Course details

Packaging Production

Teaching: Completely taught in English

ECTS: 3

Level: Undergraduate

Semester: Summer

Prerequisites:

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Course objectives:

Get acquainted with the types and processes of packaging production, the basics of packaging design, printing and recovery.

Student responsibilities:

Attending lectures and exercises and written knowledge tests.

Grading and evaluation of student work over the course of instruction and at a final exam:

Class attendance. Midterm or final written exam - 70% Project - 20% Oral exam - 10%

Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to (learning outcomes):

1 . Apply knowledge of materials, technologies and technical systems in business, societal and environmental contexts in line with engineering ethics.

2 . Describe the basic procedures for the production of paper, metal, glass and plastic packaging.

3 . Recognize the process of making packaging on a specific example.

4 . Suggest the type of packaging material with regard to the requirements of the contents to be packed in the packaging.

5 . Choose the packaging production procedure.

Lectures

1. Introduction to packaging technology: history, concepts and trends. Levels and functions of packaging and packaging.

2. Types of packaging materials. Types and forms of packaging.

3. Production of paper and cardboard packaging.

4. Production of metal packaging.

5. Production of glasspackaging.

6. Plastic materials for use in packaging - properties and applications.

7. Requirements for packaging intended for food and beverage packaging. Permeability.

8. Assessment of the life cycle of a packaging product. Written knowledge test.

9. Continuous processes of plastic packaging production.

10. Cyclic processes of plastic packaging production.

11. Procedures for making plastic packaging by reshaping.

12. Production of foam packaging. Printing procedures.

13. Recovery of paper and cardboard packaging. Recovery of metal and glass packaging.

14. Recovery of plastic packaging.

15. Written knowledge test.

Exercises

1. Types and forms of packaging - examples of materials and applications.

2. Types and forms of packaging - examples of materials and applications.

3. Computational tasks - permeability of packaging materials.

4. Computational tasks - permeability of packaging materials.

5. Biodegradable plastic packaging. Biodegradable plastic packaging.

6. Biodegradable plastic packaging. Biodegradable plastic packaging.

7. Plastic packaging production processes - machines and equipment.

8. Plastic packaging production processes - machines and equipment.

9. Visit to the plant for the production of plastic or glass packaging.

10. Visit to the plant for the production of plastic or glass packaging.

11. Visit to the packaging printing plant.

12. Visit to the packaging printing plant.

13. Presentation of student projects - selection of packaging material and production procedure for a specific purpose.

14. Presentation of student projects - selection of packaging material and production procedure for a specific purpose.

15. Presentation of student projects - selection of packaging material and production procedure for a specific purpose.

Compulsory literature:

1. Food packaging, Vujković, I., Galić, A., Vereš, M. , Tectus, 2007, p. 0-0

Recommended literature:

2. Plastics Packaging, Hernandez, R.J., Selke, S.E.M., Cutler, J.D., Hanser Verlag, 2000, p. 0-0

3. Food Packaging and Food Alterations: The User-oriented Approach, Parisi, S., Smithers Rapra Technology Ltd., 2012, p. 0-0