DT02.00
Revision IV
Published on: 01/02/2020

Standard tolerances for glass containers

Scope of application

This data sheet provides information on tolerances for non-measuring container bottles of circular and non-circular cross-sections as well as dimensional tolerances (height, diameter, verticality, and base–mouth parallelism of the finish).

Table of contents

1. Scope
2. Definitions
2.1. Brimful or fill point capacity tolerances
2.1.1. Measuring container bottles
2.1.2. Non-measuring container bottles of circular cross-section
2.1.3. Non-measuring container bottles of non-circular cross-section
2.2. Dimensional tolerances 
2.2.1. Height tolerance Th
2.2.2. Diameter tolerance Td
2.2.3. Verticality tolerance Tv (deviation from the vertical axis)
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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