SIPA Lab | Sipa

SIPA Lab arises from 30 years of experience in fully integrated packaging development. SIPA Lab considers every aspect of the packaging: from the design of the container to its prototyping, from the shelf life and transport tests to the industrial development, from the design of the sealing system to the definition of the barrier requirements.

With an extensive equipment knowledge, SIPA offers comprehensive “project testing” by means of several type of mechanical, physical and chemical tests. SIPA professionals (18 people among technical and mechanical engineers) have worked with clients in the food and beverage, home care, personal care and chemical industries. The strong cooperation with many industry leaders, Universities and research laboratories brought innovative projects and full satisfaction of our customers.

If you need any explanations or feasibility study, please contact us, we will be glad to provide an evaluation.

Analysis from pellet to container, to guarantee a complete vision on:

The choice of the best plastic material both for new applications or for optimization of actual production
Optimization of the ratio cost/performance
Package development
Trials with mould/packaging
The solution to technical and technological problems regarding the transformation processes
Interpretation of norms and control procedures
Feasibility studies for innovative productions
Documentation in supporting certification requests (FDA, FAO, ecc)

Analyses are done on:

Pellet:

Humidity percentage
DSC

Preform:

Dimensions
Humidity percentage
Acetaldehyde
Concentricity e perpendicularity

Control of thread dimensions
Flux lines
Isochronisms and Isoclinic fringes
Visible defects

Container: CSD, NCB, special, large formats, hot fill, aseptic

Dimensions
Visible inspections
Top load (vertical e radial)
Perpendicularity
Drop test
Stability angle
Handling/pouring
Wall thickness
Weight/capacity controls
Burst test
Stress cracking

Thermal Stability
Barrier activity (BIF)
Material distribution
Thread finish controls
Shrinkage/hot filling trials
Vacuum tests
Pasteurization test
Cap leakage tests
Shelf-life/top load Simulations
CIP simulation
Filling with Nitrogen trials
Bubble test

Code	Description
S.I.TC.001	Thermal Stability
S.I.TC.002	Impact Resistance
S.I.TC.003	CO₂ Loss (Zahm-Nagel)
S.I.TC.004	Brimful Capacity
S.I.TC.005	Fill Level Capacity
S.I.TC.006	Fill Point Capacity
S.I.TC.007	Neck Dimensions
S.I.TC.008	Weight
S.I.TC.009	Hot Filling
S.I.TC.0010	Perpendicularity
S.I.TC.0011	Dimensions
S.I.TC.0012	Thickness Distribution with GAWIS OD9500
S.I.TC.0013	Secure Seal test
S.I.TC.0014	O₂ Uptake (Orbishere)
S.I.TC.0015	Burst Test
S.I.TC.0016	UV-Visible Spectrophotometer Analysis
S.I.TC.0017	Vacuum Resistance
S.I.TC.0018	CO₂ Permeation (Mocon Permatran)
S.I.TC.0019	Safety Angle
S.I.TC.0020	O₂ Uptake (Presens Fibox 3-trace V6)
S.I.TC.0021	Acetaldehyde Level

S.I.TC.0023	Bottle Visual Inspection
S.I.TC.0024	Chrystallinity
S.I.TC.0025	Hot Filling with Nitrogen
S.I.TC.0026	Pasteurized Bottle Performance
S.I.TC.0027	Humidity Level
S.I.TC.0028	DSC Analysis
S.I.TC.0029	Stress Cracking Resistance

S.I.TC.0031	CO₂ Loss (FT-IR)
S.I.TC.0032	Resistance to Vertical and Radial Load

S.I.TC.0034	Weight Determination of Coating
S.I.TC.0035	Coating Resistance to Peracetic Acid
S.I.TC.0036	Coating Resistance to Acidity
S.I.TC.0037	Coating Heat Treatment Resistance
S.I.TC.0038	Coating Resistance to Humidity
S.I.TC.0039	Coating Resistance to Internal Pressure
S.I.TC.0040	O₂ Permeation (Mocon Oxtran)
S.I.TC.0041	Coating Adhesion
S.I.TC.0042	Coating Resistance to Vertical and Radial Topload
S.I.TC.0043	Verification of Coating Aesthetics
S.I.TC.0044	Preform Concentricity
S.I.TC.0045	Coating Resistance to Water Immersion
S.I.TC.0046	Migration Test

S.I.TC.0048	Closure Vacuum Sealing Test
S.I.TC.0049	Surface Tension of Pet Containers

S.I.TC.0051	Vacuum Sealing Test on Containers
S.I.TC.0052	CIP for Aseptic Bottles
S.I.TC.0053	Handling/Pouring
S.I.TC.0054	Material Weight Distribution
S.I.TC.0055	Coating Hardness
S.I.TC.0056	Coating Thickness

All physical and mechanical tests done on pellet, preform and container are in compliance with the methods described in the norm UNI 11127-2004.
Those on Permeation are in compliance with the description of the producer of the instruments.
Those on the hardness and thickness of the coating are incompliance with the methods described by ASTM or ISO.
The laboratory is certified ISO 9001-2008.