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Actuator:
Is the top of a pump that is pressed to open the dispenser valve to allow dispensing of the product.
Aluminum - High Purity:
Aluminum with a minimum amount of other elements. This is the metal used to achieve a high gloss shiny finish in anodizing
Aluminum - Low Purity:
Aluminum with trace amounts of other elements. This metal is used to produce matte aluminum colors in the anodizing process; and is the aluminum used for a part that is buffed and lacquered.
Anodize:
Is an electrochemical process which prepares the surface of aluminum to achieve either a shiny or matte finish. The component can then be dyed to a custom color. The anodized finish is very durable and resists scuff and scratch
Assembled:
Two or more parts put together to form the final piece.
Axial - Pull:
Vertical force applied to a part
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Buff - Brushed:
In the buffing process a wire wheel is used to lightly scratch the surface of the part to give it a textured appearance.
Buff and Lacquer:
A raw aluminum shell is placed on a 'buff chuck' and then polished to a shiny finish. The buffed shell is then cleaned and coated with a custom colored lacquer to meet the customers' color standard.
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Cavities (molding)
are the hollow sections of an injection mold which form the outside shape of a plastic part.
Compatibility:
The ability of a finish, decoration, or material to resist degradation or physical change caused by the product it will come into contact with.
Conventional Bake Lacquer:
A painting system that uses volatile organic compounds which are cured by high heat.
Cores (molding):
A steel cylinder which forms the inside dimensions of a plastic part in an injection mold.
Cycle (molding):
the amount of time required to produce one complete set of parts from an injection mold.
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De-boss:
is artwork pressed into the sidewall or top of a metal surface to form lettering or a design below the surface of the piece. See roll and arbor
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EGL:
Eyelematic Golf League!
Emboss:
is artwork pressed into the sidewall or top of a metal surface to form letters or a design above the surface of the piece. See roll and arbor
Etch:
Treatment of a metal surface with an acid chemical to create an aesthetic finish.
Eyelet Machine:
A metal forming machine which is used to shape strips of aluminum, or other metals, into close tolerance shapes by pressing the material between a die and a punch.
Eyelet - Progressive:
A very high speed eyelet machine that pulls the metal strip through the machine as the parts are formed out of it.
Eyelet - Transfer:
A metal disk is stamped out of a strip of material and is then 'transferred' from station to station by a series of fingers.
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Ferrule:
An aluminum shell, or collar, which is used to connect a pump to a container, by crimping the ferrule around the lip of the container.
Flash:
Excess plastic material on a plastic part that forms when two sections of an injection mold are not fit tightly together.
Flow Lines:
Are lines in a plastic part formed as the hot resin flows through the cavity in an injection mold.
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Gate:
Is where the molten resin enters the cavity in an injection mold
Glossy or Bright:
The amount of surface sheen or reflection on a part.
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HDPE:
High Density Polyethylene
HIPS:
High Impact Polystyrene
Hot Stamping:
Is a process where a custom colored foil is passed between a hot die which duplicates your artwork and your aluminum or plastic component to deposit your graphics onto the component
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Injection Molding:
Is the process where molten resin is forced through a gate into the space between the cavity and the core-pin.
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Lining - Caps:
Is a process to put a specified type and thickness of a membrane of material inside a threaded cap to form a tight seal between the lip of the container and the cap. Most common lining materials are F-217 - three layers of foamed plastic; LP- 217 foamed plastic layers with a Surlyn barrier; WP - 217 foamed plastic with an aluminum barrier
LDPE:
Low Density Polyethylene
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Matte:
A color with a dull or soft luster surface
MET:
Eyelematic's name for a polypropylene jar assembled into an aluminum shell.
ml:
milliliter - metric measurement of capacity i.e. 50ml jar
mm millimeter:
- metric measurement of length. Example a 70mm/400 jar cover has an inside diameter of 70mm and an inside height of .400 of an inch!
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Packing - Bulk:
Parts are packed loosely into a container as they come off a machine
Packing - Layered:
A Process where parts are packed side by side.
Packing - Nested:
Each part is packed into an individual paperboard cell
Packing - Tray:
Parts are placed individually into a separate pocket in a thermoformed tray. This tray can then be used to "feed" the filling equipment where it is used.
Parting line:
is a thin ridge of material on a plastic or glass part that is a witness to where the two halves of the mold that produced the part come together.
PET:
also PETE and PETG is polyethylene tetraphthalate, the resin used in Eyelematic's thick wall jars.
Pintel:
A stopper that usually presses into another plastic piece already assembled to a bottle to achieve a seal of the package.
PS:
Polystyrene
Primary Package:
The container that is in contact with the product.
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Regrind:
Plastic which is ground up again to be re-used in the injection molding process.
Roll and Arbor:
To achieve an embossed (raised) or de-bossed (depressed) shape or logo in your part the last station of the eyelet process is equipped to roll in your design onto the side-wall of the metal shell.
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SAN:
Styrene Acrylonitrile
Satin:
a color that is subdued, smooth, with a light gloss.
Screen printing or Silk Screening:
is achieved by a photographic process that transfers your artwork onto a porous nylon screen which allows your custom color ink to flow through the screen and be deposited on your aluminum or plastic component.
Scuff-free edge:
An eyelet forming process where the open edge of an aluminum shell is formed at half the material thickness then rolled over on its' self to form a smooth edge.
Sink Mark:
A slight depression on the surface of a plastic part
SKU:
Stock Keeping Unit
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Torque:
Force applied in a circular motion
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Unit Cavity:
A one cavity mold
UV- coatings:
A painting system where the lacquer is cured by ultra violet lights.
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