DT15.05
Revision II
Published on: 23/04/2018

Flaconnage - Glass finish planarity tolerances - Practical values in use in the industry

Scope of application

This data sheet gives the recommended planarity tolerances for the finishes of flaconnage containers made of moulded glass.

Table of contents

1. Scope
2. Definition
3. Tolerances
3.1. Screw caps and caps with liners
3.2. Heat - Sealing (Conduction)
3.3. Heat - Sealing (Induction) 
4. Documents in reference
4.1. Cetie
5. Data sheet history
History
First edition: 12/2013
Revision I: 06/2015
Revision II: 04/2018  

Contributors

APTAR, BORMIOLI LUIGI, GERRESHEIMER , GUERLAIN, HEINZ GLAS, L'ORÉAL , PARFUMS CHRISTIAN DIOR, POCHET DU COURVAL, SHISEIDO INTERNATIONAL, SILGAN DISPENSING SYSTEMS 
STOELZLE, VERESCENCE.

Document under responsibility of working group:

Flaconnage geometry
WG chair: Lorenzo PASQUALI - BORMIOLI LUIGI S.p.A.
This joint group aims to produce dedicated documentation on glass flacons for the cosmetics, perfume, and pharmacy sectors:
  • Cetie 'GME'* neck finishes data sheets concerning glass crimping neck finishes (FEA), screw neck finishes, neck finishes for pumps and snap-on neck finishes, etc.
  • All data sheets of the DT15 series, identifying tolerances and standard test methods applicable to molded glass flacons;
  • Data sheets concerning critical visual defects of flacons, neck finishes nomenclature, etc.
  • Guide of crimping recommendations.
*Initiated by the glass industry in the 1960s, the acronym 'GME' stands for 'Glass Manufacturing Experimental'. The idea was that Cetie, as an unofficial standards body, would only publish 'experimental' data sheets, before submitting these to the official standards bodies. At the same time, in the USA, the acronym 'GME' was also used. As the original meaning was lost over time, this nomenclature for Cetie's glass finishes documents has been, later on, applied to the PET finish data sheets.
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