It is incredibly important that medical products and devices are correctly stored and transported safely. Improper medical packaging can result in contents becoming contaminated and even contribute to the spread of diseases. In addition to the safety requirements for medical products, medical packaging must also present products in an attractive way to encourage consumers to purchase over-the-counter products. The packaging also affects storage requirements, designing medical packaging that stacks neatly will help save space, particularly important for users demanding high volumes of medical products such as hospitals and pharmacies. Thermoforming offers the perfect solution for packaging medical products, heating plastic to pliable temperatures allows specific and intricate shapes to be moulded that will help with stacking and seperating. Below we discuss the benefits of using thermoforming for producing medical packaging:
- Design Flexibility – medical products come in a wide range of shapes and sizes, thermoforming allows unique packaging to be moulded. The process also allows a variety of colours and finished to be created; this is particularly important when creating safety packaging for hazardous medical products.
- Low Costs – the thermoforming process requires lower levels of forming pressure compared to other processes. Overall, thermoforming is often considerably less expensive than injection and blow moulding processes. Producing packaging in different colours reduced the amount of post-production modifications.
- Production Time – in addition to reduced costs, thermoforming offers a faster process than other processes. This suits production of large volumes of products when compared to traditional rotationally moulded processes.
- Environmentally Friendly – as consumers are becoming increasingly concerned about their carbon footprint, it is important for companies to reduce carbon emissions. Nearly all thermoformed materials are recyclable. Paired with the low energy requirements and little waste produced by the process, this is considered an environmentally safe option.
- Product Transportation – due to the lightweight plastic packaging, products can be transported easily, the strong material will also prevent contents from spilling from packaging.
Euro Extrusion Ltd is a market leader plastic extruder supplying both thermoplastic sheet and film. Working within a range of industries, the team at Euro Extrusions has developed a large knowledge base helping to deliver high-quality products and services shown through its certified ISO 9001 quality status.
Within the facility in Lancashire, the team is able to create sheet and roll Polystyrene, High Impact Polystyrene, and a host of other plastic sheet and film. Continuing to reduce its environmental impact, Euro Extrusions Ltd produces both virgin and recycled plastic sheet and film, they also offer to recycle its customers own waste plastic. Euro Extrusions makes continued investment into innovation and can adapt manufacturing processes to meet its customer’s requirements.
If you would like to find more out more about Euro Extrusion’s products and services, speak to the team on 01254 886662 or contact us here.
