[NHCOLL-L:5681] RE: 132-400 jar lids

[Pellegrini, Rodrigo]

Thanks, H.J.
I will try Rob.

And thank you all very much. I've been given several good leads now; it's incredible what a great resource this list is.

Best wishes to all,

Rod

Rodrigo Pellegrini, MA, MS
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New Jersey State Museum
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From: H.J. Walker [mailto:hjwalker at ucsd.edu]
Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2011 5:08 PM
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Cc: Pellegrini, Rodrigo; NHCOLL-L at lists.yale.edu
Subject: Re: [NHCOLL-L:5676] RE: 132-400 jar lids

You might want to contact Rob Robins at the Florida Museum of NH in Gainesville.  He organized a large order of 132-400 for a number of fish collections a few years ago, and he might have a few extra, or possibly can provide more info.

Sorry, we do not have extras.  Good luck in your quest.
H.J.


On 10/5/11 12:27 PM, Thomas Labedz wrote:
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:

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).

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)

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
Registrar, Natural History Bureau
New Jersey State Museum
PO Box 530
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