If a liquid chemical product is not properly induction sealed, the consequences can extend well beyond a rejected product. Depending on the product and its application, manufacturers can face significant financial, operational, regulatory, and reputational risks if chemical products are not properly sealed.
Product Leakage
The most immediate consequence of improper induction sealing on chemical products is product leakage during shipping, handling, or storage; which can result in a variety of issues for manufacturers.
- Even small leaks can result in lost inventory, reduced sellable product, underfilled containers, and increased manufacturing costs to make up for the product that was lost.
- A leaking bottle can also cause damage to packaging and shipping cartons which can affect labels, pallets, stretch wrap, even impacting neighboring products. In many cases, distributors will reject entire shipments because even one small leak can make an entire pallet unsellable.
- If a chemical product leaks during production or distribution, this leads to an increase in waste and expensive cleanup. Leaks require spill cleanup, disposal of contaminated packaging, disposal of affected products, additional labor, and production delays. All of these additional costs often exceed the value of the lost product itself.
Hazardous Material Safety Risks
Many liquid chemicals are corrosive, flammable, toxic, oxidizing, and environmentally hazardous. If these chemicals are not induction sealed properly, this can affect safety, regulatory compliance, product quality, operations, and business performance.
- Employees can be exposed to leaking hazardous chemical products during manufacturing, packaging, warehousing, or transportation. If this occurs, employees could experience burning of the eyes and skin, inhalation of toxic vapors, chemical poisoning, and respiratory irritation; all of which may require emergency response, evacuation, and medical treatment.
- Leakage of hazardous chemicals can also result in environmental contamination through floors and production areas, soil, stormwater systems, rivers and groundwater, and waste systems. This can cause manufacturers to invest time and money into costly cleanup efforts, hazardous waste disposal, environmental reporting, and even face potential regulatory penalties.
Reduced Product Quality
Poor induction seals can lead to the intrusion of outside air and moisture, which can affect the quality of the products. As many chemical products rely on stable formulations, this intrusion of moisture and/or air can lead to reduced product quality.
- If air or moisture enters a product due to poor induction sealing, this can lead to oxidation and chemical degradation, and can alter viscosity, pH, stability of the chemical, and active ingredient concentration. This can ultimately affect the quality of products leading to product rejects and lost time and money.
- Reduced product quality can also lead to brand and reputation damage if customers receive products that aren’t clean, leak-free, secure, tamper-evident, and of the highest quality. Repeated induction sealing failures can weaken consumers’ trust and confidence in the manufacturer, making it harder to retain customers or win new business.
With Pillar’s high efficiency induction sealing systems, you can avoid the costly consequences that come from poor induction sealing. To learn more about Pillar’s induction sealing solutions, click here, or feel free to contact us today.