Paper Structural Packaging – Pack all Possibilities

Let’s talk about Paper structural packaging- Pack all Possibilities

The success or failure of packaging comes from two main elements: “material” and “structure.” Material and structure together decide the effectiveness of packaging protection, the convenience of product delivery, and level of consumer satisfaction. The result of this combination of premium material and intelligent structural design with excellent quality benefits business interests and brand image.

What is Paper structural packaging?

The term ‘packaging structure’ refers to the connections between the various elements of the product packaging.

The structural design of a package can be evaluated by assessing the following four points:

1. 1. Packing: Product specification is the first consideration in developing the design of a packaging structure. The packing function is different depending on the type of the product. For example, when packing Coke, it is necessary to consider the possible changes of gas and liquid and reserve space accordingly; whereas when packing electronic equipment, it is essential to effectively secure the electronic components and parts.
   2. Protection: The strength of packaging protection is mainly determined by structural design. Structural design requires taking issues such as load capacity, shockproof quality, and drop resistance, into consideration. The focus of structural design needs to be placed on different protection aspects in response to various product features. For instance, precision electronic instruments need to reinforce the stability of the products to enhance the level of drop resistance, while fresh vegetable and fruit packaging emphasizes air permeability and pressure resistance.
   3. Efficiency of logistics: In the globalized modern era, product packaging must take logistics efficiency into account. Packaging should be conducive to transportation and convenient for warehouse management, an essential step in controlling costs. The transportation cost is often proportional to the packaging volume; thus, the question of how to streamline packaging while considering protection for the product is a significant focus of packaging structural design.
   4. Display: The most significant purpose of producing goods is to sell them. The issue of attracting consumers’ attention on the dazzling shelves and then to persuade them to purchase the product is one of the key consideration of packaging design. Therefore, when designing packaging structure, the attractive appearance of the product and the display effect on the shelf is a critical aspect.

Material of Paper structural packaging

Paper is regarded as a green packaging material because of its light weight, cost-efficiency, high formability, and recyclability. Due to the characteristics of paper, paper structural packaging usually uses corrugated cardboard as the structure base to overcome the common challenge of insufficient resistance to pressure.

Corrugated cardboard is a packaging material consisting of a fluted corrugated sheet and one or two flat liner boards, which has become a mature industrial product in the packaging industry.

Corrugated cardboard is a structured industrial product. Combining structural rigidity with cushioning qualities, corrugated cardboard can effectively reinforce the packaging structure’s firmness and bearing strength.

Paper structural packaging design with bold innovation and careful calculation.

Before a product reaches the consumer, it must go through numerous checkpoints including loading and unloading, transportation, and storage. Hence, protecting the product throughout this long process is the most crucial task of product packaging. Compared with inner protection layers such as Styrofoam or blister packaging, using paper as the main body of the packaging protection structure can effectively reduce the use of plastic packaging. However, the structural design requires careful calculation and planning by professional packaging structural designers. At the same time, innovative structural design ideas are necessary to create solid and eye-catching packaging.

Fudy Solutions works with many experienced structural designers who have mastered structural mechanics with innovative ideas and bold experiments. We are ready to provide you more possibilities for your product packaging structure.

Are there any disadvantages of paper structural packaging?

Paper structural packaging has the advantages of eco-friendliness, lightness, and innovation. However, it usually requires some manual assembly which cannot be fully automated. Therefore, the manufacturing can be relatively time-consuming.

More to come. Less to waste.

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