How to select the right vendor for the bottle testing lab?

Gaurav Malhotra

Are you a beverage manufacturer looking for the perfect partner to ensure the quality and safety of your bottled products? Does your vendor stop taking your phones and all your money gets wasted? If yes, then it’s time to buckle up and not depend on trial and error methods. Choosing the right bottle testing lab vendor is crucial in guaranteeing that your beverages meet industry standards, consumer expectations, and regulatory requirements.

Thus, we at Presto being Asia’s No.1 manufacturer of laboratory testing instruments, has designed high-quality bottle testing instruments to test each and every section of the bottles. From expertise and accreditation to turnaround time and cost-effectiveness, we've got you covered.

In this blog, we are going to provide you with brief information about our bottle-testing equipment that will make your testing process much easier. We will also discuss brief information about the top factors that you must consider while selecting the right vendor for your bottle testing lab.

Presto bottle testing instruments for accurate product analysis

In the world of product manufacturing, ensuring quality control is paramount to delivering a safe and satisfactory experience for consumers. Testing your products accurately with the help of standardized bottle testing instruments is of paramount importance in ensuring the quality of products.

Thus, with Presto PET & Preform testing instruments manufacturers can easily test the bottles accurately and assess the quality of materials. These bottle-testing instruments play a crucial role in testing the quality of bottles and ensuring the right products will be delivered to the customers.

Just as one shoe does not fit all, one instrument cannot fulfil all your Bottle Testing needs. The testing instruments will easily be categorized into three separate sections that are listed below:

Strength testing
Transport worthiness
Physical properties

By considering these factors, manufacturers of the bottle testing industry can easily choose the right testing equipment and ensure that quality materials will be delivered to the customers. Our top bottle testing instruments are manufactured below.

Top 3 bottle testing instruments that you must use in 2023

In the ever-evolving world of packaging, ensuring the quality and durability of bottles remains a paramount concern. As we approach 2023, three-bottle testing instruments stand out as essential laboratory testing instruments for manufacturers seeking to maintain impeccable standards in their production processes.

Below we have listed the top 3 bottle-testing instruments that you must use in 2023.

Hot Wire Bottle Cutter NXG: Presto's Hot Wire Bottle Cutter is a widely used instrument in PET bottle industries. PET bottles are mainly used for packaging various products such as carbonated drinks, food items and so forth. They are also used for packaging chemicals. The capacity of the bottles that can be cut using the instrument ranges from 200 ml to 2000 ml. The maximum diameter of the bottles that can be cut with the hot wire bottle cutter is 110 mm.

Below we have listed the top features of this quality testing equipment:

Best for accurate section weight analysis.
Strong clamping holder for zero slip gripping support
Digital Display of heating for accuracy and repeatability
Rapid heat up of wires for sample cutting
Precise measurement of test sample section weight analysis
Length, Width adjustable clamping mechanism to hold different sizes of bottles
Inbuilt with cutting wire tension adjustment
Equipped with Variable Voltage Potentiometer for heat control
Strong and rugged base plate
Available in 2-wire and 3-wire configuration
Adjustable fixture to test different size test bottles

Polariscope Strain Viewer – NXG: Different defects like cracks and strains present in PET & preform products may affect their quality. Testing these defects will help the manufacturers to gain confidence in their product quality. Presto has designed a high-quality lab testing instrument known as Polariscope Strain Viewer-NXG.

With Polariscope Strain Viewer, the molecular birefringent flow lines (fringes) can be seen in colour but the black lines are visible when the preform axis is parallel to the polarizing axis of the viewer.

Below we have listed the top features of this quality testing equipment:

Sharper and clearer optical viewing experience.
Two light intensities are offered: Monochromatic light and Sodium Lamp.
Standard Template for viewing samples at 45º and 90º angles.
Large Viewing glass area.
High-resolution Touch Screen with auto-detection of angle
Standard reference defect recipe with possible reason/action in software.
Select a feature to compare the test preform image with the standard defect chart.
Test Report includes Reason for Defect Along With Suggested Action.
Inbuilt hardware & PLC software.
Easy Data Management. Users can create product identification, company, check by details, etc.
Test Report in PDF format

Torque tester Digital with Printer: Presto torque tester digital with the printer is one of the best quality testing equipment that is used to measure the force or torque required to open a closed cap of a PET bottle. It gives Torque in digital format. The digital display is a high-end sophisticated read-out with Auto Tare (ZERO) set facility and Peak Hold arrangement. The digital model of torque tester offered by Presto is one of the most efficient and accurate testing instruments that is used in most of the PET industries and bottling plants to test the fastness of the lids and caps of the PET bottles and jars. The instrument is provided with a digital display which allows easy reading of the test results with greater accuracy.

Below we have listed the top features of this quality testing equipment:

Strong clamping pegs/holders for zero slip gripping support
Digital Display for accuracy and repeatability
In-house calibration facility
Precise measurement of torque
Adjustable clamping mechanism to hold different sizes of bottles
A highly accurate torque sensor
Easy-to-read LED display
Provision to hold peak value in memory
9 Sample readings can be saved on the digital readout
Data output in digital display form
Safety lock pin to avoid eliminate extra torque application on the sample

These are the top 3 bottle testing instruments that one must use in 2023. Now, let us discuss some factors that needed to be used for conducting bottle tests on the products.

Checklist for selecting the right vendor for your bottle testing lab

Your products will be selected and rejected on the basis of the right quality testing instruments. Nonetheless, it is tragic that most business owners pay the least attention to the testing facilities. The primary focus is on selecting the right production machines (of course, that's important), or increasing their sales (also important).

Just as production machinery is needed to produce Bottles and Caps, the right instruments are needed to make sure that your bottles and materials comply with international standards and provide the durability expected by the customers. If the quality is compromised, if standardization is not implemented, no matter how much material you manufacture, it is of no use – it is going to get rejected or your customers are quietly going to move to other providers without even informing you what the problem is.

Below we have listed the checklist for selecting the right vendor for your bottle testing lab:

Check their factory license: Request them to show the video of the factory with the company name prominently displayed.
Visit their factory and check their quality parameters: Take your samples and ask them to test them in front of you. If a physical visit is not possible, ask them to do it through Zoom, WhatsApp video or Google Meet.
Try to contact the existing customers: Try to contact the existing customers over the phone or through a personal visit. This will give you an idea about whether the vendor you are selecting can provide you with high-quality testing equipment or not.

These are some of the top factors that one must consider while selecting the right lab testing instrument for your industry. If you need more information about our quality testing equipment, then you can give us a call at +91 9210903903 or email us at info@prestogroup.com. Our team of technical experts will consult you regarding all your needs & queries.