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Folding cartons are the familiar and popular boxes predominantly used for containing chocolates or breakfast cereals. These packaging containers ul:mately hold the goods and items whilst also protec:ng the contents stored within the packaging. This type of packaging is ideal for helping selling the product or the contents because of how easy the packaging can be well designed and printed to inform the customer about the contents. These forms of cartons are packed in corrugated board to help protect them during transport.

Folding Cartons

Rigid Cartons Rigid cartons have two separate end pieces and a body. Both of these bodies are required to contain the contents within the packaging. These bodies require s:tching, stapling, gluing or a combina:on of them before they can be used.


  Summary of research This research helped me learn the variety of packaging, its uses but also the pro’s and con’s of each

packaging. The set brief is to create tea packaging and the target audience has already been established therefore I will need to decide on what type of packaging I will use for this project. This research encouraged me to find out more and document the different types of packaging available so I know what's obtainable and if its sustainable for my target audience. From here I will decide the appearance of my packaging and this includes the size and shape of these containers.


Flaps within packaging is very important, the size and design of these flaps determine whenever the packaging will fit together well. These flaps require gluing in order for the box to mold together and contain the content securely. The flaps should not be less than 8mm wide but if it is wider than this it will only be for larger boxes or cartons. Another version of flaps is tabs where only very small glue is required to go onto the surface of the tabs. These tabs are some:mes triangular shapes and can be used to join together difficul:es :ght corners. Joining these curved shapes or :ght spots is done by crea:ng a number of small tabs to the curve or fit into the :ght spot giving a flush finish on the packaging improving the final outcome of the product but before aNemp:ng to glue these tabs it is suggested to ease the crease by scoring along the edge.

Flaps & Tabs

Packaging will require corners to be formed in order to contain the item its storing but the inside of the corner oPen distorts and effects the final outcome of the packaging. This can be effected by the thickness of the material; the thinner the material the less effected the inside of corners will be whereas the thicker material will be effected even more due to the squeezing or compression which occurs on the inside of any bend. There are many solu:ons to resolve this issue but the easiest way to deal with this is to drill or punch a small hole before aNemp:ng the fold removing the problema:c area but this too may effect the final outcome of the packaging. Another solu:on is scoring the fold line before folding; this reduces the stress of the material due to less material being aNached to the folding piece. Many materials such as sheet metal or plas:cs will stay in place when folded but other mar:al's will find it difficult to hold the shape so will unfold. The 1st solu:on of reducing the effects of folding can be used to decora:ve effect to create open corners but may perhaps revealing a lining material and this may improve or reduce the final look of the packaging

Corners


Hinges is a movable joint or mechanism on a lid that swings as it opens and closes. When its open the content inside an be seen or accessed but when its closed it attaches to the rest of the body of the packaging. Hinges can be made from paper or card either by using adhesive tapes, straws, rivets or by simple scoring and bending the card. The adhesive tape method is basically sticking material to the top of one side of the hinge and the bottom of the other where as the drinking straws method can be used to mimic an actual back flap hinge. Another method is stitching and this method is like adhesive tape whereby the stitching proceeds from the top of one side, down in between the two pieces and then up through the opposite side reinforcing the materials and allowing enough structure support to allow it to operate properly.

Hinges

There are many ways and methods in order to interlocking structures, some of these methods is using glue, stitching, tape or stapling. Other designs of these interlocking structures are designed to interlock mechanically. By having an interlocking package it can positively effect the final outcome of the packaging whereby the consumer can pull out the flaps and have decorative shape or other features forming or corner tabs can be shaped and extended to create decorative shapes improving the overall design of the packaging. These interlocking structures help to secure the contents within the packaging ensuring no content is lost or damaged

Interlocking Structures

Gussets Gussets is a simple fold or cut-‐out in order to help avoids contents folding on the corners or securing the content. This type of packaging is commonly used in folders used for filing A4 paper. This type of packaging is another way to help the consumer have easily secure content and can be used in conjunction of ‘re-‐use’ packaging


  Summary of research This research helped me learn the many features used in conjunc:on to create packaging. It helped make

me aware of the possible techniques that I could incorporate into my own packaging. APer conduc:ng this research I plan to design prototype packaging and deciding on the exterior appearance of my packaging


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