CA2187919A1 - Coated aluminium foil with improved cold forming capability and package produced by using this aluminium foil - Google Patents

Coated aluminium foil with improved cold forming capability and package produced by using this aluminium foil

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CA2187919A1
CA2187919A1 CA002187919A CA2187919A CA2187919A1 CA 2187919 A1 CA2187919 A1 CA 2187919A1 CA 002187919 A CA002187919 A CA 002187919A CA 2187919 A CA2187919 A CA 2187919A CA 2187919 A1 CA2187919 A1 CA 2187919A1
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aluminum foil
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Franz Reiterer
Johannes Piesslinger
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Teich AG
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65DCONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D75/00Packages comprising articles or materials partially or wholly enclosed in strips, sheets, blanks, tubes, or webs of flexible sheet material, e.g. in folded wrappers
    • B65D75/28Articles or materials wholly enclosed in composite wrappers, i.e. wrappers formed by associating or interconnecting two or more sheets or blanks
    • B65D75/30Articles or materials enclosed between two opposed sheets or blanks having their margins united, e.g. by pressure-sensitive adhesive, crimping, heat-sealing, or welding
    • B65D75/32Articles or materials enclosed between two opposed sheets or blanks having their margins united, e.g. by pressure-sensitive adhesive, crimping, heat-sealing, or welding one or both sheets or blanks being recessed to accommodate contents
    • B65D75/325Articles or materials enclosed between two opposed sheets or blanks having their margins united, e.g. by pressure-sensitive adhesive, crimping, heat-sealing, or welding one or both sheets or blanks being recessed to accommodate contents one sheet being recessed, and the other being a flat not- rigid sheet, e.g. puncturable or peelable foil
    • B65D75/327Articles or materials enclosed between two opposed sheets or blanks having their margins united, e.g. by pressure-sensitive adhesive, crimping, heat-sealing, or welding one or both sheets or blanks being recessed to accommodate contents one sheet being recessed, and the other being a flat not- rigid sheet, e.g. puncturable or peelable foil and forming several compartments
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B21MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
    • B21DWORKING OR PROCESSING OF SHEET METAL OR METAL TUBES, RODS OR PROFILES WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
    • B21D22/00Shaping without cutting, by stamping, spinning, or deep-drawing
    • B21D22/20Deep-drawing
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65DCONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D2585/00Containers, packaging elements or packages specially adapted for particular articles or materials
    • B65D2585/56Containers, packaging elements or packages specially adapted for particular articles or materials for medicinal tablets or pills

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
  • Composite Materials (AREA)
  • Packages (AREA)
  • Medical Preparation Storing Or Oral Administration Devices (AREA)
  • Wrappers (AREA)
  • Laminated Bodies (AREA)
  • Shaping Metal By Deep-Drawing, Or The Like (AREA)

Abstract

A coated aluminum foil may be cold-formed by mold and punch tools. The aluminum foil has a thickness in a range of 0.05 to 0.3 mm. Its coated surface at the side of the mold has coefficients of static and dynamic friction of a maximum of 0.35, but preferably of a maximum of 0.30 measured according to British Standard (BS) 2782, and/or the coated surface on the side of the punch or the aluminum foil have coefficients of static and dynamic friction of a maximum of 0.35 but preferably of a maximum of 0.40. Packages made of such coated aluminum foils are used in the pharmaceutical industry as blister packages, the empty packages containing more than 80% by weight of aluminum.

Description

~ILE, Ptff IN THIS ~ 2 1 ~ 7 9 1 9 T TRANSLATIO~'I
COATED ALUMINUM FOIL
VVITH IMPROVED COLD-FORM~G CAPABILITY
AND PACKAGE PRODUCED BY USING THIS ALUMrNUM FOIL

Technical Field The invention relates to a coated ~ ",i"",~ foil with hl~loved cold-forming capability as well as a package, especially a press-through or blister package, I..~,,.lr~ctllred by using such an ~llllllilllllll foil.

State of the Art Press-through or blister packages are generally made up of a supporting body of flat lllatelial which, withi~n a planar area, shows several recesses produced by defo~ g this material to receive the packaged goods, especially tablets, capsules, etc., and which is surface-conn~cted in said planar area to an al!l,,,i,,.l,-~-sealing foil. The supporting body material is in many cases made up of a plastic foil, for example a PVC foil with a thickness in the range of approximately 0.2 to 0.3 mm, in which the indentation is produced by a hot-forming process. By pressing against the back side of a support recess, the latter is deformed and the tablet or capsule cont~in~d in it is removed from the package by breaking the sealing foil or by peeling off the sealing foil.
In order to extend the expiration date, many medicines call for packaging that is as hermetic as possible. However, this can be accomplished only to a limited extent with the conventional press-through or blister packages: gases and water vapor are able to diffuse through the wall of the support. While the degree of this diffusion depends on the plastic used for the support, an absolute blocking of gas and vapor diffusion cannot be achieved with a plastic support. In order to ensure hermeticity, supports have become known recelllly that consist of a cold-formed all~lllilllll,, compound foil. As seen from the outside toward the inside, such a compound foil consists for in~t~n~e of 0.025 mm OPA (oriented polyamide), 0.045 mm allll~ l" and 0.060 mm PVC, the all.l-lill.lll~ foil providing the hermeticity, the plastic foils bonded to the alll",i"l~ foil endowing the ~U~)Oll with increased strength and, so it is assumed, plevell~ g excessive stresses on the ~llll"illll.~, foil during cold-forming that might othenvise tear it.

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In any event experience shows that the cold-formability of said compound material is sul)~ lly higher than that of an equivalent normal ~lll.,.illl-i~ foil.
On the other hand, such blister package supports entail the drawback that they do not meet present waste removal regulations that specify that such empty packages5 may only be removed as a whole if they consist of at least 90% by weight of a ulliroll~l material. In the above example, the ~ll.. ~.i.. portion, for in~t~nce, is only 57%. In addition, the use of pure ~ll.".i...... " foils as supports for press-through or blister packages has been considered practically impossible until now.
The object of the invention is to provide the al.. ~i.. foil with a 10 relatively thin coating that improves its cold-forming behavior and that is suited especially as a highly hermetic material for a supporting body in blister packages.

Representation of the Invention This problem is solved in accordance with the invention by a coated al!--,-i-----~ foil in which the ~lll...i.,.--.. foil has a thickness in the range of 0.05 to 0.3 mm and the surface on the mold side according to British Standard (BS) 2782 has a friction coefficient in the range of a m~ximllm of 0.35, preferably, however, it should have a m~ximllm of 0.30, and/or the coated surface on the punch side of the ~ i..l.... foil has a m~ximllm of 0.45, preferably, however, it should have no more than 0.40.
Thereby, the coated surfaces on the mold side are preferably made up of a plastic layer.
In accordance with a plerelled embodiment of the invention, the plastic layer on the punch side is heat-sealable and shows a thickness of 0.001 to 0.030mm. According to an additional prefe.led embodiment of the invention, this thickness is of 0.003 to 0.020 mm. Preferably, however, the range should be from 0.003 to 0.012 mm.
Another plefelled embodiment of the invention is characterized in that the mold side is coated with synthetic resin made up of a thin protective lacquer with a thickness of 0.0005 to 0.020 mm.
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Furthermore, the object of the invention is a package that is highly gas-tight, especially a blister package with a supporting body of a flat material which, within a planar area shows more recesses produced by the defolllling of this material for receiving the packaged goods, especially tablets, capsules, etc., which in this planar area is surface-connected with an alu"~i",llll-sealing foil, whereby the ~hl",i",l", content of the empty package should make up the highest possible percentage.
This problem is solved in the package according to the invention that is characterized by a supporting body made up of one piece and recesses that are created by a cold-forming procedure, and that are provided at least their concave sides with a sealable plastic coating. The supporting body is produced from a coated ahll,~illlllll foil according to the invention, whereby the alul~ "lll, content of the empty package is made up of more than 80% by weight, preferably more than 90% by weight.

Description of the Drawings and a Way for Implem~nting the Invention The invention is further explained with reference to the figures that illustrate an advantageous embodiment of the package according to the invention. Fig. 1 shows the package from a top view;
Fig. 2 shows a schematic cross-section representation along lines II-II in Fig. 1; and Fig. 3 shows a partial view that suggests the production process.
The supporting body 1 is produced from a cold-formable ~h~ " strip with a thi~lrn~ss in the range of 0.05 to 0.3 mm and a quality according to ~ll,,,-i,,l,,,, Association (AA) 8079 or 8008. This al~l~llilllllll strip is coated on the punch side with a sealable plastic material 2, especially in the form of a heat-sealing lacquer with a th~ n~oss of 0.001 to 0.030 mm, preferably of 0.003 to 0.012 mm. A protective coating layer (not shown) may also be provided on the mold side. The amountofprotective lacquer coating applied is, for instance, 2g/m2.

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The support shown in the Figures was made from an al~ strip 0.1 mm thick comprising a 0.009 mm thick heat sealing lacquer on one side. 4.5 mm deep cups 3 are cold-formed into said coated strip with coll~olldence to the configurations of the p~c~ ing means to be m~mlf~ctured. The surface 5 enlargement achieved by the cold-forming in the area of the cups in the case presented amounts to approximately 35%. Such a surface enlargement was not tain~ble in a reproducible manner with an uncoated allll--il,.lll, strip of thisthickness.
The cups 3 in the strip are then filled with the packaged goods, for instance tablets 4, and are connected with an alll,lli,,~,,, sealing foil 5 of 0.01 to 0.04 mm thick (in this embotlim~nt 0.02 mm) fitted to its underside, namely between the undeformed portions of the support 7, with a heat sealing layer preferably in the form of a heat sealing lacquer layer 6 with a thickness of 0.003 to 0.020 mm (0.009 mm in this embodiment), as intli~ate~l in Fig. 3 by the arrows 8. The compound strip so formed and already cont~ining the packaged goods is then point-like pe.~l~l~d along ~e lines 9 and the packages are finallystamped out along their contours 10.
Fig. 1 shows the finished package with one al~ l sealing foil 5 broken through at a cup 3 and, in the dot-shaded area, the scope of the seal 11. The p~c~ ing can be albiL~ily subdivided at the perforations along the lines 9. In this in~t~n~e, the allll~ lll proportion of the packaging means alone (support plus sealing foil) is 94%.

Commercial Use The coated ~ foil according to the invention is suited preferably as p~c~ging lllat~.ial for press-through or blister packages which are used in ph~ eutic~l~ and which can be disposed of easily as empty packages.

Claims (7)

Claims
1. Coated aluminum foil for use in cold-forming processes by using mold and punch tools characterized in that the aluminum foil has a thickness of 0.05 to 0.3 mm and that the coated surface on the mold side has a static and dynamic friction coefficient of at least 0.35, advantageously however, of a maximum of 0.30 as measured according to British Standards (BS) 2782, and/or that the coated surface of the punch side has a coefficient of a maximum of 0.45, but advantageously of a maximum of 0.40.
2. Coated aluminum foil according to claim 1, characterized in that the coating on the mold is made up of a plastic layer.
3. Coated aluminum foil according to claim 2, characterized in that the plastic coating on the punch side is heat-sealable and has a thickness in the range of 0.001 to 0.030 mm.
4. Coated aluminum foil according to claim 3, characterized in that the plastic coating of the punch side has a thickness in the range of 0.003 to 0.030mm, advantageously however, in the range of 0.003 to 0.012 mm.
5. Coated aluminum foil according to one of the claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the plastic coating on the mold side is made up of a thin protective lacquer coating with a thickness in the range of 0.0005 to 0.020 mm.
6. Package, with a supporting body of a flat material which, within a planar area, shows several recesses produced by deforming this material for receiving the packaged goods, especially tablets, capsules, etc., and wherein said supporting body is surface-connected in said planar area to an aluminum sealing foil, characterized in that the support body (1) is made up of one piece, that the recesses (3) are produced by a cold-forming process and are at least on the concave side, provide with a sealable plastic coating (2) and that the supporting body (1) is manufactured from a coated aluminum foil according to one of the claims 1 to 5, whereby the aluminum content of the empty package amounts to more than 80 % by weight.
7. Package according to claim 6, characterized in that the aluminum content of the empty package amounts to more than 90 % by weight.
CA002187919A 1995-02-16 1996-02-15 Coated aluminium foil with improved cold forming capability and package produced by using this aluminium foil Abandoned CA2187919A1 (en)

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AT0028695A AT403028B (en) 1995-02-16 1995-02-16 DOUBLE-COATED ALUMINUM FILM WITH IMPROVED THERMOFORMING AND PACKAGE MADE BY USING THIS ALUMINUM FILM
ATA286/95 1995-02-16

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JP (1) JP3693345B2 (en)
KR (1) KR970702110A (en)
CN (1) CN1072994C (en)
AR (1) AR000858A1 (en)
AT (2) AT403028B (en)
AU (1) AU691396B2 (en)
BR (1) BR9605805A (en)
CA (1) CA2187919A1 (en)
CZ (1) CZ306496A3 (en)
DE (1) DE59607116D1 (en)
HU (1) HUP9602864A2 (en)
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PL316726A1 (en) 1997-02-03
CZ306496A3 (en) 1998-03-18
CN1072994C (en) 2001-10-17
CN1146736A (en) 1997-04-02
EP0756527A1 (en) 1997-02-05
JP3693345B2 (en) 2005-09-07
WO1996025254A1 (en) 1996-08-22
DE59607116D1 (en) 2001-07-26
AT403028B (en) 1997-10-27
SK139396A3 (en) 1997-06-04
ATE202302T1 (en) 2001-07-15
EP0756527B1 (en) 2001-06-20
JPH09512234A (en) 1997-12-09
HU9602864D0 (en) 1996-12-30
KR970702110A (en) 1997-05-13
ATA28695A (en) 1997-03-15
BR9605805A (en) 1997-09-02
AU691396B2 (en) 1998-05-14
AR000858A1 (en) 1997-08-06
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