Versaperm Permeability applications
 
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About Versaperm

Versaperm manufactures gas permeability testing equipment, offers a comprehensive permeability testing service and a materials consultancy. These are used to measure gas permeability and leakage, important in medical and pharmaceutical packaging, foils and films, coatings, food and confectionery packaging and contents, and many other applications.

Instruments

Versaperm designs and manufactures instruments to meet each customer’s needs. Instruments are typically be based on a modular MkVI design.

Testing Service


Our laboratory testing service has over 30 years experience to enable us to choose the best technique to measure your sample's permeability both quickly and accurately.

 

Sensors

Our diverse and growing range of sensors are based on fundamentally different and divergent physical principals. The choice of the right sensor for an application is critical in the successful deployment of the equipment. We are not tied to a sensor manufacturer.

Gases / Vapours

At Versaperm we can measure the permeability for almost any gas / vapour including water vapour, Oxygen, CO2 Hydrogen, Helium, Nitrogen and Hydrocarbons.

Applications

Consultancy

Our Consultancy division combines our theoretical and practical Permeability skills in instrument design and manufacture. Permeability Consultancy

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The printing, handling and barrier characteristics of paper and packaging

Measuring teh permeability of packaging

Our new range of packaging permeability measurement equipment equipment is fast and reliable– producing results that are accurate in the parts per million range, (parts per billion with some gases). Measurements can take from as little as 30 minutes for some packaging samples.

A wide range of variations and sensors are available, depending on the specific application.  Multi-chamber systems allow measurements to be produced on several samples at a time and different designs and clamping systems cater for various sample types.

We also offer a laboratory testing service for companies who test too few samples to make the purchase of equipment viable. Where required by legislation our testing service also includes gravimetric testing of sachets, pouches and other products/materials.

Why is permeability crucial for packaging?

The printability, mechanical handling and barrier properties of paper and packaging are determined largely by their permeability.  Relatively small changes to the makeup of a coating can result in disproportionately large changes. 

permeability of packaging

With most packages the principal concern is water vapour permeability but in the case of some perishable and other goods it is critically important to measure the permeability of, oxygen, nitrogen, CO2, hydrocarbons and some other gases or vapours. 

Click to determine the permeability of modified Atmosphere Packaging (MAP)

Click here if you need to measure the permeability of products with respect to hydrocarbons


 

 

 

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