Blisters
Blisters
Blisters are used for many purposes and in many different markets. Think of any market such as DYI, automotive, lighting, stationary, pharmaceutical, any consumer market and you’ll find blisters matching any product you can imagine. That’s no surprise, because blisters are a unique, self selling concept. There’s no better way to present your product 100% visible in the shelf while being fully protected by the transparent plastic blister. Blisters can be produced in any style, size or shape.
Blisters are typically used for consumer goods, food products, pharmaceutical and medical purposes, transport packaging, box interiors etc.
Production of blisters
Blisters are produced using a process named vacuum forming or thermoforming.
A plastic film or sheet is unwound from the reel and guided though a pre-heating station on the thermoforming machine. The temperature of the pre-heating plates (upper and lower plates) is such that the plastic will soften and become formable. The warm plastic will then arrive in a forming station where a large pressure or vacuum (4 to 8 bar) will form the blister cavity into a negative or onto a positive mould. The mould is cooled such that the plastic becomes rigid again and maintains its shape when removed from the mould. In case of difficult shapes, the warm film will be physically pushed down partially into the cavity by a “plug-assist” feature.
Materials used to produce blisters
Typical materials for the production of blisters are thermoplastics such as: A-PET, G-PET, PVC, Polypropylene, PLA
New building Ecobliss Headquarters
After years of continuous growth the location of Ecobliss Headquarters had become too small. Therefore we are happy to tell you that the Ecobliss office has moved to a new location. Within a few months a fully equipped prepress area will become available as well as the showroom to show to our visitors our high visibility packaging solutions and related equipment. The brand new building is located in the Industrial Area “de Berk” in Echt. The distance to the highway A2 (Maastricht-Amsterdam) as well as to the new highway A73 (Echt-Venlo-Nijmegen) is only 2,5 km. Please see the Contacts page for updated direct telephone numbers.