The Packaging User’s Handbook

Description

The first version of this book, Packaging Materials and Containers was published in 1967 and was revised extensively ten years later under the title The Packaging Media. Some thirty or so authors were involved in producing the initial texts for these books, and I must acknowledge their material, much of which is still valid. It is now thirteen years since The Packaging Media-high time to take stock and incorporate the considerable advances in materials, forms, techniques and machinery that have taken place. In 1977, wherever possible, we asked the original authors to carry out the revisions, but retirements and job changes have now eliminated over twenty of the original authors. We have therefore appointed an Editorial Board to advise on this more extensive revision, and I wish to thank them for their detailed and helpful assistance: Dr C. J. Mackson and Professor Y. Dagel for general comments and guidance on the overall plan and, in particular, the Introduction (chapter 1); Graham Gordon and Harri Mostyn for assistance with much of Part D on Distribution Packages, and Dennis Hine and Susan Selke for their work in respect of paperboard and plastics retail packaging, respectively. A major contribution was made by the seventh member of the Editorial Board, David Osborne, who advised in the area of glass. Front Matter....Pages i-xviii Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Introduction....Pages 3-22 Front Matter....Pages 23-23 Wood and wood-based materials....Pages 25-35 Pulps and papers....Pages 36-63 Paperboard....Pages 64-80 Metal packaging....Pages 81-93 Glass....Pages 94-101 Plastics....Pages 102-120 Adhesives....Pages 121-137 Front Matter....Pages 139-139 Packaging with flexible barriers....Pages 141-161 Folding boxboard cartons....Pages 162-194 Rigid and cylindrical boxes and composite containers....Pages 195-226 Metal cans....Pages 227-266 Aerosols (pressurized containers)....Pages 267-279 Metal and plastic collapsible tubes and aluminium foil containers....Pages 280-288 Glass containers....Pages 289-312 Moulded pulp, expanded polystyrene, moulded and thermoformed plastic containers....Pages 313-347 Closures and dispensing devices for glass and plastic containers....Pages 348-381 Decoration of packaging....Pages 382-396 Front Matter....Pages 397-397 Cylindrical shipping packages....Pages 399-431 Rectangular shipping containers....Pages 432-488 Front Matter....Pages 397-397 Flexible shipping packages....Pages 489-536 Pallets and unit loads....Pages 537-564 Package cushioning systems....Pages 565-588 Back Matter....Pages 589-592