GORE® Packaging Vents for Household Chemicals and Cleaners
When containers of household chemicals are filled with active formulations and aren’t ventilated properly, they can deform or even leak — creating brand image problems for manufacturers and safety risks for end users. Gore packaging vents use proprietary ePTFE membrane structures to enable airflow and prevent deformations for even the most highly concentrated formulations.
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GORE® Packaging Vents: Reliable Protection for Extreme Challenges and Everyday Applications
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Venting solutions are essential to safely equalize pressure differences that could cause containers of liquid chemicals to deform, leak or burst. Learn why GORE® Packaging Vents are a safe, reliable solution to these problems.
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Overview
Today’s consumers want their household chemicals and cleaners to be powerful, efficient and built for specific tasks. What they don’t want is the unreliability and hassle of a leaky container.
This presents a challenge for manufacturers: The more aggressive chemical formulations become, the more they need to breathe. Without the appropriate vents, containers of chemicals and cleaners — like bleach, detergent and stain removers — could collapse, bulge or leak when exposed to changes in altitude or temperature. Consumers could purchase leaky products, creating dissatisfaction and problems for brand image. Additionally, labels could be ruined. Pallets could collapse. Expenses for manufacturers could pile up.
GORE Packaging Vents minimize these risks. By providing superior airflow while preventing liquid from escaping containers, our packaging vents allow formulations to breathe without the risk of leaks.
Why Vent?
Because venting is the safe, reliable way to relieve pressure differentials that would otherwise cause containers of liquids to deform, leak or burst.
- For liquid manufacturers, such defects can reduce productivity and efficiency in palletizing/warehousing. Such defects also hurt profits and brand image, when defective goods are returned...or cannot be sold at all.
- For cap and container manufacturers, diagnosing and resolving packaging problems can be time-consuming and costly – and can compromise customer satisfaction as well.
- And all along the supply chain, leaks can create huge risks for end-users and hazards to the environment, as well as costly clean-ups.
GORE® Packaging Vents minimize all these risks. They reliably and continuously equalize pressures, to minimize the potential for leaks and maintain the integrity of containers and their contents.
Active Ingredients that Release or Consume Gases
Without venting, pressure build-ups can cause a container to bloat, leak or burst, while under-pressures can cause container collapse.
Many chemical formulations include active ingredients that either off-gas (release gases within the container) or scavenge (consume) free oxygen within the container.
- Off-gassing builds up pressure within the container.
- Oxygen scavenging creates an under-pressure within the container.
Temperature Differences
Temperature changes, or exposure to different climates, can also deform containers. Rising temperatures expand the gas in the headspace of the container and accelerate the decomposition of reactive chemicals, which can cause over-pressures and bloating. Falling temperatures can cause under-pressures and collapse. Sudden or extreme temperature changes accelerate these deformations.
Changes in the External Environment
Sudden or extreme changes in the external environment will accelerate the deformation.
During shipment or warehousing, changes in the external environment (such as increasing or decreasing temperatures or altitudes) also create pressure imbalances that can deform unvented or poorly-ventilated agricultural containers.
Containers Designed to Dispense Liquids
Without venting that continuously re-balances the internal and external pressures, the dispensing container may collapse.
In these packages, the dispensing action automatically creates an under-pressure condition within the container, which will happen repeatedly with use.
Applications
GORE PACKAGING VENTS MINIMIZE RISKS FOR AGRICULTURAL CONTAINER SUPPLIERS AND END-USERS
Our portfolio of vents for agricultural products packaging meet stringent ADR and DOT standards, and are designed to reliably protect the integrity of containers that bear the most challenging contents:
- biostimulant formulations
- liquid fertilizer packaging
- highly-concentrated chemical formulations
GORE Packaging Vents protect agricultural packaging from deformation, leaks and label damage.
While other packaging vents may specialize in one of these features, our vents offer a high-performance, tailored, proven solution — and peace of mind.
Why Gore?
When you seek solutions for packaging that bloats, collapses or leaks, there are compelling reasons to make Gore your preferred partner:
Membrane Technology Leadership
- Ongoing development of proprietary membrane technologies.
- Capability to further customize membrane structure and properties for specific applications.
- Unlike competitors, we design, manufacture and use only GORE Membranes in all our vents.
- Global supply chain ensures access to the products and expertise you need.
Gore’s worldwide resources mean our customers have ready access to our products and our sales and engineering support.
Chemical Expertise
- >25 years experience in venting packaging for industrial and agricultural chemicals, institutional and household cleaners.
- Deep technical knowledge of off-gassing and oxygen-scavenging chemicals, and of the ways fluid viscosity and surface tension affect venting.
- Proprietary test methods (Residual Airflow, LEP) assess vent response to real-world challenges.
Quality Assurance
- GORE Packaging Vents pass rigorous approval tests for dangerous goods, and meet DOT and ADR standards.
- Consistent product quality assured through in-line airflow, in-line camera and Water Entry Pressure tests.
- Laser-marked tracking code enables 100% traceability (individual vent level) for three Series of our Plug-In Vents; all other Series enable lot-level traceability.
Individual laser-marking is just one example of Gore’s commitment to excellence in both product quality and service.
Global Resources and Support
- We offer worldwide application engineering support, including extensive testing facilities (if needed), to help find the most appropriate venting solution – or to assist with troubleshooting in case of an emergency.
- Our global network of sales representatives makes purchasing fast, easy and convenient.
- Our manufacturing facilities in the US, Germany and Japan provide dedicated centers of excellence for specific product families.
Experience
- We have more than 20 years’ experience in packaging applications including hazardous chemicals, agrochemicals, institutional cleaners and household chemicals.
- Our products are trusted by every leading chemical formulation company as well as cap and container manufacturers worldwide. Collectively, they have installed hundreds of millions of GORE® Packaging Vents!
Product Comparison
Plug-In Vents
Gore’s Plug-In Vents can easily be installed via press-fit or snap-fit. Available for container sizes from 0.2 to 1,500 liters, they can be integrated into the closures of industrial drums, jerry cans and IBCs as well as consumer containers. Plug-In Vents are designed to withstand harsh chemicals and rugged use. They consistently demonstrate compliance with the UN Orange Book test standards, including the stacking test and drop test.
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D38 / D17 / D15: |
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D15 Converse: |
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D10: |
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D3: |
For complete details, please download our new GORE Packaging Vents Portfolio Data Sheet.
Liners
Liners are the easy way to transform an existing non-vented package into a well-vented package – without modifying your existing cap or closure. All liners are available in single- and multi-up roll goods, as well as in various widths. Cut parts can also be offered. Gore offers two styles of Liners: Foam Liners and Pulp Induction Liners.
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NEW Foam Liners: Two Series, with full-surface membranes, for all flat-cap designs. Easy drop-in replacements for all single-point or unvented liners, in applications from consumer chemicals to DOT and ADR-regulated packaging. |
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Pulp Induction Liners: Two Series, for agrochemical bottles (up to 5 l). Weldable installation ensures tamper-evidence; membrane construction provides needed breathability for gas-scavenging chemicals and off-gassing liquids. |
For complete details, please download our new GORE Packaging Vents Portfolio Data Sheet.
Two NEW foam liners
New GORE foam liner: high roll-off series
Unprecedent performance for your most extreme challenges.
New Gore foam liner: standard series
A versatile solution for your "everyday" challenges.
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GORE® Packaging Vents: For Chemicals and Cleaners
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