Why do pharmaceutical glass containers break

Download the whitepaper to understand how strength testing and fractography can help prevent failures!

Breakage in pharmaceutical glass containers remains a significant concern, impacting product integrity and supply chain efficiency. Although glass breakage events occur at every pharmaceutical company, strength and reliability testing methods and fracture analysis (fractography) remain relatively unknown and underutilized to determine the root cause of failure and make the necessary changes to reduce future occurrences.

Read this whitepaper to explore the factors contributing to glass breakage and the importance of strength testing and fractography in identifying and mitigating these issues!

The article was initially published in IPI Packaging Magazine Spring 2016, Volume 8, Issue 1.

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