Bottle decoration

High-pressure bottles Decorative building supports Containers for engines, batteries, etc. 

In-mould labelling (IML) used for injection-moulded products and blow-moulded bottles is an alternative to self-adhesive or heat-transfer decoration, eliminating a finishing step. 

Some important everyday items that are made from polymers with widely different properties Include billiard balls, plastic dishes, soda bottles, barrier and decorative films, egg cartons, polymeric drinking glasses, foam seats, and automotive tires. These applications for synthetic polymers have developed over about 150 years. As shown in Table 2.1, modern polymer material science and technology can be traced back to as early as 1770 [1]. Some Important advances In the understanding of polymer production were developed before World War II. 

There are many decoration options for bottles but the most common is the wet-glue labeller, which is described here, although self-adhesive labellers, sleeving and even a form of bottle printing using heat to transfer the print from a backing paper to the bottle are all available, together with machinery of application. 

PP usually has a milky appearance (particularly when empty). However, the contact clarity is really quite remarkable, making a filled bottle look attractive. Full shrink-sleeve decoration changes the whole visual impact if total clarity is an issue and PET proves not to be suitable (e.g. for oxygen-sensitive products). 

In the making of snuff bottles and other small items, gourds and other fruits can be placed in wooden or metal molds while they were still growing. The inside of these molds are carved in reverse so that the positive designs will be impressed into the adult fruit. Objects created in this way were often lacquered or decorated after they were removed from the mold. Other fruits molded in this way include tangerines, oranges, and lemons. 

The skin of sharks and rays is rough and scaly. It is dried and used as an abrasive, like sandpaper. In some Asian cultures, it has been used to decorate the handles of weapons and tools, and in making small decorative objects like snuff bottles and opium cases. If tanned like leather, sharkskin can be pliable and tough, making it suitable for shoes, boots, and other objects. Shagreen is shark or ray skin that is bumpy with placoid scales. This material is often dyed and used to make coin purses, game pieces, and other small objects. 

Use For fired-on labels and decorations on glassware, tumblers, milk bottles, beverage bottles, glass containers, illuminating ware, architectural glass, and signs. 

By the seventeenth century perfumes had begun to be stored in lightly blown glass bottles, and the eighteenth century saw the appearance of pear-shaped bottles in opaque white glass, decorated similarly to porcelain ware. Weight was reduced, and decorative appeal achieved by colour, cutting and applique decoration, which made perfume bottles truly treasured possessions, and worth much to today s collectors. 

Note that the way a printed or decorated component moves, vibrates, rubs, etc. will relate both to the shape of the article and to the type and configuration of the packaging materials which surround it. For example, a cylindrical bottle in a carton or a divisioned outer will move from side to side, up and down and rotate in a clockwise or anticlockwise direction. A rectangular, square or oblong container is unlikely to rotate. Since the rotational movement with the round container is likely to be predominant and more damaging to the surface decoration, this may require a higher level of rub resistance. 

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