Sunday, January 6, 2008

Packaging Types: Drums

Different products will require a specific drum to contain it.

1) Steel Drums
This type of drum is suitable to contain liquids, both hazardous and non-hazardous ones. The size of steel drums is between 5 to 110 gallon drums. The inner and outer sides of the steel drums are usually coated with a layer of paint to prevent rusting and eroding.


2) Plastic Drums
This type of drum is suitable to contain chemicals in both solid and liquid form. For solid chemicals, it can be contained in power or paste form. Examples of liquid chemical include acids and alkaline. Plastic drums are very economical as they can be used many times. Plastic drums are being commonly used as they do not face any damages like rusting and eroding when they are being exposed. In order to prevent any leaking, plastic drums are required to bond a thin plastic film to the inner side.

3) Fiber Drums
This type of drum is suitable for powder chemical products. Fiber drums are made from fiber board or thick paper. Although fiber drums can only be used for a short period of time, but it is more environmentally friendly as it can be recycled easily. Food industry commonly uses fiber drums to contain cargoes that required refrigeration like ice-cream.

2 comments:

Unknown said...

Great thought you have post in this article i like it very much thanks for sharing this useful information.
Fibre Drums

Unknown said...

Great artwork and thanks for more ideas by reusing plastic drums. Plastic drums provide users with a safe and reliable method of transferring a wide range of liquid substances and chemicals in a safe manner.