WO2009105858A1 - Extrusion-coated lidding foil for push-through blister packaging - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to packaging having a lidding foil.
- the invention is particularly useful for push-through blister packaging and is directed to an extrusion-coated lidding foil useful for such packaging.
- “Blister packaging” is a common term used for packaging having a bottom part, typically referred to as the "blister film", with a plurality of recesses formed therein (e.g., through vacuum forming or pressure forming) wherein a respective product piece (e.g., a consumable tablet or pill) is positioned and held therein.
- a cover typically referred to as a “lidding foil” is placed over and sealed to the blister film about the perimeter of each recess.
- the consumer In the "push-through” type of blister package, the consumer must use a finger to push against the malleable blister film at the location of a recess and continue pushing until the consumable in the recess is pressed against and breaks through the covering lidding foil.
- the consumer In the "peel-push” type of blister package, the consumer must first peel away an upper layer of a two layer lid stock to reveal the lower layer, and then push against the malleable blister film at the location of a recess and continue pushing until the consumable in the recess is pressed against and breaks through the lower layer of the lidding foil.
- the "peel-push” type package is considered more child-proof than the strictly push-through type due to the extra layer of the lidding foil.
- the consumer can only get access to the recess content by destructing the lidding material using a tool like a pair of scissors, a knife, nails, etc.
- the present invention is primarily directed to the push-through or peel-push blister packaging, although it is noted that push-through is considered an integral part of a peel-push package.
- the push-through type of blister packaging is the most common package type for consumables in pill or tablet form such as chewing gum or pharmaceuticals.
- a lidding foil typically aluminum foil
- a heat seal lacquer is applied using gravure coating process.
- the lacquer adhesive e.g., vinyl acrylic lacquer
- the steel roll rotates, the cells on the surface pick up the lacquer either by passing through a bath of lacquer or by direct application of the lacquer to the steel roll.
- a roll of aluminum foil rolls a sheet of foil between the rotating steel roll and a rubber roll whereby a thin layer of the lacquer is transferred from the steel roll to the foil.
- the adhesive is extruded through a die in the form of a molten polymer curtain that is applied to the continuously moving aluminum foil. If extruded too thinly, breaks within the curtain could cause voids, which could leads to breaches in the package seal.
- peelable lidstock e.g., as used in single serve food containers having a peel-away foil lid
- Extrusion coating/lamination employs different adhesives than are used in a gravure coating process, and the peel-away type of lidding foil is sufficiently thick to prevent inadvertent puncturing of the lid prior to opening the container.
- a thicker layer of sealant (as one gets with an extrusion coating process as compared to the gravure coating process) may therefore be used for peel-away lidding foils to ensure complete sealing, but is inadequate for push-through blister packaging application.
- the blister film is typically formed from a polymeric material such as, for example, polyvinyl chloride (PVC), polyvinylidene dichloride (PVdC), a PVC/PVdC-combination, a PVC/PCTFE-combination or polystyrene (PS).
- PVC polyvinyl chloride
- PVdC polyvinylidene dichloride
- PS polystyrene
- the polymers presently used for the blister film of the package either do not create a complete barrier to moisture and air, and/or they may contain plasticizers that are subject to blooming and can contaminate the consumable. Insufficient barrier properties allow moisture and air seepage into the package over time which shortens package shelf life. Also, contamination of the consumable by additive blooming may be harmful to human health. Some states such as California have recognized the potentially harmful effects of PVC in packaging for consumables and is considering enacting legislation prohibiting the use of PVC in food and pharmaceutical packaging. There is thus presently a trend in the pharmaceutical industry toward the use of blister films made of materials which have better moisture and air barrier properties and are more inert than presently used polymeric blister films.
- PCTFE Polychlorotrifluoroethylene
- Aclar ® Polychlorotrifluoroethylene
- COC Cyclic olefin copolymers
- One present day industry manufacturing method then takes the conventionally manufactured push-through lidding foil with heat seal lacquer and seals it to the PVC side of the blister film to which the heat seal lacquer can efficiently adhere.
- This of course means the PVC side of the blister film must face the lidding foil and thus be in contact with the consumable. While this practice provides the benefit of the barrier properties of the PCTFE (Aclar ® ), COC, etc., the possibility of additive blooming is still present since it is the PVC layer which is in contact with the consumable inside the package.
- the ability to seal a push-through lidding foil directly to PCTFE (Aclar ® ), COC, etc. or similarly beneficial material would thus provide both an improved barrier and contact of the consumable with an inert material.
- Sealant materials useful for peel-away lidstock are described in US Patent Application Serial Nos. 2005/0159549, 2005/0249903, and 2006/00104022, the disclosures of which are incorporated herein by reference, such materials including polymeric compositions that consist essentially of: about 10 to about 80 weight % of at least one ethyl ene/alkyl (meth)acrylate copolymer; about 5 to about 60 weight % of at least one polyolefin; 0 to about 35 weight % of at least one tackifying resin; and O to about 35 weight % of a filler such as, for example, talc.
- a filler such as, for example, talc.
- sealant materials described in the referenced patent applications are asserted to be useful to the pharmaceutical industry in user-friendly blister packaging for drugs in the form of pills, tablets, capsules and the like, and also for non-drugs such as poisons, catalysts, cleaning compositions, batteries, and various other goods. They may also be employed to seal lidded containers containing products such as yogurts, puddings, custards, gelatins, fruit sauces, cheese spreads and dips, meats, frozen or refrigerated meals, and dry foods such as noodle and snacks.
- the described sealant materials employed in various packaging applications are also asserted to provide a good heat seal that can be easily peeled.
- a push-through blister package that comprises a metal foil and a sheet provided with thermo formed pockets that comprises, prior to thermo forming, a laminate structure having outer layers of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) and an intermediate layer of fluid compression rolled, partially oriented polymeric material, for example, high density polyethylene (HDPE).
- PVC polyvinyl chloride
- HDPE high density polyethylene
- US Patent No. 6,010,784 the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference, describes a paperboard laminate for pharmaceutical blister packaging that employs a blend of a hot melt adhesive such as ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA) and calcium carbonate that is capable of sealing to Aclar ® .
- a hot melt adhesive such as ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA)
- EVA ethylene vinyl acetate
- US Patent Application Serial No. 2007/0224379 the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference, describes a peelable child-resistant pharmaceutical blister lidstock for peel-push blister packaging that comprises a first layer of white polyester, a second layer of adhesive, a third layer of foil, and a fourth layer of a coating of a heat sealant such as a vinyl acrylic.
- US Patent Application Serial No. 2002/0193031 the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference, describes a laminate for blisters and pouches that comprises a metal foil having an uncoated surface which has been directly heat sealed to the surface of a polymeric web by an outer surface of the web, wherein the outer surface comprises a blend of an EVA copolymer and an additive that embrittles the copolymer at room temperature.
- the polymeric web may be a laminate that includes a polyolefin core and a second outer surface that may be a polychlorotrifluoroethylene. The laminate is asserted to be useful in producing press-through packages, where it will not peel open when tablets are pushed through it, and also in producing pouches, where it will peel.
- US Patent No. 7,316,317 the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference, describes a package that comprises a polymeric base sheet such as PVC containing recesses and a sealing web that includes a metal foil adhered to a polymeric web, for example, polyethylene terephthalate (PET).
- PET polyethylene terephthalate
- the sealing web has strength sufficient to prevent a packaged item in a recess from being pushed through by pressure applied to the recess.
- a portion of the package where the base web is sealed to the sealing web includes lines of weakness that allow the packaged item to be pushed through the sealing web.
- US Patent Application Serial No. 2006/0199022 the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference, describes a blister pack that includes a laminate of a metal foil adhered to a water permeable layer by an adhesive that can be softened on exposure to water. A packaged item cannot be pushed through the foil until the adhesive is softened by water, thereby allowing removal of the water permeable layer from the foil.
- the present invention successfully addresses the above deficiencies of the prior art by providing an extrusion-coated lidding foil for blister packaging particularly suitable for push-through pharmaceutical and food blister packaging.
- the lidding foil includes a foil layer on which one or more tie layer and one or more sealant layer, one or both of which include an embrittling agent mixed therein, are extrusion coated resulting in a lidding foil having push-through ability.
- the push-through ability of the lidding foil is characterized by a Mullen burst strength of about 10 psi to about 30 psi and an MD tear strength of about 30 to about 100 grams-force.
- the lidding foil of the present invention may be heat sealed to a polymeric bottom blister film to form a push-through blister pack although the lidding foil may of course be used in other types of blister packaging as desired (e.g., peel-push type or lock type).
- FIG. 1 is a schematic representation of a prior art heat seal lacquered lidding foil (Structure type 1);
- FIG. 2 is a schematic representation of a prior art extrusion-coated lidding foil containing prior art sealant resin (C) (Structure type 2);
- FIG. 3 is a schematic representation of an extrusion-coated lidding foil containing sealant resin with embrittling agent (I) of the present invention (Structure type 3);
- FIG. 4 is a schematic representation of an extrusion-coated lidding foil containing sealant resin (I) of the present invention, with additional embrittling agent incorporation in only a portion of the sealant layer (Structure type 4);
- FIG. 5 is a photograph of three foil lidding samples (G, H & I) following Mullen burst test;
- FIGS. 6A-H are plots depicting the results of dart puncture tests for samples G, H, I, J, K,& L;
- FIG. 7 is a graph of the sealing force as a function of temperature of a lidding foil of the present invention on PCTFE (Aclar ® )-containing blister film;
- FIG. 8 depicts a blister pack that includes a lidding foil of the present invention sealed to a bottom blister film
- FIG. 9 is a photograph of a blister package according to an embodiment of the invention.
- the present invention provides a lidding foil particularly suitable for push- through type pharmaceutical and food blister packaging although it is envisioned the lidding foil may be useful in other packaging applications.
- a lidding foil comprises aluminum foil, a tie layer extrusion coated on the aluminum foil, and a sealant layer extrusion coated on the tie layer.
- the foil is of a thickness of about 20 ⁇ m to about 25 ⁇ m and may be soft (i.e. annealed) or hard tempered (i.e. unannealed).
- the tie and sealant layers are extrusion coated either simultaneously or sequentially onto the aluminum foil.
- An embrittling agent is mixed into one or both of the tie and sealant layers in an amount of about 5 to about 50% by weight, and more preferably in an amount of about 10 to about 30% by weight.
- the embrittling agent is preferably a mineral and may be one or more of calcium carbonate, calcium sulfate, glass fiber, kaolin, mica, silica, talc, and wollastonite, for example.
- the embrittling agent may be equally or non-equally distributed in one or both of the tie and sealant layers.
- the embrittling agent may be non-equally distributed in the sealant layers with a higher concentration in one sealant layer toward the tie layer.
- the tie layer is extrusion coated to a coatweight of about 2 to about 5 pounds per ream and the sealant layer is extrusion coated to a coatweight of about 4 to about 10 pounds per ream.
- the resultant lidding foil is characterized by a Mullen burst strength of about 10 psi to about 30 psi and an MD tear strength of about 30 to about 100 grams-force.
- the tie layer may be a polymer selected from the group consisting of: a) polyethylene; b) ethylene acid copolymer; c) ethylene acetate copolymer; d) ethylene acrylate copolymer e) ethylene anhydride copolymer f) modified ethylene acrylate copolymer; g) ionomer; h) polypropylene; i) anhydride-grafted polypropylene; and j) a mixture of two or more of a-i.
- the sealant layer may be a polymer selected from the group consisting of: a) polyethylene; b) polypropylene; c) ethylene acrylate copolymer; d) ethylene acetate copolymer; e) modified ethylene acrylate copolymer; f) modified ethylene acetate copolymer; g) ionomer; and h) a mixture of two or more of a-g.
- FIG. 1 depicts a prior art lidding foil structure (structure type 1) that includes a thin layer of a heat seal lacquer applied to aluminum foil.
- FIG. 2 depicts a prior art die-cuttable lidding foil structure (structure type 1)
- FIG. 3 depicts a push-through lidding foil structure (structure type 3) according to the present invention that includes a tie and sealant layer that are substantially thinner than that of the prior art structure and a sealant layer that contains an embrittling agent.
- FIG. 4 depicts a push-through lidding foil structure (structure type 4) according to the present invention in which a portion of the sealant layer adjacent the tie layer contains a higher embrittling agent concentration.
- a print primer layer depicted in FIGS. 1-4, may be used to promote adhesion of inks to the outer surface of the aluminum foil.
- Nucrel ® 091 OHS available from DuPont, was used in the tie layers of samples B, C, F, H, I, and K-N.
- Lotader ® 3210 available from Arkema France Corporation, was used in the tie layers of samples D and E.
- Antiblock masterbatch 10012-089 available from Colortech Inc., was used in the sealant layers of samples L-N.
- Samples A-F use foil having a thickness of 37 ⁇ m which is too thick for push- through ability. However, testing was only conducted to illustrate the effect of the embrittling agent on mechanical performance as shown in Table 2 below. Table 2:
- sample F illustrates that despite having a thicker tie and sealant coatweight, use of an embrittling agent is important for increasing brittleness of an extrusion-coated lidding foil to make it more suitable for push-through blister packaging applications.
- the embrittling agent could be added in the formulation via use of a mineral-loaded masterbatch or in-situ in the composition of the selected sealant resin. Adequate embrittling agent content is between 5 to 50 % and preferably between 10 and 30% of the sealant layer composition by weight.
- Heat seal lacquered structure exhibits slightly higher Mullen burst strength but much lower tear strength than extrusion-coated structures.
- the heat seal lacquered lidding foil shows a more brittle fracture mode (i.e., it is less ductile) during Mullen burst test than extrusion-coated structures H and I. Therefore, one can postulate that a good lidding foil for a push- through blister package would be a structure that does not exhibit too high puncture or burst strength and that is accompanied with the lowest tear strength possible.
- improved extrusion-coated structure type 3 shows these improved characteristics since tear and burst strengths are significantly lower than conventional extrusion-coated structure (sample H).
- sample I with reduced resin coatweight exhibits much more brittle rupture mode than conventional extrusion-coated structure sample H.
- sample H is not adequate for the push-through application because of excessive plastic elongation when pushing-through, meaning it is too ductile.
- typical minimum sealing force required for blister packaging applications is on the order of 2.0 lbs/in. However, sealing force above 2.5 lbs./in. is by far preferable to ensure good impermeability and integrity of the whole packaging.
- Appeel 20D828 from Dupont used in developed extrusion-coated lidding foils of this invention is a modified ethylene acrylate copolymer that contained talc in-situ in its composition. This resin provides significantly good sealing performance on most polymeric material including PCTFE (Aclar ® ), for example.
- Table 5 presents sealing results for sample I (structure type 3) at several temperatures for COC-based blister films containing various outer layers, Table 5:
- the present innovative extrusion-coated structure is not only adequate for push-through blister packaging applications but, contrary to heat seal lacquered structure, may also exhibit very universal sealing characteristics since it seals to most of the typical commercial blister films made of PVC, PVdC, PS, PCTFE (Aclar ® ), HDPE, LLDPE, LDPE, PP, PETG, SBC or even COC, for example.
- Figs. 6E-G show the graphs for three specimens of samples J, K and L with their peak and total energy provided in below Table 7.
- Fig. 6H is a comparison chart of these three samples.
- Fig. 8 shows a photograph of the overall blister pack filled with smarties ® .
- Fig. 7 shows a graph of the sealing curve of innovative structure sample I on PCTFE
- sealing temperature window is very broad. Optimum sealing temperature would be in the range of 160-180 0 C as for
- sealing force is around 550- 600g/0.375", which corresponds to approximately 3.25 lbf/in.
- sample blister packs were then submitted to leakage test consisting of immerging blister pack in pigmented water under 15" Hg vacuum for 3 minutes. No leakage was observed at all for any sealing temperature varying from 120 to 19O 0 C.
- the present invention thus provides an innovative extrusion-coated lidding foil structure suitable for push-through blister packaging application.
- a further benefit is that the lidding foil of the present invention seals universally on most blister films including those made of PCTFE (Aclar ® ) or COC.
- PCTFE Aclar ®
- COC heat seal lacquered lidding foil products
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