading. This top load can crush the bottle if the bottle is not strong enough or the load is too heavy. Determining this load can help manufacturers in deciding the amount of bottles that can be stacked on top of one another. Once the top load strength of the bottle is determined, manufacturers can easily assess the stacking capability of the bottle and, hence can plan the loading plan for a given batch. This ensures the best and safest transit and storage of the products.

This way, they can ensure that the bottles are stored and loaded safely without any chance of damaging them or the product inside them. This also helps manufacturers in making any structural changes in the bottles to increase or decrease their strength. To test the top load of a bottles, companies use top load tester which is a highly precise and sophisticated machine.

Top Load Tester
The top load tester offered by Pacorr is one of the best testing instruments to check the top load strength of PET bottles. The instrument is designed according to the specifications mentioned in the international standards, including ASTM D642-00 (2010) and ASTM D2659. The specimen is placed on the platform, and the compression plate exerts the pressure on the specimen until it deforms or deflects. The instrument comes with a digital display that gives the reading of the forces that have been applied to the sample and recorded by the load cell. Once the specimen deflects, the force application is stopped, and the final load is displayed which depicts the top load strength of the sample. The apparatus offered by Pacorr comes with powder powder-coated body that ensures protection from rust and increases its longevity. Additionally, as the product is designed in conformation with the international standards, the results obtained from it are applicable in the global markets as well.

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