Comprehensive Guide to Pharmaceutical Packaging Testing Instruments

As the standardization of pharmaceutical packaging inspection, many domestic pharmaceutical manufacturers and pharmaceutical packaging material enterprises have an increasing need for quality control instruments, as a quality inspection institution, they also introduce packaging testing instruments to meet the needs of drug packaging inspection.

In the pharmaceutical packaging industry, the prominent factors that cause unqualified pharmaceutical packaging are poor physical mechanical properties and the poor barrier properties. To solve this problem, it is imperative to control the quality of pharmaceutical packaging and packaging materials. After communicating with pharmaceutical manufacturers and surveying the national standards for pharmaceutical packaging, the author summarized the quality control testing instruments for aluminum foil and plastic packaging materials that are used for most pharmaceutical productions and made a comparative scheme.

Product	Test items	Testing instruments
Aluminum plastic combination cover for infusion bottle	Opening force, removal force, tearing force, opening quality	ž   Auto tensile tester
Pharmaceutical packaging composite films and bags	Water vapor transmission Oxygen transmission bags heat seal strength compression resistance	ž   Water vapor permeability tester ž   Differential pressure gas permeability tester ž   Auto tensile tester ž   Leak and seal tester
1. PVC solid medical hard sheet 2. PVC / PVDC solid medical hard sheet 3. Polyamide / aluminum / PVC cold forming solid medical composite hard sheet	Water vapor transmission Oxygen permeability Heat seal strength, tensile strength Impact resistance Thermal shrinkage	ž   Water vapor permeability tester ž   Differential pressure gas permeability tester ž   Auto tensile tester ž   Impact tester ž   Thermal shrinkage tester
Halobutyl rubber plug for sterile powder injection	Puncture force Seal performance	ž   Auto tensile tester ž   Leak and seal tester
Oral solid medicine high density polyethylene bottle	Water vapor permeability Seal performance Torque	ž   Water vapor permeability tester ž   Leak and seal tester ž   Torque tester
Aluminum plastic composite easy open cover	Open force	ž   Torque tester
Medical polyethylene / aluminum / polyethylene composite ointment tube	Compression resistance, seal performance Peel strength, heat seal strength Barrier properties Torque	ž   Leak and seal tester ž   Auto tensile tester ž   Water vapor permeability tester & Differential pressure gas permeability tester ž   Torque tester
Aluminum foil for drug packaging	Water vapor transmission heat seal strength	ž   Leak and seal tester ž   Auto tensile tester
Aluminum medical ointment tube	seal performance	ž   Leak and seal tester

According to the corresponding table above, for pharmaceutical manufacturers to equip their packaging materials testing laboratories, the following testing instruments can be used to carry out various packaging tests: moisture permeability tester, differential pressure gas permeability tester, auto tensile tester, leak and seal tester, seal strength tester, torque tester, impact tester and thermal shrinkage tester.

Labthink C403H Oxygen /Water Vapor Transmission Rate Test System is based on the testing principle of Coulometric oxygen sensor and infrared water vapor sensor. It is designed and manufactured according to ASTM D3985、ASTM F1249，ISO 15106-2 and other relevant standards to provide high precision and high efficiency oxygen and water vapor transmission rate tests for high and medium gas barrier materials. It is suitable for testing the oxygen and water vapor transmission performance of films, sheets and related materials in the fields of food, medicine, medical devices, daily chemicals, photovoltaic, electronic and many others.

Labthink C690H Nondestructive Package Leak Detector is based on the testing principle of the vacuum decay method, designed and manufactured according to ASTM F2338 and other standards. It is professionally suitable for batch sealing leak detection of vials, and trace leakage detection of ampoule, cartridge bottles, infusion bottles, prefilled syringes and other pharmaceutical packaging.

Labthink C610M Auto Tensile Tester is professionally applicable to measurement of tensile, peeling, deformation, tearing, heat sealing, adhesive, puncture force, opening force, pulling force and low speed unwrapping force as well as other properties of plastic films, composite materials, soft package materials, plastic flexible tube, adhesives, adhesive tapes, label stickers, medical plasters, release paper, protective films, combined caps, aluminum foils, diaphragms, back sheets, non-woven fabrics, rubber and paper, etc.

Labthink has advanced testing technology and professional laboratory, and is committed to providing the comprehensive quality control solutions for customers in the fields of medicine, food, daily chemical, packaging, printing, adhesive, automobile, petrochemical, environment, biology, new energy, construction, aviation and electronics.

As the demand for functional packaging materials grows, testing methods are evolving to ensure a more comprehensive evaluation of packaging films. Labthink encourages collaboration with packaging industry companies for quality control! Visit the website www.labthink.com to learn more!