Purposes and analysis of industrial package design

✍ Scribed by Allan Easton

• Book ID: 103101783
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1978
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 646 KB
• Volume: 7
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0019-8501
• DOI: 10.1016/0019-8501(78)90073-1

✦ Synopsis

A simpl#ied analysis is presented of the physical phenomena and mechanical stresses involved in shock and vibration hazards which lead to concealed damages. The role of industrial packaging design in red&q the destructive mechanical stresses to harmless levels is discussed. Consideration is also given to the factors which contribute to an optimal package design based on a compromise between the cost of occasional concealed damage and the cost qfe.rtra protection achieved tq the liberal use of expensive packaging designs.

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Although package design is usually the province of the product engineer or the packaging consultant, industrial marketing practitioners have more than a passing interest in the subject because (a) the cost of packaging, transportation, insurance and storage are important factors in price determination;

(b) too many shipments arriving with concealed damage cause customer inconvenience and d:ssatisfaction; and (c) improperly designed containers for hazardous products can cause grievous injury to innocent parties.