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Published on: 05/06/2025
Pilfer-proof finish - Definition and measurement of the neck finish height 'F'
Scope of application
This data sheet explains how the 'F' Dimension of a pilfer-proof (PP) neck finish should be defined and measured. It specifies clearly how the reference points of the measurement are defined, knowing that the lower point is a virtual point, not a physical point at the surface of the finish.
This definition is applicable to MCA, BVP (EN 15543 - GLASS PACKAGING - FINISHES FOR BOTTLES - SCREW THREAD FINISHES FOR BOTTLES FOR NON-CARBONATED LIQUIDS) and BVS (EN 16293 - PACKAGING - GLASS PACKAGING - DEEP BVS FINISHES FOR STILL WINES) finishes, and generally to PP finishes, unless other clearly specified reference points are defined in the corresponding standards.
This document is based on the British Glass GF910 data sheet.
This definition is applicable to MCA, BVP (EN 15543 - GLASS PACKAGING - FINISHES FOR BOTTLES - SCREW THREAD FINISHES FOR BOTTLES FOR NON-CARBONATED LIQUIDS) and BVS (EN 16293 - PACKAGING - GLASS PACKAGING - DEEP BVS FINISHES FOR STILL WINES) finishes, and generally to PP finishes, unless other clearly specified reference points are defined in the corresponding standards.
This document is based on the British Glass GF910 data sheet.
Table of contents
1 Scope
2 Definitions
3 Related documents
3.1. Standards
3.2. Cetie
4 Data sheet history
2 Definitions
3 Related documents
3.1. Standards
3.2. Cetie
4 Data sheet history
History
Initial Source: British Glass – GF910 – ROPP 'F' Neck Measurement
First edition: 12/2020
Revision I: New layout and minor text changes
Initial Source: British Glass – GF910 – ROPP 'F' Neck Measurement
First edition: 12/2020
Revision I: New layout and minor text changes
Contributors
AH CONSULT, ARDAGH, BA GLASS, BRITISH GLASS, ENCIRC GLASS, KD CONSULT, O-I MANUFACTURING, SAVERGLASS, VERALLIA, VETROPACK, VIDRALA, WIEGAND-GLAS.
Document under responsibility of working group:
Glass wg3
WG chair: Niall MC GRATH - ENCIRC GLASS
This permanent group is dedicated to the creation and revision of Cetie's "GME*" neck finishes data sheets, and also to the revision of equivalent neck finishes data sheets previously submitted to official standardisation (ISO and/or CEN), dedicated to the production of glass bottles and jars for the food and beverage sectors. These neck finishes data sheets concern the following applications: ROPP, aluminum screw caps, crown caps, twist-off caps, cork or synthetic stoppers, bar-top, or swing stoppers.
*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.
*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.
