In recent years, plastic jerrycans have become an essential tool for the industry. Thanks to their high resistance, they are frequently used to store and transport all kinds of products. An essential factor to achieve this resistance is the material used for its manufacture: High-density polyethylene, without a doubt, provides endless qualities such as hardness and resistance to corrosion and impact.
To select the best jerrycans option, you’ll need to define if your products are corrosive, gasified, liquid, flammable, or dangerous to health. It will depend on this that they arrive at their destination in the best conditions and will even give you guidelines to choose the ideal type of cover.
Jerrycan’s Features
When a product is packaged, a very important aspect to consider is the safety of sealing and transport. To achieve this, jerrycans are ideal for the food, agrochemical, chemical, and cleaning product industries. Corrosive products, in addition to the different capacities they handle, can be manufactured with different thicknesses to provide a higher level of safety. These are containers that can be stacked and also have non-slip supports that prevent the displacement of the containers.
Therefore, the 5 most significant characteristics of the jerrycans are:
Security
Endurance
Lightness
High-temperature tolerance
Suitable for containing chemicals
Benefits of HDPE
High-density polyethylene (HDPE) is a thermoplastic polymer. This type of material is obtained by addition, this means that different ethylene units are added to its composition. Rigidity and resistance are its main advantages. This plastic is resistant to impacts, traction, and different temperatures. HDPE offers different industries the ease of printing, painting, and gluing tags on it, which facilitates product customization.
Benefits of HDPE
High-density polyethylene (HDPE) is a thermoplastic polymer. This type of material is obtained by addition, this means that different ethylene units are added to its composition. Rigidity and resistance are its main advantages. This plastic is resistant to impacts, traction, and different temperatures. HDPE offers different industries the ease of printing, painting, and gluing tags on it, which facilitates product customization.
It should be noted that, currently, companies are committed to using sustainable packaging. In case of polyethylene, it meets this requirement, since it is a recyclable material, especially through mechanical and thermal recycling. You can identify it with number 2 in the plastic classification.
Available jerrycans
If you need jerrycans to pack your product, at Plastimex we have the following available:
The 5 gal. HDPE Jerrycan container can be handled with a weight of 900 to 1200 grams. This depends on the customer’s need since this affects the thickness of the container. This container has UN certification, to guarantee that it is suitable for containing dangerous products and being transported by air, sea, and land in complete safety. The colors available for this container are blue, white, natural, and black.
The 2.5 gal. HDPE Jerrycan container is handled with a weight of 400 to 500 grams. It has a peephole to view the content of the product, non-slip supports, and can be pigmented in any color.
The 1.32 gal HDPE Jerrycan container is manufactured with a weight of 260 grams. It can be made with FDA-grade PEAD resin or PEAD resin not suitable for food products. Available in white.
If you have any questions or want to purchase plastic jerrycans for your company or business, Plastimex has a very wide range for you. Do not hesitate to contact us.