[NHCOLL-L:5679] RE: 132-400 jar lids

[Rob Robins]

That lid is indeed large but it is the standard size for 2, 3, and 5 gallon glass "buckets" widely in use in many museums for a half century or more.

I arranged for a special run of these lids a number of years ago from a company called Corspec. The Florida Museum of Natural History Fish Collection and a number of other institutions had a run of 5,000 made (we have 1,600 + jars of this type in the UF Fish Collection; many had metal lids previously).

Unfortunately, parties with interests similar to those being expressed in this thread were unable to locate/make contact with Corspec earlier this year (or perhaps late in 2010 - time flies).

The best bet would be for those with an interest in the lids to band together to make for as large an order as possible and to set about trying to find a manufacturer who will do as Corspec did for us.

Sorry to not be of more help.

Best,

Rob

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Subject: [NHCOLL-L:5676] RE: 132-400 jar lids

Rodrigo

That is a very large lid.  As a reference for other readers a typical wide-mouth gallon jar has a 120/400 closure (lid).  We have a variety of standard jar closures on hand for a our collections and 120/400 is the largest we use.  We obtained all of our closures from Phoenix Closures (www.phoenixclosures.com<http://www.phoenixclosures.com>) some time ago and you might inquire with them about lids that size.  Good luck.

Thomas Labedz, Collections Manager
Division of Botany and Division of Zoology
University of Nebraska State Museum
Lincoln, Nebraska, USA

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Subject: [NHCOLL-L:5674] 132-400 jar lids

Dear colleagues,

I'm in need of finding proper lids for some large jars in our wet collection. As best I can measure, they are 132-400 (could be 133-400, it's difficult to tell and I don't know what the industry standard is/was).

Does anyone know of a source? I have been unable to find even metal lids in this size, let alone our preferred standard of Polypropylene with a F217 Polyethylene Liner.
I vaguely remember a telephone conversation I had with our usual lid provider last year, about this size lid. She said she didn't believe this size was made anymore in any material.

If this is the case:

1)      Do any of you know if it this is true world-wide? Or just in North America? If manufactured elsewhere in the world, I'd appreciate any info (even if the lids aren't PP-at this point I'd settle for Bakelite or metal, anything is better than nothing, and we can't afford custom made tanks for as many specimens as need the lids).

2)      Do you know of anybody that could manufacture them on demand? (I imagine they would require a large order if it was possible at all, so hence my next question)

3)      Does your museum need lids this size? If it were possible to have them made, how many would you need? I'm guessing that assuming it was possible, if we pooled our resources it could happen.

Rod

Rodrigo Pellegrini, MA, MS
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New Jersey State Museum
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