PROPATECH VCI PILL BAG
Bags with anticorrosive action
Safety supplements: bags with mini-tablets to strengthen VCI protection even during openings and inspections.
The PROPATECH VCI PILL BAG are innovative VCI supplements in the form of sachets containing mini-tablets that offer rapid and constant diffusion of anticorrosive molecules in the environment to be protected. These practical diffusers are designed to maintain VCI saturation over time, proving particularly effective even during brief packaging openings for checks or inspections. Their ability to immediately restore the protective concentration makes them indispensable for situations where packaging integrity may be temporarily compromised.
The main advantage of VCI PILL BAG is to act as safety supplements for packages already protected with PROPATECH VCI products that require additional protection or reinforcement of the anticorrosive action. They are particularly useful for long-term shipments, storage in difficult climatic conditions or when customs inspections are expected that could momentarily interrupt protection. Their ease of use and rapid activation make them ideal for applications requiring reliable and immediate backup protection. Thanks to the bag format, they can be strategically positioned inside the packaging without interfering with the product, offering total coverage and operational peace of mind throughout the entire transport and storage cycle.
Problems solved by this product
VCI is a complex combination of substances which sublimate and form a thin invisible layer able to neutralise corrosive agents, such as water vapour, oxygen, salty air, sulfur-based gases, and polluting agents commonly present in the air.
It is very important to wear protective gloves as skin acidity can start oxidation of metal.
Anticorrosive diffusers, also when combined with common anticorrosive systems such as VCI paper and films, are an excellent solution for protecting metal items and machines from rust during transportation and storage.
The following are the diffusers that are available:
• Mobile Noxy diffuser with mini tablets is applied inside the packaging and is activated a few hours prior to departure. Its activation results in the release of protective vapors every time the transport vehicle moves.
• Propatablets are tablets of compressed powder that can be placed in the most hidden points.
• Pill Bags are bags of mini tablets used to increase the protection of packaging that is already protected with VCI papers.
• Impregnated sponges are ideal for protecting metals such as iron, brass, copper, steel, and bronze.
Ferrous metals contain iron, for example steel, whilst non-ferrous metals do not contain iron, for example zinc, magnesium, and copper.
The quantity of VCI to be used in order to effectively protect goods against corrosion depends on many factors, being the most relevant: shipping time, external conditions (e.g. by sea, by land), and type of product. We strongly recommend to contact us in order to determine the most efficient solution and design the most appropriate package.
VCI anticorrosive products can be stored for up to a year and a half, but they must be kept sealed in the original package and not opened.
VCI is a volatile substance so, once the packaging is opened, it volatilize from metal in one or two hours and it will not leave resuduals.
VCI stands for Volatile Corrosion Inhibitor.
There are different types of VCI depending on metal to protect.
Anticorrosive VCI products used in the packaging are not dangerous for the health of people because VCI is a physiologically inactive substance. Any problem of eye or skin irritation have been found in people that directly worked with packagings treated with VCI. In any case, because VCI is a chimical substance, is suggested the use of gloves when in contact with the anticorrosive packaging. We also suggest to always ask for the safety data sheet to our customer care before using anticorrosive Propatech VCI products for your packagings.
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The chemical or electrochemical reaction between a material, usually a metal, and its environment that produces a deterioration of the material and its properties.
Diffusion is the volatile distribution of VCI molecules into the packaging.
PROPATECH VCI products for the protection against corrosion are free from nitrites.
Nitrites are made of a nitrogen atom and two oxygen atoms negatively charged and it can be found in some anticorrosive VCI products on the market. Its presence has to be allowed and declared from the producer.
A corrosion reaction in which the corroded metal forms an oxide; usually applied to reaction with a gas containing elemental oxygen, such as air.
Transformation from a solid to a gaseous state of VCI molecules starting from the protective material (paper, film, diffusers, foams, etc...).
VCI is a Volatil Corrosion Inhibitor that can sublimate, from a solid to a gas state, and form a thin invisible layer able to neutralize corrosive agents such as: water vapour, oxygen, saline atmosphere, sulphurous gases and the most common industrial environmental pollutants present in the air.
The Volatile Corrosion Inhibitor is a chemical substance that inhibits electrochemical oxidation of metals in reaction with an oxidant such as oxygen.
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