What is a Rieke opening or Rieke Flexspout ®?

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As you are looking at the description of the opening on several of our steel pails, you will see tight head rieke opening.  If you are not familiar with steel pails you may wonder what that means.  These are tight head pails where the cover does not come off.  What they have is a hole, or opening, covered by a dust cap.  These pails are shipped empty with the dust cap on so that they remain clean.  The end user fills the pail with their product and then must crimp on a Rieke Flexspout®.  A Rieke Flexspout® is a retractable plastic pour spout which offers a reliable seal and is tamper evident.  We sell a Rieke Flexspout® crimper to attach these spouts to the pails.  When the spout is closed, it has a low profile for ease of stacking.  The tamper-evident cap has a pull tab for fast removal.  Once the flexspout is crimped on, and before the first use, the tamper-evident cap is pulled off the spout and cannot be reattached.   To use the pail, simply pull up the spout, dispense your product, and reclose.  The spout affixes to a 2 3/8″ (63mm) opening.

Lined and Unlined Steel Pails

We offer a large assortment of UN rated pails in sizes from 1.5 through 7 gallon in both lined and unlined styles.

1.5 Gallon Green Phenolic Gray Steel Round 24 GA Item: SPC0002CE3L001 UN Rating: 1A1/Y2.0/200 Tight Head Rieke Opening Pack: 120 Our 1.5 gallon gray steel pail with a green phenolic lining is a tight head pail with a Rieke opening. It has a hole covered with a dust cap. Pails are shipped empty, with the dust cap on, so they remain clean. The end user fills the pail and then crimps on a Rieke Flexspout (sold separately). A Rieke Flexspout is a retractable plastic pour spout which offers a reliable and tamper evident seal. When the spout is closed, it has a low profile for ease of stacking. The tamper evident cap has a pull tab for fast removal. Once the Flexspout is crimped on, and before the first use, the cap is pulled off the spout and cannot be reattached. To use the pail, simply pull up the spout, dispense your product and reclose.

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5 Gallon Buff Epoxy Phenolic Blue Steel Round 0.5mm 24 GA Item: SPC0005CS4L001 UN Rating: 1A1/Y1.8/300 Tight Head Rieke Opening Pack: 36 Minimum Order 1,000 Pieces Our 5 gallon blue steel pail with a buff epoxy phenolic lining is a tight head pail with a Rieke opening. It has a hole covered with a dust cap. Pails are shipped empty, with the dust cap on, so they remain clean. The end user fills the pail and then crimps on a Rieke Flexspout (sold separately). A Rieke Flexspout is a retractable plastic pour spout which offers a reliable and tamper evident seal. When the spout is closed, it has a low profile for ease of stacking. The tamper evident cap has a pull tab for fast removal. To pour from this pail simply pull up the spout, dispense your product and reclose. UN1A1/Y1.8/300

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7 Gallon Green Phenolic Gray Steel Round 0.7mm 24 GA Item: SPC0007CS3L001 UN Rating: 1A1/Y1.6/280 Tight Head Rieke Opening Pack: 24 Our 7 gallon gray steel pail with a green phenolic lining is a tight head pail with a Rieke opening. It has a hole covered with a dust cap. Pails are shipped empty, with the dust cap on, so they remain clean. The end user fills the pail and then crimps on a Rieke Flexspout (sold separately). A Rieke Flexspout is a retractable plastic pour spout which offers a reliable and tamper evident seal. When the spout is closed, it has a low profile for ease of stacking. The tamper evident cap has a pull tab for fast removal. To pour from this pail simply pull up the spout, dispense your product and reclose. UN1A1/Y1.6/280

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Steel Pails With Plastic Insert

We also stock a steel pail with a Rieke opening and a polyethylene insert.   Rated UN6HA1/Y1.8/100 this pail is suitable for both Packing Groups II and III.

5 Gallon Polyethylene 2U Black Steel Round 0.5mm 24 GA Insert 1/8 Vent in Body Item: SPO0005CS2L001 UN Rating: 6HA1/Y1.8/100 Open Head Pack: 36 This black steel pail is a composite pail with a plastic liner. The liners are produced separately from the pail and hand assembled. The pail takes a Rieke Flexspout (sold separately) which must be attached with a special crimping tool. The pail comes with a dust cap which is removed and the pail is then filled. When the Flexspout is applied, it seals the liner to the pail, as well as sealing the spout to the pail. There is small hole in the side of the pail which allows any air between the liner and bladder to be forced out. UN6HA1/Y1.8/100

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