Wednesday, January 23, 2008

Assignment 1 - FC's and RSC's

This FC is called a Tapered and Nested Arcuate Bottom Glued Scoop. It is usually used for holding french fries from fast food restaurants. It is usually shipped from the converter to the individual franchise glued and nested and then it is formed. In some instances the converter may ship it formed and nested to the customer.


This FC is known as a Gusset Corner Heat Sealed Partial Overlap Seal End, otherwise known as an Aspeptic Brick Pack. This package is usually used for kids juice boxes. The package itself looks fairly simple but the substrate is a very complex barrier laminate. There are lots of graphics and very eye catching for little kids in the grocery store. Several years ago Maine banned the Aseptic Brick Pack from being sold, used or even brought into the state since it is very complex and hard to recycle, that didnt last very long though.




This package is known as a Gabled Top Gusset Bottom Liquid Tight Tube. It was typically used to package milk until HDPE came into the picture. You can still find these in the grocery store for juices and organic milk. http://www1.istockphoto.com/file_thumbview_approve/2177357/2/istockphoto_2177357_vector_milk_carton.jpg





This RSC is probably one of the most commonly used RSC's. They are made to hold heavy products such as computers or TV's. This are not very many graphics on this box, it just gives you the contents and warnings along with the name of the company.
http://www.foiscomp.com/Imagenes/dell_box.jpg


This RSC is usually used to ship and display balls of all different types, from soccer balls to basketballs to footballs. They have many colorful graphics on them to catch the eye of the consumer and they display the product very nicely, you can see and even touch the product to see if it is to your liking.

http://www.strangenewproducts.com/uploaded_images/spalding-neverflat-basketball-752925.jpg



This RSC is used for carrying various objects. Im not quite sure what the product is in the picture but i remember using boxes like these when selling wrapping paper in elementary school. They can carry very heavy loads due to the folding and interlocking flaps at the top.



Ideas and Innovations. 2nd ed. Alexandria, VA: Paperboard Packaging Council, 2004. 4.304-4.522.





















































4 comments:

ThePackager said...

OK - you have some good information here. But, you need to talk more about the designs - do you like them, do you hate them? Why?

How can you use these in your projects?

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