Author：Melissa Bryant | TIME：October 09, 2019
The quality of your products is always the key to success, but keeping them in good condition is also essential, especially for those in the industry of pharmacy, cosmetic, food & beverage, etc.
So how to make sure your products remain intact before being delivered to the end user?
You should have known the answer: pack the product in quality bottles, jars, cans, or whatever fits, with perfect closures. Having your packaging bottles and containers designed well makes a difference to your products, and giving them the right closure brings your effort to a next level.
Maxwell Packaging is well known for providing customers with various kinds of effective packaging solutions. You can learn more about our packaging and encloures on the product pages.
No, we are not going to talk about how good our products are here; instead, we want to share with you something that might be useful to you - different types of closures for packaging.
There are many kinds of closures, including caps, lids, and droppers for the packaging bottles, containers, jars, cans, tins, and so on. And of course, Maxwell Packaging has also applied a variety of closures for different packaging solutions.
So which closure type should you choose for packaging your food, beverage, cosmetics, medicine, etc.? This depends on many different factors such as what your packaging solution is. Bottle, container, jar or something else?
To help you make the right call a little more easier, below we are going to give a list of different types of closures. And we categorize these closures into dispensing and non-dispensing closures.
In general, dispensing closures work great for products that are typically used in measured amounts, while non-dispensing closures work better for beverages or more viscous liquids. Now Let’s see what each type of closure is best for.
The disc top cap is an injected molded dispensing closure and it will reveal an orifice when pressure is added to the top of the bottle cap. This type of cap is usually applied to cosmetic containers.
This tyle of dispensing closure can produce splash-free fine mist. Fine mist sprayers are great bottle closures for beauty products with spray applications, for example perfumes, essential oils, hair care products, and spray suntan products.
Glass dropper comes with a plastic bulb and a glass pipette that can extend into a container. And when someone squeeze the plastic bulb, the product will be drawn into the pipette and dispensed as you want.
This type of closure is often paired with Boston Round bottles and vials for essential oils, fragrances, and cosmetics.
This closure can help control the flow of your liquid product, bringing practicality and reliability to your containers. Orifice reducers are ideal for dispensing inks, dyes, food colorings, hot sauces and other liquids.
The pump closure is ideal for liquid products because it allows liquid to be evenly dispensed with each stroke. These dispensing pumps are often paired with plastic bottles, jars, jugs, F-style containers and so on.
The reike pail lid has a spout for dispensing product. This closure type is ideal for liquid and viscous products.
A sifter fitment cap is usually a plastic or metal disc that snaps over the bead or rim of a container.
Since it can dispense the right amount of product, it is ideal for dispensing spices, herbs, and seasioning products when shaken.
This type of dispensing cap has an “orifice” with a hinged lid to prevent leakage. It is the ideal closur for food applications like honey, syrups, sauces, condiments and so on.
Besides, it also works well for health and beauty applications: essential oils, lotions, shampoos, bath soaps, gels, body washes, etc.
Trigger sprayers are dispensing closures that are usually made from polypropylene (PP) plastic.
The nozzle of the sprayer can be adjusted to create a fine spray, jet stream, or mist for dispensing liquids; therefore it is usually used for general use such as water, cleaning solutions or chemical use.
This dispensing closure will reveal an orifice when the top is twisted. These bottle caps are widely applied on glue containers, and is ideal for dispensing viscous products such as lotions and condiments.
A continuous thread cap is a metal or plastic closure and may have different liner options. It features threads that wrap continuously around a given finish.
These continuous thread caps are often paired with containers for peanut butter and mayonnaise.
Lug caps are also called Twist Off (T/O) caps that are compatible with containers whose threads are non-continuous.
This style of closure comes with a rounded top surface. It features a sleek appearance and are often used in conjunction with Round Bottom Jars.
Unlike the reiko pail lid with a spout for dispensing, pail lid is a HDPE closure that has a sealing gasket.
Phenolic caps feature a LDPE cone (Polycone) that seals the inside diameter of a given container. It is ideal for essential oils, chemicals, and even other aggressive products.
The ribbed closure has vertical grooves around the outside edge so end users can remove the closure more easily. This ribbing style is often seen on plastic caps, for example, lotion pumps and snap-top caps.
This is the opposite of a “Ribbed Closure”, a smooth closure has no grooves around the outside edge. These closures can be lotion pumps, snap top caps, flip top caps and standard, non-dispensing plastic caps.