DT02.00
Revision V
Published on: 30/03/2026

Standard tolerances for glass containers

Scope of application

This document provides information on tolerances (capacity, height, diameter, verticality and base – mouth parallelism of the finish) for glass containers.

Table of contents

1 Scope
2 Tolerances
2.1 Capacity tolerances
2.1.1 Brimful or fill point tolerance for measuring container bottles
2.1.2 Brimful or fill point tolerance for non-measuring container bottles of circular cross-section
2.1.3 Brimful or fill point tolerance for non-measuring container bottles of non-circular cross-section
2.1.4 Brimful capacity tolerances for jars
2.2 Dimensional tolerances
2.2.1 Height tolerance TH
2.2.2 Body tolerance TD
History
First edition: 1974
Revision I: 1976
Revision II: 1987
Revision III: 1996
Revision IV: 2020 - New layout of the document, Table 2, last column “350” added, Table 3, last line “183” added, Text on Ovality control after Table 3 added, Table 4, last line “183” added.

Contributors

ARDAGH, BA GLASS, BRITISH GLASS, BUNDESVERBAND GLASINDUSTRIE E.V. (Federal Association of the German Glass Industry), CAN PACK, CSVMF, ENCIRC GLASS, GERRESHEIMER, HEINZ GLAS, O-I MANUFACTURING, SAVERGLASS, STOELZLE, VERALLIA, VETROPACK, VIDRALA, WIEGAND-GLASHUTTENWERKE

Document under responsibility of working group:

Glass wg1+4
WG chair: Arnaud JANIN - VERALLIA FRANCE

This permanent group is dedicated to a wide range of topics downstream of the production of glass bottles and jars dedicated to the food and beverage industries:

  • Surface treatments, marking, labelling;
  • Testing methods (impact, headspace, internal pressure, etc.);
  • Nomenclatures (of finishes, jars, bottles, and visual defects, etc.);
  • Quality management (food and beverage safety, best practices, regulations).
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