Packaging Flashcards
Types of packaging diagram
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What are matter or felted sheet usually composed of
Plant fibres
ISO stands for
International Standards Organisation
What is the weight of paper with a basis weight?
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Fibre sources (4)
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3
4 Mixed fibres of spruce, pine and birch
What is the most important characteristic of fibre
Fibre length
What can density variations of long fibres lead to? (2)
1 Poor absorption of ink when printing
2 Problems with adhesive bonding
Short fibres produce paper with (2)
1 smoother surfaces
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Recycled fibres has the characteristics of what source?
Original fibre source
What type of fibre degrades each time it is re-pulped and what does it do?
Recycled fibres
- reduces fibre length
Types of pulp methods (3)
1 mechanical pulping
2 chemical pulping
3 combination process
Mechanical pulping is the
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What type of yield do you get from timber?
High yield
What makes the fibres in pulp hard and rigid?
Lignin
What are the five chemical pulp characteristics?
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3
4
5 high purity yields
Final paper is affected by: (5)
1 beating of the pulp
2 forming of the fibre network
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Most common machine for paper making
Fourdrinier machine
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Another paper making machine
Twin wire machine
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Paper can be considered as an ______ material
Orthotropic
Factors to consider for packaging industry management (7)
Raw material inflation
Reduction of waste
Capital expenditure
Operational performance measurement
Product and customer profitability management
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Global packaging by geography diagram
5%
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Packaging end market diagram
51%……
Why important to reduce environmental impact
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Factors for manufacturing…
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The packaging and packaging waste directive ( ) stated objective
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Universal recycling symbol
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