Have you ever heard the term plastic preforms? Plastic preforms or preformed PET (Polyethylene Terephthalate) is the initial form of plastic bottles. Commonly, the shape of plastic preforms is a long tube with a neck area that has not been completely opened. When the preforms are continued to process, they will shape into bottles as you often see in water packages, including single use water bottles.
There is a long process to form plastic preforms. This material is formed not only from plastic material but also from other fibers. The combination of many materials is not only to make the plastic perform strong and sturdy but also safe as packages of food and beverages. Furthermore, what are the functions of plastic preforms in industries? Here is a further explanation.
Yes, this is the main function of plastic preforms, it is as the raw materials of water bottles. Preform itself is made with an injection molding process where the fluid plastic is injected into the mold to form a preform in a particular shape and size. Later, the preform is developed in such a design by the water bottle manufacturer so that a perfect bottle is formed.
Why don’t the food and beverage industries directly produce their bottles on their own? Since such industries focus on the quality of food, they find it more effective and efficient to use plastic preforms. After preforms have been distributed to the manufacturer, they are developed based on the design that has been made before. This way, the food and beverage industry has saved their time and money by using preforms rather than producing bottles on their own.
Another alternative for plastic performs for food and beverage industries is by buying ready-to-use bottles. The industries only need to add labels as the name of the brand. Although it sounds more effective, it doesn’t. This is because ready-to-use bottles tend to have bigger sizes than preforms. It makes it difficult for them not easy to transport and spend too much space. The same thing for storage. It may need a bigger container for ready-to-use bottles.
The use of preform enables industries and manufacturers to flexibly design the bottles based on the image of the brand. Yes, preforms can be generated into bottles in various sizes starting from the small to the big ones. Of course, the details of the bottle design can also be customized more easily. That’s why, it is reasonable if many industries now tend to prefer using plastic preforms to other types of bottles.
