Технические науки/2. Механика

Skoryk M. O.

National Technical University of Ukraine

“Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute”

Complex cardboard packaging with a detailed modeling and design process development

Cardboard has been and remains the most accessible, low-cost and widespread packaging material, which allows cardboard packaging to occupy the leading position in the structure of the global packaging market.

The analysis of methods and ways of improvement of cardboard packaging, designed for storage and transportation of various products, demonstrates that the requirements to the quality of modern cardboard packaging production are getting more and more demanding, which, in turn, necessitates new technological solutions and developments as a basis for design and creation of reliable cardboard packaging [1]. The enforcement of requirements of high quality cardboard production is an important factor that impacts the process of design of elaborate cardboard packaging.

We have analyzed the assortment of the market of cardboard packaging with elaborate design, which allowed us to develop an improved cardboard packaging technology that does not require adhesive binding as the construction stipulates the system of shut-off elements, which allowed creating an integral sweep of packaging without creation of separate additional elements, which in turn allows to bring down the prime price of finished cardboard packaging [3-4]. The corresponding process of pre-press preparation of a cardboard package with elaborate design has been developed, presented in Figure 1 below, which provides a high quality of production in printing and post-printing processes [2].

The proposed technology for prepress preparation of cardboard packaging of elaborate design includes the following technological operations and required equipment: Х1 – input data and information about the future packaging (dimensions, form, engineering drawing etc.); Х2 – cardboard for packaging Tambrite (GC2) 200 g/m²; Х3 – vector images; Х4 – printing plates by AGFA: Azura TS, purifier by AGFA: Antura CtP Plate Cleaner, water, protective colloid by AGFA: Antura CleanGum; Y1 – die-cut forms; Y2 – finished complete sets of printing plates; technologic operation 1 (ТО1 and below) – development of package construction; Equipment 1 (E1 and below) – personal computer ARTLINE Business B27 v04, monitor Philips 224E5QDAB/00; E2 – program suite Heidelberg Prinect Package Designer 2016; ТО2 – creation of the package sweep; ТО3 – package prototyping; E4 – plotter for making layouts Lasercomb ASP 1600; ТО4 – quality layout control in accordance with requirements; E4 – metallic ruler 300 GOST 427-75; ТО5 – corrections to the package sweep and saving in TIFF format; ТО6 – processing of graphic images and creation of graphic registration of packaging; E5 – Adobe Illustrator СС; ТО7 – imposition of the created graphic registration and package sweep; ТО8 – automatic creation of three-dimensional view of a package; ТО9 – final quality control and corrections; ТО10 – creation of a package sweep on paper; ТО11 – creating and saving of file for making die-cut forms; ТО12 – sending the file to the specialized firm making die-cut forms; E6 – Internet; ТО13 – getting die-cut forms; ТО14 – electronic imposition of a package sweep; E7 – Kodak Preps 6; ТО15 – color separation and screening; E8 – program suite Adobe Photoshop CС, RIP EFI Colorproof XF 3.1; ТО16 – making printing forms using CtP-technology; E9 – automated complex for making printing forms using CtP-technology AGFA: Avalon N8-80; ТО17 – quality control of printing forms; E10 – correcting pencils KP23-KP010-KP011, overview table with illumination of 4500 К.

In conclusion, the suggested technology allows to develop and produce complex cardboard packaging that meets the requirements of high-quality cardboard production.

Figure 1. The technological flow-chart of pre-press preparation of the cardboard packing with elaborate design.

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