Package integrity testing has really evolved over the last two decades. High reliability is an essential factor in package analysis.
Package leak test is an essential process that helps ensure the quality as well as the consistency of food and pharmaceutical products. Detecting the obvious defects in a package isn’t enough. It’s important to identify non-visible leaks.
There are two popular options when it comes to packaging leak testers – underwater package leak testers and non-destructive leak testers. Underwater leak testers are a medieval method of leak detection whereas non-destructive leak testing is a modern and highly reliable one.
Let’s compare them along a variety of crucial factors to help you make an informed decision.
Cost Effectiveness
Validating a package is an important part of the process of delivering quality food and pharmaceutical products. With the underwater vacuum leak test, the operator dunks the package underwater to identify any bubbles escaping. Not only is this method destructive and inaccurate, it’s time-consuming as well.
Non-destructive testing, on the other hand, uses vacuum decay testing, which tests vacuum without destructing the package or its contents. The SealTick Leak Detector passes a product while keeping it dry and clean so that it can be put back on the shelf.
Automation
With the bubble testing method, human presence is important. Someone has to look for the bubbles leaking through the package. Being a manual operation, this method offers low levels of efficiency and accuracy.
Sealtick’s non-destructive leak testers facilitate automatic testing and display the results – all in a span of 5 to 20 seconds without the need for manual observation. This ensures higher levels of efficiency and accuracy.
Data Interpretation
Most traditional package testing methods are unreliable and lack consistency. Data interpretation is difficult, and keeping a record of the data is almost impossible as the tested product goes to waste. With such unreliable results, you can’t be 100% sure about the integrity of the package.
Given that time and quality are essential factors in the food industry, non-destructive testers offer the perfect solution. Tested products can go back to the shelf while the operation time is lowered.
When you fill an expensive material in a defective package only to realise later on that the package wasn’t appropriately sealed, it is a waste of essential resources of your business.
With non-destructive leak testers, you can inspect a package even before it is filled and packed. This simplifies the process of package testing and helps avoid disasters such as the one just mentioned above.
Choose Sealtick
Sealtick’s TSE608X Flexible Package Integrity Leak Tester is a premier non-destructive leak detector that’s ideal for a wide variety of products. No matter the weight, shape or size of your package, you can easily pass them through this robust tester. Call 03 9540 5100 today for more information or to place your order.
