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Essential
Seminar
Fundamentals of
Packaging
Technology
Seminar
Fundamentals of Packaging Technology is divided into
semesters to give you maximum flexibility in taking the seminar.
Semester 1
Day One
• Course Introduction
• Course Overview 1-3 Market Research
• Course Logistics • Why perform market studies
• Market study tools
1-1 Perspective on Packaging • Broad based studies
• Demographic Workshop: Part One • Focused studies
• A definition of packaging • Updating persona through market
• The historical evolution of packaging research
and packaging materials
• The industrial revolution and packaging 1-4 Graphic Design
• Growth of modern packaging roles • Demographic Workshop: Part Two
• The modern packaging industry • Technical and communication roles
compared
1-2 Package Development • The importance of demographic and
Process psychographic information
• Management of the packaging function • The modern retail environment
• The package as the purchase motivator
• Project Scope and objectives
• Fundamental messages: Cords of
• The package development process familiarity and points of difference
• The package design brief • Equity and brand names
• Specifications • Emotional aspects of color
• Basics of graphic design: balance,
unity, direction, typography and
illustrations
Day Two
1-5 Introduction to Printing 1-6 Printing Methods
and Printing Methods
• Preparing the artwork, prepress proofing Flexographic and Related Relief
Printing Processes
• Package printing methods and printing
presses • Nature and production of the printing
plate
• Line art, color selection and Pantone
Matching System • Configuration of the printing station
• Halftone art, screens and screen sizes • Advantages and limitations of
flexography
• Process art, moire patterns
• Offset letterpress (dry offset) and
• Color bleeds, trap, special colors applications
Fundamentals of Packaging Technology Seminar Course Outline
Semester 1
Day Two, Cont.
Lithography Gravure
• Nature and production of the printing • Nature and production of the printing
plate plate
• Configuration of the printing station • Configuration of the printing station
• Advantages and limitations of lithogra- • Advantages and limitations of gravure
phy • Principal packaging applications of
• Principal packaging applications of gravure
lithography
Day Three
1-7 Color Perception 1-9 Labels and Labeling
• Physics of color • The functions of a label
• The human perception of color • Types of labels
• Additive and subtractive color synthetics • Label forms
• Ink as a modifier of light • Label materials
• The four process printing colors • Affixing labels
• Standard color viewing conditions
• The visual comparison of colors
Semester 2
Day One
Please bring a calculator
2-1 Paper and Paperboard • Dimensioning, grain direction
• Fiber sources and fiber quality • Die-boards and paperboard cutting and
• Furnish make-ups creasing
• Fourdrinier and cylinder-type paper • Folding carton manufacture
machines • Set-up boxes, designs, applications and
• Machine direction and cross direction limitations
• Coatings, calendaring and other treat- 2-3 Corrugated Fiberboard
ments
• Containerboard grades and standard
• Paper characterization flute sizes
• Paper and paperboard grades and • General applications of standard flutes
applications
• Mullen Test and edge crush tests (ECT)
2-2 Folding Cartons • Using McKee formula to estimate box
• General paperboard construction classes compression strength
• General design considerations • Carrier rules and regulations
• Tube-style folding cartons: basic designs • Corrugated board manufacture
and variations • Single, double and triple wall boards
• Tray-style cartons: basic designs and • Microflute and wave flute comparisons
variations
Day Two
Please bring a calculator
Semester 2
Day Two, Cont.
Day Three
2-7 Protective Packaging 2-8 Pre-Shipment Testing
• Understanding G factors • Purpose
• Damage boundary curves • ISTA test procedures
• Cushioning against shock • ASTM D4 169 test procedures
• Selecting cushioning materials • Planning a pre-shipment test
• Using dynamic cushioning tables
• Spring-mass relationships and isolating 2-9 Industrial Packaging
inputs
2-10 Wood Packages
Semester 3
Day One
3-1 Introduction to Polymers 3-3 Packaging Polymers
• Structure of HDPE, LDPE, LLDPE and
3-2 Polymer Chemistry mPE
• Polymers, plastics and polymerization • Polyethylene density and property trends
• Polymer classifications • Structure and general properties
• Terminology and abbreviation of polypropylene, poly(vinyl) and
poly(vinylidene chloride), polystyrene,
• Copolymers and properties poly(vinyl alcohol), poly(vinyl acetate)
• A review of basic chemical concepts and ethylene-vinyl acetate, polyamide,
• Polarity, solubility, permeability and poly(ethylene terephthalate), other lesser
barrier used polymers
• Coefficient of friction and adhesion • Thermosets and thermoplastics
compared; thermoset applications
• Glass transition and melt temperatures
• Thermal history and crystallinity 3-4 Property Comparisons
• Oriented plastics and shrink plastics • General properties of packaging polymers
• Hydrocarbons and polyethylene • Factors affecting barrier properties
• Oxygen and moisture vapor barrier
comparisons
• Classes of polymer additives
Day Two
3-5 Extrusion Molding • Basic form-fill-seal machines
• Plasticating extruders • High barrier constructions
• Cast and blown plastic film and sheet • Wet bond, dry bond, and extrusion
• Co-extruded and oriented plastic films laminating
• Video presentation: Analytical and • Specifying plies, caliper, and roll
Physical Testing orientation
• Example laminate constructions
Semester 3
Day Two, Cont.
3-8 Injection Molding
• The injection molding process
• Injection molds, tooling costs
• Sprues, runners, gates and undercuts
• Part characteristics and packaging
applications
Day Three
3-9 Blow Molding 3-11 Closures
• The extrusion blow molding process • Closure selection criteria
• Parisons and parison programming • Container finish standards and thread
• The injection blow molding process styles
• Injection stretch blow molding • Closure dimension designations
• Extrusion and injection blow molding • Closure liner functions and types
compared • Common plastic closure designs
• General bottle design considerations • Metal continuous thread, lug, roll-on,
press-on and crown closures
3-10 Bottle Design Criteria • Child-resistant and tamper-evident
• General design elements designs
• Decorating options
• Special bottle designs
• Environmental stress cracking
Semester 4
Day One
4-1 Environmental Issues • Measuring sustainable packaging—
• Defining packaging’s role in the solid Wal-Mart’s sustainable scorecard
waste issue • No single “sustainable solution”
• Proportion of packaging in the waste • Creating sustainable packaging strate-
stream gies, yet implementing them one step at
• The four “R’s” hierarchy: reduce, reuse, a time.
recycle and recover
• Environmental concerns and the con- 4-2 Adhesives
sumer • Mechanical and specific theories of
• The packaging professional’s role in the adhesion
environmental issue • Surface tension and dyne level
• Adhesive viscosity
• Starch, dextrin, and casein adhesives
4-1A Sustainable Packaging and their applications
• The concept of cradle-to-cradle product • Emulsion adhesives: advantages, appli-
design cations, green strength
• The need to push packaging system • Hot melt adhesives: advantages, and
boundaries applications
• Central definitions of sustainable pack- • Elastomeric and cold seal adhesives:
aging advantages and applications
• Design strategies that implement the • Good manufacturing practices
definitions • Trouble shooting adhesive problems
Day Two
4-3 Metal Containers 4-4 Aerosols
• Can-making metals • Component parts and operation
• Welded, adhesive, bonded and • Aerosol propellants and formulations
mechanical clinch three-piece cans • Other pressurized dispensing systems
• Shallow draw, draw and redraw, draw • Aerosol container legal requirements
and iron two-piece cans
• Impact extruded cans and collapsible 4-5 Glass Packaging
tubes
• Raw materials for soda glass and special
• Protective coatings and decorations glasses
• Sizing conventions • The glass furnace and glass manufacture
Fundamentals of Packaging Technology Seminar Course Outline
Semester 4
Please bring a calculator
Day Two, Cont.
• Blow-and-blow and
press-and-blow bottle production
4-9 Production Line Workshop
• Surface coatings and annealing
• Basic design layout and assignment of
• Decorating options machine speeds
• Video presentation: • Efficiency and output, calculating
Glass Bottle Manufacture production line efficiency
• Purpose and placement of buffers
4-6 Special Designs
4-10 Laws and Regulations
• Statutes versus regulations
• Role of the Federal agencies
Day Three • Fair Packaging and Labeling Act
• Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act
• Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and
4-7 Packaging Machinery Rodenticide Act
• Package design and machine-ability • Hazardous Materials Transportation Act
• The packaging machine industry • Miscellaneous acts impacting
• Stock machines and custom machines packaging
• Intermittent and rotary machine 4-11 Packaging Software
configurations
• Standards Applications Use in
• Fast changeovers Packaging
4-8 Filling Systems • Special Packaging Applications
• Product categories and filler selection – Graphics Design
• Fill-to-level liquid filling systems – Structural Design
• Fill-to-volume liquid filling systems – Specifications
• Flask fillers – Spatial Efficiency
• Auger fillers – Performance Design
• Gravimetric filling – Test and Measurement Support
• Statistical combining methods
or filling