The packaging of goods is inseparable from the packaging of containers. The packaging's shape and structural design are an important part of the packaging of goods. The packaging of goods is mainly divided into two major categories: transport packaging and sales packaging. Sales packaging is the packaging that is directly used and used by consumers. Its shape and structural design must meet the requirements of “scientific, aesthetic, and marketableâ€. In designing, it is necessary to take into consideration the aesthetic problems in modeling and mounting, and more importantly, scientific and reasonable structural issues. The excellent packaging design and structural design can not only accommodate and protect the goods, beautify the goods and promote the sales of the goods, but also should be portable, easy to use, convenient for exhibition and easy to transport.
At present, commonly used packaging materials are paper, plastics, ceramics, glass, bamboo, wood, metal, and various composite materials. In particular, carton packs are the most widely used among various kinds of packaging materials. They are lightweight, flexible, and easy to fabricate, print, display, transport, inventory, and handle. They are also inexpensive, and are widely used to protect various products.
1. Classification of carton packaging
Carton packs can be divided into three categories according to their basic forms: collapsible cartons are called folding cartons; unweighted cartons are weighed; paper is processed, compounded, and glued to make containers that can hold liquids, collectively called soft packs. box. Among them, folding carton is the most widely used in the packaging of goods. Its structure has the following basic types:
1 day cover and flap cover tray. They are tangentially pressed on the box surface according to different graphics, can open the lid, can not only see the goods, but also can see the decoration of the box surface graphics, text and trademarks, its advantages are easy to open, easy to remove the goods And easy to display and promote goods.
2 window type tray. The window-opening type paper box has three forms of partial window opening, transparent cover and multiple sides transparent. It is generally used in combination with a transparent plastic sheet. The window opening area shows a product that is easy for consumers to purchase.
3 portable paper box. Some products have a large package size. To facilitate the customer's convenience, a handle should be added to the carton. The handle should be designed to be folded as much as possible so that it can be transported conveniently and does not occupy too much area.
4 shaped tray. Special-shaped cartons mainly include triangular, pentagonal, rhombic, hexagonal, octagonal, trapezoidal, cylindrical, semicircular, book-type and other forms. The structure of the carton is a combination of arcs, straight lines, and surfaces that are alternately packaged to show the shape of the package. The advantages of the shaped tray are novel and beautiful.
5 special structure paper box. It is to open a gap in a certain part of the carton, or to add an attachment, so that powder, granular, block or liquid goods can be poured out. The carton structure can be diversified. For the convenience of consumers, special design can be made according to different uses of the product.
