In a world without industrial packaging, goods are simply loaded onto a pallet, tied up by rope (or some other equally inadequate material) that can keep them vaguely together, and loaded onto a truck to be transported across state lines.
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The constant movement would slam the goods against each other. Precipitation could damage and soak products — becoming damaged and unusable when delivered to retail stores, distribution centers, or customers’ doors.
Industrial packaging solves this problem.
There are other types of packaging, as well, such as consumer packaging. Consumer packaging is designed to protect individual products or cases of products. Branded boxes on store shelves containing a product are a form of consumer packaging. After the box is opened, there may be a sealed container within the package. All of those items are considered primary and secondary consumer packaging.
Packaging is a must for any industry. It’s not feasible to take a product on its own, ship it to customers and expect it to not run into issues along the way.
Industrial packaging is typically separate from consumer packaging, but they sometimes overlap. Industrial packaging is often used in the manufacturing and distribution processes. Moving raw materials or goods not fully processed from one facility to another often uses some form of industrial packaging for storage and transportation. This can come in many forms, from large boxes and sheeting to bags to stretch wrap.
When industrial packaging mingles with consumer packaging, it is often from a distribution or manufacturing facility to a retail location. Products are secured with industrial packaging until they reach the store and then are opened and unpackaged for store shelves. In this situation, pallets wrapped with a stretch wrap are often unwrapped, and master-packed boxes of goods are opened and unloaded for individual products to be placed on the shelf. In this scenario, the stretch wrap around the pallet and the master pack corrugated boxes are a form of industrial packaging used to unitize and protect the products within the master pack.
Let’s use an example to compare consumer packaging with industrial packaging. Say you’re a beverage company that makes cola, seltzer, wine, or anything else in liquid form. How do you prepare that type of product, so it looks appealing to your customers? By putting it in a can, bottle, or container with an attractive, eye-catching design that entices people to buy it. It’s protective packaging but has other goals besides protecting the product. Eye appeal and freshness, with tamper-evident materials to attract customers; that’s consumer packaging.
Industrial packaging is how you get your product from here to there. Using industrial packaging equipment to securely wrap and package goods to make them suitable for shipping, you can ensure they stay in one piece during transportation. Industrial packaging is meant to be practical and protective — it rarely requires flashy colors or swaggy designs. Though industrial materials can be branded, many companies choose not to unless the packaging comes into potential customers’ eyesight.
Industrial packaging materials are many and varied. Two types are shrink wrap and stretch wrap. For some, these may sound like the same thing — but the two wraps have unique qualities and are used for different purposes. There are several other containers and materials used for industrial packaging. Below are a few to consider.
Heat Shrink wrap can be used as consumer packaging or industrial packaging. Thinner heat shrink wrap covers individual consumer boxes for added protection. Small bands can also be used around bottle caps for tamper-evident consumer packaging. In an industrial setting, thick heat shrink wrap covers and protects large or unitized objects. For this, a polyethylene shrink film, often over a 3 mil thickness, is used.
Stretch wrap is often confused with shrink wrap because it is used to wrap goods and is generally made of LLDPE plastic, but its makeup and purposes are very different. Stretch wrap is pulled around products and stretched tight to hold boxes and other goods in place. The purpose of this material is to protect goods from becoming damaged during transport and storage. Using a stretch wrap machine can make wrapping loads more efficient and uniform.
Strapping is used to help secure individual boxes with heavy objects or full pallet loads of products. To help secure individual products, polypropylene strapping is used. For higher-volume packaging, a strapping machine is used to apply the material.
A metal or polyester strapping is used to help secure and stabilize loads for large and heavy pallets. Metal strapping is applied with a tensioner and a crimper to secure each end together. Polyester strapping is a cheaper option touting comparable load retention. Tensioners and crimpers can be used with polyester strapping, but hand-held welding tools are often preferred for higher volumes. The handheld tool tightens the strapping around the load and welds open ends together.
Boxing is used for both consumer and industrial packaging. Lighter paperboard packaging is popular with consumer packaging applications. These are often smaller printed boxes for store shelves branded for eye appeal. Boxing for industrial packaging is almost always corrugated and, in many cases, a double or triple-wall corrugated container. The corrugation helps to add strength to the box and helps when transporting or storing heavy loads.
Crating, most commonly made from wood, is used for packaging large and heavy items. Machinery for industrial use is often crated in wood for storage and transportation. The rigid wood helps to protect from forklifts, pallet jacks, and other potentially harmful occurrences.
Drums/Bulk Bins are large storage and transportation containers for liquids and other objects. Drums are often made from metal or plastic, while bulk bins will be made from a triple-walled corrugated material. Both drums and bulk bins are commonly used for packaging and storing raw materials.
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There is a wide range of other industrial packaging materials, too. Any materials that secure and protect products before reaching the customer can be considered industrial packaging.
Industrial packaging is the humble, drab packaging used behind the scenes. It’s how we get a product — or quantities of products — from point A to point B without damage. If shipping directly to a customer from a manufacturing or distribution facility, consumer and industrial packaging can be used together.
Industrial packaging is all that is necessary in the packaging process to protect, preserve and conserve products, temporarily, to be transported, stored and finally delivered in optimal conditions to their final recipients. To obtain the best packaging, at CMB, we believe that it must be adapted to the product specifications and protect it in excellent conditions until it reaches its final destination.
We always show, as far as possible, respect for the environment, using non-aggressive and, if possible, recyclable materials, as is already the case with almost all the packaging materials used in our machines.
Our machinery can work with different packaging materials, such as basic polyethylene film, bubble polyethylene film, stretch polyethylene film, cardboard on reels, kraft paper and even combinations of these, offering the highest degree of protection for your products.
The initial objective of the packaging is to protect our products from impacts, vibrations, corrosion, dust…, factors that can change the quality, presentation, or the very essence of our products. There are different protective materials depending on the product to be transported and different types of hot and cold packaging according to the needs of transport, handling, and storage of the products.
Our cold packaging systems can combine the basic polyethylene film, bubble film, foil cardboard and kraft paper with the stretch film that finishes the package. This results in a high level of protection, thanks to the extreme hold of the stretch film with the cushioning effect of the bubble or the other materials mentioned, and all this combined with low-energy consumption.
Stretch polyethylene film machines allow the packaging process to be carried out at a very low cost of the applied material. You will be able to work with stacked packages, with a high degree of fastening and protection. All this with cost-effective, automated and efficient machinery.
You will work more in less time, with all that this means in productive and economic terms. What’s more, our cold work machinery offers the possibility of combining different packaging materials in superimposed layers, achieving an unbeatable degree of protection and full guarantees.
Our heat shrinks wrapping machines allow the use of shrink film packaging. This type of material allows a good visualization of the products and, at the same time, a high production at a very competitive cost. In other words, this is a safe and profitable investment for any packaging plant.
Shrink film packaging with overlap bottom seal is ideal for large runs of products in the same format that require a suitable aesthetic presence and the same finishes.
Our machinery even allows the company logo to be stamped on the final result with the best quality, as well as the optional incorporation of labelling machines for marking the packaged products. With our machinery, the satisfaction of your customers will start with the packaging, increasing the value of your brand and your reputation.
The sealing heads that join the sheets of the different types of polyethylene film together are undoubtedly the most important point of the packaging machines in both cold and heated packaging systems.
They are made of Duralumin and have an exclusive and successful mechanization, which allows them to make strong and durable welding seams for the different types of recyclable polyethylene film that can be used in our machines.
The inside of the bar or welding head incorporates an electrical and heating resistance, which is what helps it to achieve a uniform temperature along its entire length, to be able to carry out the necessary welding seams.
The Duralumin head is then coated with a Teflon sheet to prevent the film from sticking to the welding head every time it performs the sealing process. The main maintenance, which is elementary, consists of replacing the Teflon protective film, which wears out with the passage of packages, as it always works at a certain temperature. CMB has different models of welding heads for different types of polyethylene film.
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