What is BS EN 16285 about?

Understanding the qualities of different packaging materials helps you to take decisions about which packaging option is best for your product. Aluminium tubes are used for creams, toothpaste, and other such products. Before deciding the dimensions are right for your product, testing helps you to assess its performance as a packaging material.

BS EN 16285 on the packaging of flexible aluminium tubes specifies a method to measure the deformation of the aluminium tube body. BS EN 16285 is applicable to cylindrical aluminium tubes used for packing pharmaceutical, cosmetic, hygiene, food, and other domestic and industrial products.

Who is BS EN 16285 for?

BS EN 16285 on the guillotine test for aluminium tubes is useful for:

Pharmaceutical companies
Manufacturer of cosmetic
Packaged food industries

Why should you use BS EN 16285?

Flexible aluminium tubes are some of the best methods for packaging products, but they are prone to damage as well. BS EN 16285 walks you through the guillotine test for aluminium tubes, to measure the deformation of the aluminium tube body. BS EN 16285 will also provide you with a table that will help you determine the maximum allowed limit of deformation (in mm). Anything exceeding these limits would mean that the aluminium tube is incapable of protecting the product inside it.

The guidelines given in BS EN 16285 help you to decide if the particular aluminium tube you are considering as packaging material for your products is the right one or not.

What’s changed since the last update?

BS EN 16285:2021 supersedes EN 16285:2013 which is withdrawn. The main technical changes compared to EN 16285:2013 are as follows:

Clarifications have been introduced for the provisions of the test device
Two new nominal diameters have been added

BS EN 16285:2021

Packaging. Flexible aluminium tubes. Test method to measure the deformation of the aluminium tube body (Guillotine test)

Current

Published:

30 Nov 2021