Category: Agr In the News
Total Process Control – featured in 2-part series
This 2-part series details the challenges of optimizing the re-heat stretch blowmolding process – both the cold proces and the hot process.
Click here to read Part 1 The Cold Process
Click here to read Part 2 Optimizing the Hot Mold Process with Chemometrics
Agr’s new SPT2 featured in Glass Worldwide
Click here to read the article titled “Automated pressure strength and volume assessment.”
Automated pressure strength and volume assessment
Agr International’s latest SPT2 automated pressure and volume measurement system offers a throughput increase of 35% over existing glass bottle testing equipment.
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Test methods used by American Glass Research accurately measured lead in glass packaging
American Glass Research, a division of Agr International, recently participated in a study to evaluate test methods for determining the total concentration of heavy metals in glass packaging. The study was sponsored by the Toxics in Packaging Clearing House (TPCH) and funded by the California Department of Toxic Substances Control. The conclusion of the study showed that American Glass Research’s analytical laboratory fared extremely well in comparison tests performed by nine other testing laboratories.
According to TCPH, the test methods used by American Glass Research accurately measured lead in glass packaging samples based on the evaluation parameters outlined in the TCPH report. As a result of this study, American Glass Research will be included in TCPH’s list of laboratories that are qualified to perform the recommended testing methods for toxics in packaging, including the analysis of glass samples using EPA Method 3052 or equivalent. Click here to view the final certification report.
The TPCH supports and helps coordinate the implementation of toxics in packaging laws in North America. Additional information on TCPH, their mission and goals, can be found on their website at http://www.toxicsinpackaging.org.
Agr International and American Glass Research provide a host of offerings to the glass industry including container testing and measurement equipment as well as consulting, training and analytical service
Agr brings shelf-life testing to the production line
Technologia Del Plastico – August 2014
Agr offers an alternative to traditional shelf-life testing by integrating the M-Rule model into its equipment.
Click here to read the published article (in Spanish)
Niagara Bottling roars past lightweighting obstacles with Agr’s Process Pilot
Packaging Digest – August 2014
Niagara Bottling’s Process Pilot Automated Blowmolder Control System from Agr has proven instrumental in generating a 10 to 15% improvement in bottle consistency—and why the bottler ordered 20+ more of the systems.
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