Packaging Engineering Whitepapers & Research Publications
Explore BMT's collection of technical whitepapers covering sustainable PET packaging, material characterisation, digital simulation, AI-driven packaging development, bottle lightweighting and stretch blow moulding. Written by our engineering specialists and published in leading industry journals, these publications provide practical insights for packaging engineers, converters, brand owners and material suppliers looking to accelerate innovation and reduce development risk
Biaxial characterisation of materials for thermoforming and blow moulding
Plastics, Rubber and Composites | Macromolecular Engineering
P. J. Martin, C. W. Tan, K. Y. Tshai, R. McCool, G. Menary, C. G. Armstrong & E. M. A. Harkin-Jones
Published online: 19 Jul 2013.
Biaxial deformation and experimental study of PET at conditions applicable to Stretch Blow Molding
Polymer Engineering and Science
G.H. Menary, C.W. Tan, E.M.A. Harkin-Jones, C.G. Armstrong, P.J. Martin
Published online: 2012
Understanding the behaviour of PET in stretch blow moulding
School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Queen’s University of Belfast
Yan S., Nixon J., Menary G.H. Salomeia Y.
Published online: Sep 2012.
Measuring and modelling air mass flow rate in the injection stretch blow moulding process
International Journal of Material Forming
Y. Salomeia & G. H. Menary & C. G. Armstrong & J. Nixon & S. Yan
Published online: Apr 2015.
A novel methodology to characterize the constitutive behaviour of polyethylene terephthalate for the stretch blow moulding process
Mechanics of Materials
Shiyong Yan ∗, Gary Menary , James Nixon
Published online: Oct 2016.
Finite element simulations of stretch-blow moulding with experimental validation over a broad process window
International Journal of Material Forming
J. Nixon & G. H. Menary & S. Yan
Published online: Oct 2016.
Free-stretch-blow investigation of poly(ethylene terephthalate) over a large process window
International Journal of Material Forming
James Nixon & G. H. Menary & S. Yan
Published online: Sep 2016.
Measuring the significance of pearlescence in real-time bottle forming
Proceedings of the 21st international ESAFORM conference on material forming
J. Nixon, G. Menary, and S. Yan
Published online: May 2018.
Processing-property relationships of biaxially stretched poly(L-lactic acid) sheet for application in coronary stents
Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials
R.W. Blair, N.J. Dunne, A.B. Lennon, G.H. Menary
Published online: Jun 2018.
Biaxial Characterization of Poly(ether-ether-ketone) for Thermoforming: A Comparison Between Bulge and in-PlaneBiaxial Testing
Polymer Engineering and Science
Josh A. Turner, Gary H. Menary, Peter J. Martin
Published online: Jul 2019.
Modelling the Temperature Dependent Biaxial Response of Poly(ether-ether-ketone)
Polymers 2019
Josh A. Turner, Gary H. Menary, Peter J. Martin and Shiyong Yan
Published online: Jun 2019.