Openability of soft drinks PET packagings.
Studies on packaging accessibility are still incipient in Brazil. Many of these packagings can represent a challenge to users, whether due to non-informative labels, tricky tabs or seals, or even those that need strength to open. This paper brings a simple test to determine the necessary torque force to open PET bottles, and to predict the amount of users that could not open it. The findings suggest that a considerable amount of users could not open it or would have some difficulties to exert the necessary force.
Department of Design, Paulista State University, Av. Eng. Luiz Edmundo C. Coube 14-01, Vargem Limpa, Bauru, São Paulo, Brazil. danilo@idemdesign.net
Danilo Corrêa
DC
Silva
Luis Carlos
LC
Paschoarelli
José Carlos Plácido
JC
da Silva
D001938:Brazil; D002253:Carbonated Beverages; D004867:Equipment Design; D006804:Ergonomics; D018857:Food Packaging; D006801:Humans; D011093:Polyethylene Terephthalates; D019415:Torque
D011093:Polyethylene Terephthalates