Packaging

Studies show that up to 4% of all transported goods are damaged (source: KULeuven). The cause is often the transport packaging. These damages represent major economic losses throughout the different branches of industry. Transport damage generates not only waste, but also damage to image. 

A well thought-out transport packaging system can reduce these losses and thus increase profitability.

ESTL performs packaging tests in a scientific and pragmatic way to achieve a good balance. We help our customers guarantee stability by optimizing their packaging process (e.g. testing wrapping film, packaging machine settings, creating stacking schemes, 'primary' and 'secondary' packaging concepts...).

Transport damage: a question of balance

Economic losses due to 'packaging' are mainly due to:

  • 'Under-packaging': the packaging is insufficient to survive the load during transport, resulting in damage. The loss suffered is in: the value of the product, transportation cost, "rework" or processing costs, image damage.... 
  • Over-packaging': the packaging is stronger than necessary. There is a small economic loss per unit of packaging sent because each unit could in principle be produced more cheaply.

Transport packaging is the cornerstone of good cargo securing and is therefore an important safety aspect. 

economic loss due to transport damage

Transport packaging: case study

Before the optimisation, the customer had a high number of damages during transport. By optimising the transport packaging, we were able to significantly increase the stability. As a result, the customer has fewer transport problems. The following parameters were adjusted:

  • position of the intermediate sheets
  • winding pattern
  • stacking pattern

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