Industrial & Commercial Processes

Structural Packaging Nets
1. To contain
2. To protect
3. To dispense
4. To advertise
5. Standard net used to save time
  1. Simply print graphics on
  2. Good in global marketplace
Designing & Creating Packaging Nets
1. CAD or hand drawn
2. Must show
  1. Cut lines
    1. Continuous line
  2. Fold lines
    1. Broken line
  3. Tabs
  4. Closure system
  5. Annotation
Making the Die Form
1. Most expensive part of process
2. Die is the cutter
3. Done by hand
  1. Well skilled
  2. Making the cutter
4. Can also be done using CAD
Die Cutting
1. Test sheet first
2. Pushed into cutters/creasing rulers
3. Ejector pins push waste away
Folding & Gluing
1. For mass or large batch production
  1. Highly automated gluing line
2. Gluing controlled by timer
3. Stacked and compressed
  1. Allows adhesive to dry
Commercial production of packaging nets
1. 1.Preperation
2. 2.Processing/production
3. 3.Assembly
4. 4.Finishing

Resource summary

	Created by hwhitehorne about 11 years ago