Application Cases of PET Plastic Sheets in Medical Packaging

PET (polyethylene terephthalate) plastic sheets are widely used in food packaging, beverage bottles and other fields due to their excellent transparency, chemical stability, high temperature resistance and other characteristics. In recent years, with the continuous improvement of the requirements of the medical industry for packaging materials, PET plastic sheets have gradually become one of the preferred materials for medical packaging pallets.

Case background and customer needs

Our customer is a large medical device company. They hope to find a packaging material that can not only ensure the sterility of medical devices but also meet environmental protection requirements for the transportation of surgical kits, medical devices, medicine bottles, drugs, etc.

After many investigations and tests, transparent PET plastic sheets were finally selected as the material for making surgical kit transport pallets. Customers attach great importance to the transparency, antibacterial, moisture-proof and compliance with ISO 9001:2015 quality management system requirements of PET plastic sheets.

Solution

We customized a transparent PET plastic sheet for the customer for thermoforming trays. This food-grade PET material has the following characteristics:

• High transparency: The items in the tray can be clearly observed, which is convenient for management and inventory.
• Good mechanical properties: It has high strength and toughness and can withstand certain impact and pressure.
• High temperature resistance: It can withstand high temperature sterilization to ensure the safety of the product during transportation.
• Good chemical stability: It is not easy to react with other substances and will not contaminate medical devices.

Challenges and responses in the process

Antibacterial performance: In order to meet the medical industry’s requirements for sterility, we added antibacterial agents to the PET sheet and verified its antibacterial effect through rigorous testing.

Moisture-proof performance: In order to prevent medical devices from getting damp, we have specially treated the surface of the PET sheet to improve its moisture-proof performance.

ISO 9001:2015 certification: We have established a complete quality management system and passed ISO 9001:2015 certification to ensure the stability and reliability of product quality.

Results and Customer Evaluation

After repeated trials and improvements, we finally provided customers with a high-quality medical packaging material that meets their requirements – PET plastic sheet. The PET packaging tray finally made by thermoforming process has also been highly recognized by customers:

• Safety: The antibacterial and moisture-proof properties of the tray have been verified, effectively protecting medical devices.
• Transparency: High transparency makes it easy for medical staff to quickly identify and remove medical devices.
• Durability: The tray has good durability and can be reused.
• Compliance with standards: Passed ISO 9001:2015 certification and meets various standards for medical device packaging.

Customer evaluation:”This PET plastic tray not only meets our quality requirements, but also shows very good performance during use. It has high transparency, easy to observe, and significant antibacterial effect, which is very suitable for our medical device packaging.”

Summary

Through this case, we can see that the application of transparent PET plastic sheet in medical packaging trays has broad prospects. Through continuous technological innovation and quality control, we can provide the medical industry with safer, more reliable and environmentally friendly packaging solutions.

Future Outlook

As the medical industry’s requirements for packaging materials continue to increase, we will conduct in-depth research in the following areas:

• Development of new antibacterial materials: Develop new antibacterial materials to further improve the antibacterial properties of pallets.
• Intelligent packaging: Apply sensors, RFID and other technologies to packaging pallets to achieve real-time monitoring of medical devices.
• Research on degradable materials: Develop degradable PET materials to reduce the impact on the environment.