Author: anotoki

For the purpose of protecting the environment and ecology, people have begun to actively choose the kind of packaging that can be used multiple times. For those packaging categories where no suitable substitutes can be found in a short time, people also tend to choose to package products made of more environmentally friendly materials.

What is edible packaging

Packaging with vegetables and starch as the main raw materials are the two main parts of the current food-grade packaging market. The former is mainly based on vegetables, which are processed into a water slurry, and then molded and dried; the latter is refined by adding other food additives to the starch, and then using a method similar to papermaking to shape it. In general, using vegetables as the original packaging will be more environmentally friendly.

Vegetable paper

Vegetable paper was first developed in Japan and is also called vegetable paper. Vegetables are rich in dietary fiber, a variety of vitamins and minerals, and the dietary fiber in them is very stable during production and processing. Therefore, in the process of processing vegetables into vegetable paper, there is little loss of nutrients from vegetables. The emergence of vegetable paper improves the added value of vegetables, and also solves the problem of fresh vegetables being difficult to preserve and perishable, thus reducing the waste of food. However, this technology of vegetable paper has not been promoted worldwide. Today, only Japan has carried out large-scale production of vegetable paper. In addition to vegetable paper, Japan also has edible paper made by extracting dietary fiber from soybean dregs, as well as fruit paper and seaweed paper.

Glutinous rice paper

The glutinous rice paper is made from glutinous rice and is rich in carbohydrates. The glutinous rice paper is mainly used for the packaging of candy, cakes and other items, and the main purpose is to prevent the internal products from sticking to the external packaging.

What is green packaging

Green packaging is regarded as the part of pollution-free packaging, which specifically refers to the type of packaging that will not affect or damage the ecological environment and human health, and can be reused, regenerated, and meets the requirements of sustainable development.

In order to reduce the harm caused by packaging and other wastes to the ecological environment, some people put forward the concept of “green packaging” more than ten years ago. The emergence of “green packaging” takes into account the two meanings of environmental protection and resource regeneration, and this has specific manifestations as follows:

1. Reduce the use of packaging. That is, on the premise that it can protect the internal products, facilitate the use of users, and do not affect the sales of the merchants, try to reduce the amount of packaging used.

2. Green packaging should meet the requirements of easy reuse or easy recycling. At present, this is the most practical and feasible way to develop green packaging materials, and it is a relatively active and feasible waste disposal method. Most of the beverage bottles, plastic bottles, glass bottles, etc. that we can touch and use in our daily life can be processed through certain technologies and then reused many times.

The “greenness” of green packaging is reflected in the fact that when the packaging becomes garbage and is discarded, the packaging waste can be degraded without forming permanent garbage that will pollute the environment. The serious problems caused by incomplete degradation of plastic products have been paid attention to and studied all over the world. Degradation is the use of microorganisms in the soil and water, or through the ultraviolet rays in the sun, to split and restore plastic products in the natural environment. The ultimate goal of this process is to make plastic re-enter the ecological environment in a non-toxic form and return to nature. But over time, the current situation of plastic degradation has surprised people, and the demand for green packaging is also increasing year by year. Packaging materials should be non-toxic and harmless to humans and other organisms. This is also the basic requirement of packaging.

Common food-grade green packaging

Wheat straw

Wheat straw is a by-product of agricultural planting. It is cheap and easy to obtain. At the same time, it has the function of being renewable and easily biodegradable.

In the supermarket tableware shelves, wheat stalks are generally made into bowls, cups, etc. Because of the different materials, the meal made of wheat straw is different from plastic products. Generally, the whole product is not pure and single color, but mixed with some dot patterns. This is not caused by dirty materials.

Products made from straw do not taste when they are packed in hot items, and this problem has always appeared in plastic packaging.

Bamboo

In the Yunnan region of China, bamboo woven products are often used to package tea. Use bamboo strips to woven grid baskets with larger intervals. This kind of packaging has the effect of ventilation and air permeability. When the tea is brewed, the tea will also emit a faint bamboo fragrance. At the same time, this kind of bamboo woven packaging can also protect the tea to a certain extent. The packaging made of bamboo has an advantage that other packaging materials do not have, that is, it can absorb odors. Bamboo products used for tea packaging can effectively filter out the miscellaneous flavors and ensure the cleansing effect of tea.

Gourd

In autumn, cover the fresh gourd with gauze and dry it in the shade. After a period of time, the gourd will become hard.

Cut the gourd in half to get a gourd scoop, which can be used to hold water. Through a certain process, under the premise of not destroying the shape of the gourd, the flesh inside the gourd can be taken out, and a gourd pot that can pack liquids such as wine and water can be obtained. In ancient China, gourd pots were often used to hold wine. If it is not deliberately damaged, the gourd pot can generally be used for a long time. This is a kind of environmental protection and green packaging.

Food is indispensable and irreplaceable in our lives, so have you ever thought about why the food we see is packaged.

The necessity of food packaging

From the point of view of the steps of food production and product sales, the purpose of food packaging is mainly to prevent food from spoiling, and at the same time, the most important thing is to ensure the quality of food. Packaging is an important medium to ensure food quality and reduce food waste, and it is also an effective way to reduce the addition of preservatives in the food production process. The packaging has important functions of installing food, preventing food from spoiling, appearing damage and avoiding infringement. At the same time, packaging can also provide consumers and sales personnel with necessary relevant information, and convey to them the relevant characteristics of the product and the nutritional information of the food in the package.

Food packaging is not only closely related to the health of consumers, but also to the reputation of the company; it can also prevent microbial and dust pollution. Although manufacturers are now paying more and more attention to the sanitation of production lines, suspended dust still cannot be completely avoided and isolated. In the process from product production, packaging to sales, there are many opportunities for food to come into contact with people, air, and various tools and equipment. This also shows that food is actually very susceptible to contamination by microorganisms and dust. Packaging food is also responsible to consumers. If consumers eat heavily contaminated food, it will cause food poisoning. With packaging, a reasonable packaging design can simplify transportation conditions and extend the time for goods to be placed on the shelf, which is also a way to reduce waste. Therefore, food must be packaged to prevent secondary pollution.

Causes of air leakage in packaging swelling bags

Good food packaging not only requires attention to design, but more importantly, the packaging effect must be paid attention to. Packing swelling or leaking is the most common packaging defect in food vaccum packaging. For vacuum packaging, air tightness is an important criterion for considering this packaging.

The reasons for bag expansion or air leakage of vacuum packaging may be as follows:

The first is that the bacteria in the vacuum packaging bag multiply and produce gas, which is also one of the main reasons for the flatulence of the vacuum packaging bag. On the premise that there is no quality problem in the packaging bag itself, if the food packaged in the bag is not completely sterilized, it will rapidly multiply in the bag, and the phenomenon of bag swelling will occur over time.

Lax sealing is also one of the reasons. The packaging bag sealing process is an important key in the packaging process on the packaging line. Whether it is vacuum packaging or inflatable packaging, the requirements for packaging and sealing have never been lowered. After the food is bagged, it will be heat-pressed and sealed in the next process of the packaging line. The quality of this process will directly affect the air tightness of the vacuum packaging bag. If the sealing effect of this process is not good, the sealing edge is not tight enough, it is very likely that the vacuum packaging bag will leak. When the external air enters the packaging bag through the leaking part, the vacuum packaging will also produce bag expansion.

When the storage temperature changes from time to time, condensed water will be generated in the package in an alternate hot and cold environment, which will also cause the package to look bloated. And long-term contact between food additives and food sometimes produce gas.

Packing level

Primary packaging is the layer of packaging that is in direct contact with the product. Primary packaging is an important line of defense between the products in the package and the outside world. For fast-moving products, primary packaging is also an indispensable packaging process. Some primary packaging needs to be discarded after the product is used up, such as some beverage bottles, potato chip bags, etc.; some primary packaging needs to be discarded at the beginning of use, such as some packaging bags for fast food sandwiches and other items.

The secondary packaging is the big packaging bag that sums up many primary packagings. To put it simply, when you buy a full box of drinks in a supermarket, the box that packs the scattered drinks in one box is the so-called secondary packaging. Some product-related information is often printed on the secondary packaging, which can play a role in attracting buyers and promoting companies to a certain extent.

The primary packaging and secondary packaging will overlap in most cases. For many products on the market that people can see, the primary packaging is the secondary packaging. Merchants print and advertise on primary packaging, which in turn gives primary packaging the role and function of secondary packaging.

If you want to distinguish between primary packaging and secondary packaging more intuitively, you can observe the packaging of drugs. For example, when we get a drug for the first time, the cardboard box that can be reached by both hands is the secondary packaging. There should be relevant information about the product and the company on the secondary packaging, which will serve as a message to consumers. The packaging of the medicine directly wrapped in the box is the primary packaging.

The third-level packaging is mainly used for the transportation of goods to ensure that the goods will not be damaged during the transfer from A to B. For example, in the transportation of large machinery, the wooden boxes used by the packaging machinery and the plastic film used for packaging belong to the category of tertiary packaging.

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In this era of information technology, the way of wine fragrance is not afraid of deep alleys may be out of date. Operators want to make their brands bigger and stronger, and it is not enough to rely solely on high-quality products. The ultimate goal of the manufacturer is to promote the brand and make money. In order to obtain sufficient benefits and achieve a certain purpose, The operator found that the role of packaging was no longer simply to package and transport goods. Packaging can bring benefits to consumers and also bring profits to operators. As a result, they began to focus on product packaging, starting with packaging, attracting consumers, and promoting the brand.

Good-looking is not the only criterion for packaging

When most companies face product packaging design, they don’t know what they want. The packaging is to be good-looking, but it is not possible to simply unfold the packaging design around the good-looking. The market is full of incomprehensible products. Packaging is the first place for the external display of the brand image. If the core of the brand cannot be accurately expressed, then even if the packaging is beautiful, it will not help the brand in any way. Packaging is not a work of art for consumers and businesses. The primary role of packaging is to help companies and consumers create consumption motivation, so that consumers want to buy desire and psychology.

Now, many companies on the market simply categorize the judgment criteria of packaging design as good-looking or not. They simply believe that good-looking packaging design can more easily attract and impress consumers, which in turn can promote consumer consumption. We cannot deny the role of beautiful packaging. In fact, good-looking packaging is indeed more attractive to consumers than ordinary packaging.

But the main purpose of packaging is to solve the company’s sales problems. While the packaging is good-looking, it should also take into account the role of publicity and expression. There is no shortage of packaging designs that take the above two into account. Only by linking packaging with enterprises and products can consumers truly impress consumers and increase consumption.

Packaging and brand owners

Firstly, for brand owners, packaging design is the first specific thing that a brand can directly contact consumers. Packaging design is a process of combining brand logos, related text information, graphics, colors and other elements based on a certain purpose. In this process, packaging design work is based on the core of the brand and the characteristics of the product as an important reference basis. Good packaging design can form a brand’s unique image and leave a deep impression on consumers, and realize the transmission of information between consumers and the brand under the effect of visual senses.

Secondly, packaging is also a channel to reflect product quality. Before starting a packaging design work, participants will conduct in-depth research and inspections on products and companies. Brand is the concentration of corporate culture, and product is a kind of derivative of brand. If you want a brand to survive and develop for a long time, you need to show the essence behind them. In this way, packaging has become a way to promote companies and brands. In today’s market environment, the vast majority of brand owners and enterprises are aware of the important role of product packaging design in maintaining brand image. There are more and more consumers who regard the external packaging of products as the brand and corporate image, so many companies are becoming more and more concerned about packaging.

Packaging and marketing

If a product wants to stand out among many similar products, companies have to consider the important factor of packaging design. The role of packaging is to give life to the product, allowing the product to speak for itself on the silent shelf. Only in this way can the promotion and marketing of the brand be promoted.

Packaging design is an important sales channel for companies and brands. Seeking the psychological needs of consumers is an important aspect that designers need to consider in the process of packaging design, and the packaging design needs to conform to the public’s aesthetics. Consumers’ pursuit and yearning for beautiful things will help consumers choose products with good-looking packaging. Products with no bright spots on the packaging will be easier to hide in the market. Such packaging will naturally not highlight the brand value and will lose the attention of consumers.

In addition to the protective function and effect of product packaging, with the help of color, text, graphics and other elements on the packaging, it will leave consumers with a deep impression and beautiful feeling, help consumers understand the product, and win consumers’ love and favor. In today’s mature consumer system, the products purchased by consumers include intangible corporate culture in addition to the product itself. Only by clarifying the relationship between packaging and brand, attaching importance to packaging, and establishing the connection between packaging and brand, can one’s own brand not be eliminated in the fierce social competition.

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Toys have long been not exclusive to children. With the increase of age, different groups of people have different needs for toys, and toys suitable for adults are also emerging in endlessly. If you pay attention to your friends, maybe you will find that there are many people who are obsessed with toys.

The benefits of toys

All kinds of data and facts tell us the influence of toys on human growth and development. Toys can always bring many benefits to human development.

Humans have been in contact with toys since childhood. From the very beginning, the various abilities of infants and young children were exercised through the colors of toys and the sounds they made. This was an important tool for them to understand the world.

When children are playing, they will “communicate” with toys, which gives children the opportunity to express their thoughts in words. Toys can also encourage children to use their senses to touch the world, such as stimulating their sense of sight, hearing and touch, and helping them to cooperate with their body’s various sensory responses to contact and recognize the novelty and all things in the outside world.

Whether it is the toy itself or the packaging of the toy, their design is brightly colored. This can directly bring visual excitement to the children.

As a child grows up, various physical functions such as hand-foot coordination, hand-eye coordination, etc. need to be trained and gradually established. And toys are one of the best training tools.

Design

Graphic elements

The graphic elements of toy packaging mainly refer to the information that can be conveyed directly and effectively to consumers on the packaging shell, mainly including the specific shape of the toy printed on the package. The graphic elements of packaging are mainly taking into account that customers cannot intuitively understand the internal goods, and this defect can be compensated by graphic printing on the packaging. The graphic elements of toy packaging are the most important component in the entire toy packaging. This increases the possibility of products being selected by customers to a certain extent, and acts as a salesperson.

Nowadays, most of the toys we can see on the shelves of shopping malls use cartoon graphics on their packaging. Cartoon images can make it easier for consumers to understand the products inside the packaging, and also add a certain degree of vividness and interest. Cartoon images have gradually become the mainstream in toy packaging, which can have a visual impact on consumers and stimulate their consumption of toys.

Color element

Toy packaging is usually decorated with bright colors. The color selection of toy packaging is mainly based on the color characteristics of the products in the packaging. In addition, it is necessary to fully consider the consumer psychology of consumers.

Bright colors not only play the role of attracting consumers, but also leave a deep impression on customers, can make people aftertaste, and play the purpose of secondary consumption.

The color selection of children’s toy packaging is also regular. The color contrast of children’s toy packaging is strong, and low-brightness and low-purity colors are rarely used. In view of children’s psychological characteristics, high-brightness warm colors are often used in the color selection of children’s toy packaging. This kind of color contrast is stronger, and the visual experience is more vivid.

Personality element

The main consumer of toys is still children, so when designing toy packaging, it is inevitable to consider children’s psychological characteristics. While taking into account the consumer group, it also pays attention to the individuality and design of the packaging.

Take the packaging of Barbie dolls. Collectible and limited edition Barbie doll sets are mainly used by consumers for collection and decoration. Therefore, the packaging of this type of toy is usually a small display box. In view of the characteristics of this toy, its packaging will pay more attention to the selection of packaging materials and the originality of packaging design, which is to reflect the collection value of the toy. The packaging of Barbie dolls for people to play is usually designed with an open window, and the toys are wrapped in transparent materials to attract the corresponding consumer groups.

The packaging of toys is an important means of protecting and promoting toys. When designing a successful toy packaging, it is necessary to carry out design innovations from the toy’s packaging graphics, packaging colors and packaging personality to make the toy attract consumers’ attention.

Packing

Window frame

Window frame packaging allows consumers to understand the contents of the box through the plastic spacers on the box. The window frame of some toy packaging is completely opened, that is to say, there is no plastic diaphragm that separates the consumer from the toy. This style of toy packaging can play a role in fixing the toy.

Plastic shell

The plastic shell mentioned here refers to the plastic clip that can be opened by sandwiching the toy in the middle, just like a clam, which can be opened and closed. There are two ways to seal the clip plastic shell. One is completely sealed. If consumers need to open the package, they need to destroy the package itself. The other is a way that can be opened and closed repeatedly, and the corresponding position is provided with a buckle to realize multiple opening and closing. Not only toys are clamped by the plastic shells on the front and back, but also related instruction cards. Consumers can also see the above related content more clearly.

This packaging method can ensure the safety of the product and facilitate the storage of toys.

Blister

Blister is the most common toy packaging shell. It is to glue the plastic shell of the toy to the cardboard printed with toy information, brand promotion and other materials. The product itself is tightly wrapped, which can effectively prevent the movement and damage to the product in the package.

Blind box

Blind boxes have become very popular in recent years. Whether children or adults, blind boxes are absolutely attractive to them. The love of surprises may be the reason why more and more people choose blind boxes. Therefore, blind boxes are sometimes called surprise boxes.

The blind box is to seal the toy in an aluminum foil bag or a plastic bag and put it in a square box. The outer box may be printed with the image of the series of toys in the blind box, but consumers will never guess what the inside really looks like. Blind boxes can bring 100% surprises to consumers and are very suitable for collecting toys.

Packaging Machine

Based on the variety of toy packaging, many types of packaging require specific packaging machines, but there are also some packaging machines that can solve most packaging solutions, such as skin packaging machine, vffs.

Skin Packaging Machine

Many time, you can see a kind of packaging, with transparent plastic clinging to the surface of the toy. It is likely that a technology called Skin Pack is used to complete the packaging.

HFFS

Horizontal Form Fill & Seal Machine, also known as HFFS, is a general solution for packaging in many cases. You just need to arrange the packaging on the conveyor belt. The following video demonstrates how it packs cards.

Jewelry packaging and jewelry design are becoming more and more sophisticated in terms of the selection of materials and the development of styles.

Today’s consumers are more and more interested in personalization, which makes them look forward to the products they buy. The packaging of jewelry is different from ordinary packaging. Most consumers will store jewelry packaging for a long time. For consumers, this is not only packaging, but also a good container for storing jewelry.

The packaging of jewelry can well become the added value of jewelry, and can also provide a good first impression to the consumer. The packaging design of jewelry is also part of the product attributes. It can even be said that a quality packaging can be a plus for jewelry.

Material

There are many types of jewelry packaging styles.

A part of the jewelry packaging box will use a paper box to act as the packaging for placement. The main material of this type of packaging is paper, but it does not affect the hardness of the box. The low cost and light weight of this type of box makes it ideal for jewelers who sell online.

The design sense of the wooden jewelry box will be stronger and is a choice of high-quality packaging.

The wooden shell of the wooden jewelry box is usually polished. This gives the packaging an appearance that is flat and smooth. Wooden jewelry boxes are a one of the most excellent choice for the premium packaging market and can give the user a premium feel.

Jewelry boxes made of artificial leather are a classic and enduring style of gift boxes.  It has always been a best seller in the sales of gift boxes.

The artificial leather material jewelry box combines high quality and very high class shell, and is also very competitive in terms of price, thus becoming the first choice of packaging for many high-end jewelry brands such as pendants, rings and earrings.

Artificial leather jewelry boxes and wooden packaging boxes generally have a soft protective base placed in the box. This not only increases the aesthetic appeal, but also protects the jewelry inside the device. Generally speaking, there will be some cuts on the protective base, which can be used to fix the jewelry inside the device.

Style

The jewelry industry has been developing for more than a century, and some people’s demand for jewelry has long since shifted from a single wear to a collection. Although the development of the jewelry industry is getting better and better, but on the contrary, jewelry packaging design is not much development. Whether it is a high-end jewelry brand or low-end jewelry brand, they choose a similar jewelry packaging design. The simple and single jewelry packaging shell is basically not innovative. Although each brand will have a difference in materials when choosing a packaging box, the experience is the same for consumers.

In order to make your jewelry brand more competitive. Some jewelry brands are beginning to be more concerned about the design of jewelry packaging. Attempt to attract and grab the attention of consumers through distinctive jewelry packaging.

In addition to the traditional square and rectangular shapes of common packaging boxes, manufacturers will also incorporate more new elements into the jewelry packaging. Nowadays, jewelry packaging has a variety of shapes and colors.

Some niche jewelry brands have begun to try to combine the design of jewelry packaging boxes with daily life, and some design series of different styles have also appeared one after another: pumpkin carriage series, palace bubble series, bouquet series, etc.

In order to maintain the characteristics of their own brands, some well-known jewelry brands will still use simple packaging box designs, but will choose colors that can represent their brand image to match.

Publicity

A high-quality, distinctive jewelry packaging can also play a role in improving brand awareness for jewelry brands. Jewelers and jewelry designers can also reflect some of their own visions through the packaging. The development of the jewelry industry has led to a boom in the jewelry packaging industry.

The distinctive packaging allows consumers to think of the jeweler behind the packaging box as soon as they see the packaging. This is also one of the main reasons why some well-known jewelry brands do not change their packaging styles all the year round. However, the packaging boxes of these brands are not completely featureless, they will have a unique brand color. After years of use, that color has also become one of their brand’s representative business cards, such as the orange and blue that are familiar to some well-known brands. Of course, this is also one of their important channels for brand promotion.

With the upgrading of consumption, consumers are paying more and more attention to the material and design of jewelry packaging, and the packaging design of jewelry is also developing in a variety of directions.

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IP is the abbreviation of ingress protection. It is an international marking system used by manufacturers to indicate that the product shell and the inside of the shell are protected. The source is the standard IEC60529 of the International Electrotechnical Commission. Different regions may have different protection standards: British Standard BS EN 60529:1992, European Standard 60509:1989 and internationally, they meet EN 60529 certification.

Common and familiar smart devices or machinery have a protection standard, and the protection standards are different for liquids and solids.

The common standard of protection is usually in the form of IP plus two numbers, such as: IP45. The meanings of these two numbers are different. Generally speaking, the first number refers to the solid protection level, the second digit indicates the level of protection that the enclosure provides against harmful of water.

Businesses usually describe how their products are dustproof or waterproof. But how to let consumers know, you need the help of IP rating.

IP rating is very important for manufacturers. To obtain the IP rating of the product, a formal and professional company certification is required. After the test, the certification company will provide a digital IP rating for the product based on the test result. This can provide consumers with a reference basis for product selection.

The first number after IP represents different solid protection requirements. The solid protection is mainly to prevent the intrusion of external particles.

The number 0 is no protection against solids. Expose the solid product directly to the air without any protective treatment.

1 is to block particles larger than 50 mm in diameter. Under this protection, it can effectively prevent large-area contact of the human body, but for small areas of tissue, such as palms and backs of hands, it cannot provide protection.

2 is to protect objects with a diameter greater than 12.5 mm. This can effectively organize any part of the human body.

3 means to block dust particles above 2.5 mm in diameter. This number indicates that an object the size of a screwdriver can be prevented from entering.

The protection of the number 4 can block up to 1 mm of dust particles. Most wires, slender screws, and even some larger ants can be blocked from the outside.

5 and 6 indicate that protection can achieve the effect of dust prevention. The protection effect of 6 is better, which can completely cut off dust. Meanwhile, the protection effect of 6 will apply vacuum to achieve complete protection. The 5’s protection may not be as complete a barrier as the 6’s. But the solid protection represented by the number 5 can also keep out most of the dust in the air. Perhaps the rest of the dust may enter the shield through the gap that people can not notice, but such errors and omissions will not have any effect on the product itself.

Water and excessive humidity are deadly enemies of the normal operation of electronic equipment and machinery. Rainy weather and normal running water cleaning will affect the internal components of the device, and short-circuit failures may occur.

The second number after IP represents different liquid protection requirements. Liquid protection is to block the entry of liquid to prevent the phenomenon of deterioration due to moisture.

0 indicates that no precautions have been taken.

1 is to prevent dripping. The precautionary standard is that when the product is installed vertically on the turntable and rotated at 1RPM, the water droplets that drip vertically will not affect the product.

2 indicates that the drops fall at an Angle of 15 degrees with the product, but it will not affect the use of the product.

3: Spray protection. Set the sprayed water column and the machine at an angle of 60 degrees, and observe the use of the product at this time.

4 is splashing. This number requires the liquid to be splashed on the product at any angle without affecting its use.

5 is able to withstand low pressure water column test. When the liquid is sprayed on the equipment shell from any angle through the water column from the 6.3 mm nozzle, it will not produce negative effects.

6 is able to withstand high-pressure water column tests. The pressurized water jet ejected from the 12.5 mm powerful nozzle can be sprayed onto the equipment from any angle without affecting the use of the equipment.

The number 7 indicates immersion to a depth of about 1 m. When the enclosure is immersed in a liquid with a depth of 1 m under the specified pressure and time conditions, this number represents protection from harmful amounts of liquid entering the equipment.

8 indicates immersion of 1m or more. The number 8 means the device should be able to immerse for at least 1 hour.

9K is a high temperature and high pressure water column test. The equipment can withstand close-range high temperature and high pressure water column impact under the conditions specified by the manufacturer within 2 minutes of the test time.

There are also additional attainable ratings for specific protection:
D – Wire
F – Oil resistant
H – High voltage
M – Moving during water test
S – Standing still during water test
W – Weather resistant

Most electronic products such as smart phones and earphones have a protection level.

Take the smart devices we are familiar with, most smart devices can achieve IP68 protection level. This means that the electronic products under this protection level can be absolutely dustproof and excellent waterproof, and can be immersed in liquid for at least 1 hour.

The protection level of electrical sockets is generally IP54. Protection at this level can effectively prevent accidental entry of wires with a diameter greater than 1 mm.

In the medical field, improving the IP protection level is also an important matter. The cleaning of medical equipment requires that the equipment can withstand the sterilization process without affecting the next use of the equipment. Such protection requirements require the equipment to meet the protection requirements of IP54, IP65 or higher.

However, it is worth noting that any equipment that is said to have a waterproof effect is actually not 100% resistant to water penetration. Waterproof refers to the protection of the surface of the article so that it is not easily penetrated by water. Therefore, even if the level of liquid protection is higher, attention should be paid to reducing contact with liquids.

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We are all familiar with packaging. The items we come into contact with in our daily life and the products displayed in shopping malls are also inseparable from packaging. Clothing and luggage items may be manually packaged after purchase, but the packaging is not entirely dependent on labor. More products are packaged before they leave the factory. The coverage of the packaging machine industry has gradually expanded, and packaging machinery has gradually become popular, so the vast majority of packaging of that type of product is dependent on machinery.

The application of packaging machinery involves food, medicine, daily chemical, hardware, lighting, furniture and other industries. Powder, granules, liquids, etc. can be packaged in the packaging machine. The designer of the packaging machine will adjust the packaging machine according to market demand. By adding different auxiliary machines, the efficiency of packaging machinery is maximized. Through different auxiliary machines, different packaging purposes can be realized.

The competition of packaging machinery is becoming increasingly fierce, and the trend of packaging machinery with industrial automation is becoming more and more obvious. With the improvement of the level of packaging machinery, and the development of packaging equipment is developing in the direction of multi-function, high efficiency and low consumption.

Convenience

The intelligent development of packaging machinery has brought people a lot of convenience. Most packaging machinery can be controlled by smart devices. After the addition of smart devices, the use of machinery has become convenient and intelligent. Generally, the machinery manufacturer will debug the machinery before leaving the factory. After the user receives the machine, he only needs to perform simple routine operations to use the machine normally. The packaging equipment is connected to the mobile smart device through the network, so that the real-time status of the packaging machinery can be viewed on the mobile terminal.

Efficient

Packers and machinery manufacturers are paying more and more attention to the efficiency of machinery operation. The development of packaging machines also gradually tends to be flexible, efficient and multi-purpose. In addition, in order to save costs, manufacturers and packagers have begun to shift to a combination of machinery. In order to meet the expectations of consumers, a single packaging host will be equipped with different auxiliary machines. According to the characteristics of the packaged products, the appropriate coating will be selected on the part in contact with the product to achieve the ideal packaging line state. If you only pay attention to the main engine and ignore the choice of auxiliary equipment, the packaging main engine will not be able to exert the best packaging ability. This will also cause a certain amount of waste.

Automation

The development of packaging machines pays more and more attention to automation. The rapid development of the robotics industry can actually reveal the development trend of the mechanical packaging industry. Most industries are changing in the direction of liberating their hands and labor, which is also an inevitable trend in the development of the industry. On the packaging line, workers repeat the same work process, which will cause many problems over time. Automated machinery is also avoiding this situation, ensuring the efficiency of the production line and ensuring the safety of workers.

The competition between enterprises, the continuous innovation of machinery, the combination of emerging technologies and traditional machinery manufacturing, and other factors are urging the development of packaging machinery. The packaging machinery industry still maintains a lot of room for development. The cycle of innovation and replacement of packaging machinery has become shorter and shorter, making the requirements for packaging machines higher and higher. In other words, it is necessary to continuously improve the quality of the packaging machine, so that the packaging machine has good flexibility. Because only in this way, the development of packaging machines can meet the needs of market development.

Chocolate is a dessert made by grinding cocoa beans, often in solid and liquid forms. Chocolate products are attractive to people of all ages. From cocoa beans to chocolate, the production process is complicated. After fermentation, drying, washing, baking, grinding, heating and liquefaction and other complicated steps, it can become the most primitive chocolate slurry.

The finished chocolate has high requirements for storage conditions. The best storage environment is to keep the temperature between 15 and 17 degrees Celsius and the humidity below 50%. A cool and dry place is the best environment for storing chocolate. Like the hot and humid summer, the finished chocolate can be stored in the refrigerator. But at this time you need to pay attention, the characteristics of chocolate itself can easily make it contaminated with the smell of other objects. Therefore, the storage of chocolate needs to be sealed and isolated from the items outside the package to ensure the purity of the chocolate’s own smell.

Chocolate packaging requirements

On the market, candy chocolates are often plate-shaped and packed in plastic bags; chocolate sauce is a liquid with poor fluidity and is often packed in bottles or jars.

Among the rich and diverse packaging forms, it is not uncommon to use a combination of multiple materials, and there are also many requirements for the packaging of chocolate.

Oxygen barrier

Excessive contact with oxygen can cause the chocolate to oxidize and then develop an undesirable taste. White chocolate and milk chocolate are high in dairy products and low in cocoa, so they are more susceptible to the risk of oxidation than dark chocolate.

Moisture resistance

In a humid environment, the sugar in the chocolate will be dissolved. When the water evaporates, the sugar will recrystallize and form white particles on the surface of the chocolate. This is the phenomenon of chocolate frosting. The packaging with high moisture barrier reduces the probability of these phenomena and can keep the chocolate intact.

Low-temperature heat sealing

Chocolate is easy to melt when encountering high temperatures. If high-temperature heat sealing is used, the part of the chocolate close to the seal will melt when heated. Subsequent use affects the cleanliness of the packaging in the bag.

Good airtightness

Good airtightness are the basic requirements of all food packaging. Poor airtight packaging will allow air and moisture to penetrate in, It can affect the quality and eating of chocolate in the long run.

Several common chocolate packaging materials

The choice of chocolate packaging material usually also needs to consider the state of the finished chocolate.

aluminum foil packaging

Considering the characteristics of chocolate, many manufacturers will choose to wrap it in aluminum foil, no matter the size or shape of the chocolate, even if you eat a large piece of chocolate, you will not stain yourself. But the price is more expensive, and it needs to be packaged outside again for better sales, but as a high-end food, chocolate is completely acceptable.

PET packaging

With the development of chocolate technology and cocoa farming, chocolate has become a cheaper mass commodity, and through some adjustments of additives and ingredients, traditional plastic packaging is also acceptable.

Below is a video of packaging chocolate using our HFFS:

This is actually a general-purpose packaging solution for a single block, widely used in bakery, candy and other industries, so the cost is low and suitable for those cheap chocolate products.

PET aluminized packaging

PET aluminized packaging is a type of packaging that has been used on a large scale in recent years. By using multi-layer films including aluminum and other metals and adjusting the proportion of them to obtain better packaging bag characteristics, there are many PET aluminized suitable for chocolate. film. Our customers, for example, use this type of packaging and further pack it in a bag-in-bag format.

As early as more than 7,000 years ago, the original residents of the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River had mastered rice planting technology and began to use it as a staple food. Humans have mastered rice technology for more than a thousand years. Since the endosperm of rice is directly exposed on the outside, it is susceptible to deterioration due to external influences. Therefore, the application of vacuum form in rice packaging is becoming more and more.

Advantage

Extended shelf life

Rice is in contact with the air for too long and it is easy to cause deterioration. In dry areas, the storage time limit of rice is 6-12 months, while in humid areas, rice can only be stored for 3 months. If vacuum packaging is used to isolate the air and the rice is stored in a sealed bag, it can be stored for 4 years.

Save storage space and improve transportation efficiency

Vacuum packaging greatly reduces the volume of the finished product and saves storage space by evacuating the air inside the packaging to the greatest extent. The increase in space utilization allows businesses to transport more vacuum rice at one time, saving the cost of transportation time. Based on this idea, a kind of brick-shaped vacuum packaging form has been produced, and its square shape greatly saves the space occupied when stacking.

Keep it fresh

Rice is easily affected by the temperature and humidity in the air. Especially in summer, the internal moisture of rice grains exposed to the air will be reduced by high temperature, which will affect the taste of the rice grains. In severe cases, the rice grains may crack. Vacuum packaging will vacuum seal the rice when it is in good condition to isolate it from the air. Even after a long time, when the package is opened again, the rice still retains its fresh taste.

Give a person edible peace of mind feeling

Vacuum-packed rice is mostly small-capacity high-end quality rice. The weight of this kind of bagged rice is generally below 5kg, and the price is relatively high. Consumers generally have extra expectations when choosing such products. The use of vacuum packaging gives people a safer and healthier look and feel of food, which can meet this consumption expectation, thereby reasonably increasing the premium and increasing sales.

Reduce pest infestation

Rice sometimes attaches some insect eggs that are difficult to distinguish with the naked eye. If vacuum packaging is used to isolate the air, the eggs will lose the conditions for hatching. It can solve the problem of rice worms, and provide a certain degree of safety for the consumption of rice.

Deficiency

The cost of packaging bags increased

Vacuum packaging will compact the loose rice in the packaging bag. During this process, the pointed parts of the two ends of the rice will often puncture the packaging bag. Therefore, the bag used for vacuum packaging of rice needs to be thicker than ordinary bags, which undoubtedly increases the cost of vacuum packaging of rice.

Packing machinery costs more

Vacuum packaging requires an additional step of vacuuming. Whether it is manual or automatic, additional labor or machine costs are required. If you want to pursue a better vacuum packaging effect, you also need more professional and expensive machines, such as our vacuum packaging machine. Compared with the bag-type packaging machine, the price difference is more than 70%, so the cost of the vacuum packaging machine will be much higher than that of ordinary packaging.

Serviceable range

In the past 10 years, the price of rice futures has not changed much, but the terminal price has continued to rise. It can be seen that with the improvement of the market and the improvement of people’s food quality requirements, the demand for high-end rice is also increasing, so the vacuum-packed rice market Also getting bigger. In addition to eating this kind of high-end rice, it is gradually becoming a popular gift-giving method. I believe that with the expansion of the high-end market in the future, vacuum-packed rice will become more and more important.

Maintenance of the machine can maintain its efficiency and extend its life. For the convenience of customers, we have compiled a “Machine Preventive Maintenance Schedule” according to the parts of the machine to help customers understand maintenance issues:

The above schedule is applicable to our Premade Pouch Packaging Machine and Automatic Vacuum Packaging Machine.

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We also wrote other articles on maintenance:

Packaging Machine Maintenance Guide
Operation Process & Jobs Division of Packing Machine
Guidelines for safe winterize of packaging machines

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