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WVTR testing on fiber drums using top and bottom metal lids

  • 1.  WVTR testing on fiber drums using top and bottom metal lids

    Posted 05-09-2023 02:57 PM

    Hello all,
     Does anyone know if a WVTR  (Water Vapor Transmission Rate) test can be performed on a fiber drum with top and bottom metal lids used as a secondary package to package drug product ?



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    Jose Rodriguez PE, CPP P.E., CPP
    Staff Packaging Engineer
    Johnson and Johnson
    Dorado PR
    (787) 203-5496
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  • 2.  RE: WVTR testing on fiber drums using top and bottom metal lids

    Posted 05-12-2023 04:36 PM
    Edited by Jean-Francois Guillerez 05-12-2023 04:37 PM

    I guess you can test the fiberboard and make the calculation for the cylinder. The metal ends should have zero transmission and hopefully the seal is perfect.

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    Jean-Francois Guillerez CPP, Fellow
    Professor, Packaging
    Conestoga College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning
    Cambridge ON
    Canada
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