Protective Packaging for Distribution
by Daniel Goodwin

Protective Packaging for Distribution offers a comprehensive practical explanation of the methods needed to improve packaging design in multiple distribution environments. It combines a clear presentation of protective packaging basics with details on how to obtain and apply experimental data to the design of new packaging. It covers the materials, testing, regulations and manufacturing of a wide range of product and shipping containers.

The book covers packaging mathematics and physics in a clear step-by-step way and shows with numerous real-world examples how these concepts are applied to design strategies. It gives the testing and data information required for creating a wide range of protective packaging systems within numerous product categories such as electronics, healthcare, and food. Also covered are container requirements and tests for hazardous and regulated materials.

Features:

• Supplies essential techniques needed for protective packaging
• Explains testing required for container performance
• Covers distribution packaging for food, healthcare, electronics, as well as hazardous and regulated materials
• Reviews basic math and physics fundamentals for students and professionals

Contents

1. Distribution Packaging's Role in the Corporate Enterprise
2. Dynamic Theory: Foundations
3. Dynamic Theory: Vibration
4. Shock Fragility
5. Dynamic Theory: Advanced
6. Protective Packaging Development Process
7. Cushioning
8. Hazards of the Logistical Environment
9. Measuring Logistical Hazards
10. Product Damage Potential
11. Quantifying Product Fragility
12. Product Design for Distribution
13. Shipping Container Design
14. Interior Packaging Design
15. Unit Load Design
16. Considerations for Selected Industries
17. Package Performance Testing
18. Packaging Laboratory
19. Performance Testing Protocols
20. Hazards of the Logistical Environment
21. Future Perspectives

Index

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