2. Midland Container Background
John Revitte – Account Manager
Scott MacFarland – Packaging Designer
Provide your corrugated cartons & packaging
Out plant is located in Franksville
Partners with Thermal Transfer for over
35 years
3. Challenges to Packaging
Items with many different shapes
• Long & skinny
• Flat & Wide
• Bulky
• Multiple items with different shapes on a skid
Heavy weight items with sharp edges
Need to make it through UPS Freight or LTL
shipment and arrive undamaged to customer
4. General Packaging Guidelines
Box 101 – Tell you a little bit about boxes
What type of box should be used for this
product?
What cushioning should be used?
How to close the box securely?
How to secure the box to the skid?
Not to criticize…just help you get better
5. Box 101 – Common Box Styles
RSC – Regular Slotted
Container
Standard type of carton
for most items
Used for hardware boxes
FOL– Full Overlap
Container
Stronger than RSC
Used for heavier items
Double bottom & top
6. Box 101 – Common Box Styles
Telescope Tray Pack
Used for flat products
Easy to “top load”
Should be sealed with
staples
Five Panel Folder
Used for long items
Easy to “top load”
Should be sealed with
staples
7. Box 101 – Common Box Styles
Inner Packing-Slit
Score
Used to take up space
inside a box, protect
corners of square items
Can be assembled with
staples or tape
Scored Rollup
Used to take up space
inside a box
Can be assembled with
staples or tape
8. Cushioning Interior Parts
Products must be cushioned properly to
protect from shock/vibration which can pass
through the walls of the box
Cushions product-to-product interaction
Recommend a minimum of 1” of cushioning
around product
Cushioning to keep product no less than 1”
from box walls
9. Cushioning Interior Parts
Material Suggestions
Bubblewrap – Good for
small, random shaped
parts. Doesn’t work the
best for sharp objects.
Corrugated
Inserts/Rollups – Good
for square rectangular
product. Inexpensive but
will not withstand
repeated drops
10. Cushioning Interior Parts
Material Suggestions
Air Pillows – Take up a
lot of room for little cost
and work well for round
or curved shapes
Foam Corners – EPS or
PE is common. Work well
on square or rectangular
items of medium to
lighter weight.
11. Box Closure
Stapling (Trays & Heavier Items)
Minimum should be 3 staples per flap (unless flap is too
small)
13. Palletizing the Box
Select a proper sized pallet for the job
Inspect pallet for broken boards and runners
No more than 4 inches of exposed pallet deck
(underhang)
We recommend no more than 2 inches of
overhang (unless the product is self supporting)
14. Strapping the Box to the Pallet
Use V-Board or wood top boards to prevent straps
from digging into the corrugated box
Use strapping to secure heavy items to the skid
WATCH STRAP TENSION – Not Too Tight
Use stretch wrap to secure lighter items to skid &
help to prevent moisture damage
Use “No Stack” cones to help discourage
double-stacking when necessary
Use appropriate labels (This Side Up, etc.)
16. Case Study Examples
Properly
labeled and
marked
Properly stacked
corner to corner Good use of boards
to protect box from
straps
17. Case Study Examples
Properly labeled
Straps to tight
Open Seam where
box is pieced
together
18. Case Study Examples
Properly labeled
Reasonably good job closing with tape
Straps to tight
Open Seam where
box is pieced
together
Better if taped along entire length
19. Case Study Examples
Properly labeled
Straps to tight
Box not sealed
Open Seam where
box is pieced
together
20. Case Study Examples
Good selection of pallet
size to match the box Properly labeled
Straps to tight
Acceptable amount of crush
Open Seam where
without v-boards or top boards
box is pieced
together
21. Case Study Examples
Properly labeled
Watch strap crush
Straps to tight
Open Seam where
box is pieced
together
Box / Pallet proper size
to work together
22. Case Study Examples
Properly labeled
Good stapling job
Straps to tight
Proper Labeling Seam where
Open
box is pieced
together
23. Case Study Examples
Another example of
excellent stapling & Properly labeled
palletizing
Straps to tight
Open Seam where
box is pieced
together
24. Case Study Examples
Properly labeled
Straps to tight Straps tearing
through
Open Seam where
box is pieced
together
Open corner
25. Case Study Examples
Properly labeled
Straps to tight
Open corner
Open Seam where
box is pieced
together
Stretchwrap helps…
26. Case Study Examples
Account for depth of
Properly labeled flaps when building
frames inside
Straps to tight
Open Seam where
Frame is too tall box is pieced
and will cause flaps together
to roll
27. Case Study Examples
Properly labeled
Straps to tight
Open Seam where
box is pieced
together
28. Case Study Examples
Properly labeled
Straps to tight
Open Seam where
box is pieced
together
29. Questions?
Anything? Properly labeled
Anything?
Straps to tight
We are here to provideOpen Seam where
support if you think of
box is pieced
anything related to packaging, let your
together
supervisors or managers know and they can
get us involved!