Screw cap
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A screw cap or closure is a common type of closure for bottles, jars, and tubes.
sports cap
", which appears on many water bottles, seen in closed configuration at left and in open configuration at right, allowing the water to pass around the central blue piece.Usage
A screw closure is a mechanical device which is screwed on and off of a "finish" on a
tamper resistant and have child-resistant packaging features. A tamper-evident band
is a common tamper warning for screw caps of bottles, for example.
Wine industry
Screw caps' use as an
rubber
, or other soft material is used as wad to make a seal with the mouth of the bottle.
Sake industry
Sake bottles are almost universally closed with screw caps (some are packed in barrels, or novelty bottles).
See also
- Bottle cap
- Child-resistant packaging
- Closure & Container Manufacturers Association
- Closure (container)
- Flip-top
- Packaging
- Permeation
- Screw cap (wine)
- Tethered cap
- GPI container finish standardswhich includes screw caps for glass containers.
Sources
- ISBN 978-0-470-08704-6
- Soroka, W, "Fundamentals of Packaging Technology", IoPP, 2002, ISBN 1-930268-25-4
- Yam, K. L., "Encyclopedia of Packaging Technology", John Wiley & Sons, 2009, ISBN 978-0-470-08704-6
- Prlewe, J. Wine from Grape to Glass. NY: Abbeville Press, 1999.
- Wayne J. Mortensen and Brian K. Marks, The Failure of a Wine Closure Innovation: A Strategic Marketing Analysis Archived 2008-08-16 at the Wayback Machine,
- ASTMD3474 Standard Practice for Calibration and Use of Torque Meters Used in Packaging Applications
External links
- [1] New Zealand Screw Cap Initiative
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