Packaging advice
Drawing on decades of packaging expertise and an industry-unique chemical compatibility database containing over 50 years of packaging advice, our in-house chemists are available to support you in finding the most suitable packaging, lining, and closures for your packed product.
What can we offer
With your product’s MSDS or formulation, our chemists can often directly recommend the most suitable closure, lining and packaging by consulting our database. If the information is incomplete or in case the product is not in our database, we can perform in-house tests with a 250 ml product sample.
What we need to know
- What product is packed*
- Specific chemical name and/or trade names
- components and their concentrations including water content
- Density, vapour pressure, boiling / melting point, viscosity, pH, etc.
- Filling / emptying temperatures
- Storage conditions and desired shelf life
1Trade names or general terms have no meaning
2Safety or material data sheet
General performance table washers
| PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS | White EPDM Washers | Black Nitrile Washers |
| Physical Properties | ||
| In general | GOOD | EXCELLENT |
| Elasticity | GOOD | EXCELLENT |
| Heat resistance | GOOD | EXCELLENT |
| Chemical Resistance | ||
| Chemicals in general | EXCELLENT | GOOD |
| Petroleum products | FAIR | EXCELLENT |
| non-polar solvents/chemicals | FAIR | GOOD |
| Most chlorinated hydrocarbons | GOOD | POOR |
| polar solvents/chemicals | GOOD | POOR |
| Aqueous products | EXCELLENT | EXCELLENT |
| food stuffs, edible oils | GOOD | GOOD |
| Compliance with Food Packaging Regulations | ||
| *Compliance with §177.2600 of the FDA | YES | NO |
| (Rubber articles intended for repeated use) | ||
| Compliance with Heavy Metal Contents Legislation | ||
| *Compliance with §37.0205 of the CONEG | YES | YES |
| *Compliance with EEC Commission | YES | YES |
| Directive 94/62/EC (13.12.94) |
General performance table Lacquers
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Type of Lacquers |
Performance Characteristics |
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Color |
Mechanical Properties Resistance |
General Chemical Resistance (Strong) |
Solvents Resistance |
Alkaline Resistance |
Water Resistance |
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Epoxy - Phenolic RDL® 55* |
Red Oxide
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Good |
Good |
Good |
Fair/Good |
Fair |
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Epoxy - Phenolic RDL® 44* |
Golden Brown |
Good |
Good |
Good |
Fair/Good |
Fair |
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Epoxy - Phenolic RDL® 36 |
Off White |
Good |
Good |
Good |
Fair/Good |
Fair |
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Epoxy - Phenolic RDL® 29* |
(Clear) Gold |
Good |
Fair |
Good |
Fair |
Poor |
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Epoxy - Phenolic RDL® 6 |
Red Oxide |
Good |
Good |
Good |
Fair/Good |
Fair |
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Epoxy - Phenolic RDL 5 |
Grey |
Good |
Good |
Good |
Fair/Good |
Fair |
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Phenolic RDL® 50* |
Olive green |
Fair |
Excellent |
Excellent |
Poor |
Fair |
|
Phenolic RDL® 39 |
Red Oxide |
Fair |
Excellent |
Excellent |
Poor |
Fair |
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Phenolic RDL® 16* |
(Clear) Gold |
Poor |
Fair |
Good |
Poor |
Poor |
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BPA - (NI) Non Intent1 RDL® 100 |
Brown |
Fair |
Excellent |
Excellent |
Poor |
Fair |
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BPA - (NI) Non Intent1 RDL® 101 (Phenolic) |
(Clear) Gold |
Poor |
Fair |
Good |
Poor |
Poor |
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*These lacquers are made from materials which comply with the requirements of the FDA regulations, subpart F, paragraph 175.300 resinous and polymeric coatings. Contact your local Tri-Sure Sales center for a declaration of compliance with FDA and heavy metal contents legislation/directives. 1The raw materials used do not contain BPA nor is BPA intentionally added during the production process. |
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