This book describes the properties, manufacturing processes, function, and design of wood, paper, paperboard and corrugated fiberboard as packaging materials.

The book's description of commonly used terminologies and tests, and its in-depth discussions of the justification behind them, add to its usefulness to students and packaging professionals alike.

Features:

• Covers the materials, processes, and design of virtually all paper and wood packaging
• Fully illustrated
• Endorsed by TAPPI, IoPP, and other packaging groups
• Offers testing guides, performance data and standards information
• Includes a comprehensive historical perspective on wood- and paper-based packaging

Contents

1: Introduction and Historical Background

• Wood Packaging History
• Paper-Based Packaging History
• Wood and Paper Packaging Statistics Today

2: Trees and Lumber

• Hardwoods
• Softwoods
• Resource Base and Wood Production
• Production of Lumber
• Engineered Wood Products
• Wood Cost Estimation

3: Structure and Properties of Wood

• Chemical Structure of Wood
• Physical Structure of Wood
• Interaction with Water
• Density of Wood
• Strength of Wood
• Coefficient of Friction

4: Wooden Containers

• Commercial Box Woods
• Fasteners and Fastening
• Wooden Boxes
• Crates
• Baskets
• Barrels
• Corks

5: Wooden Pallets

• Pallet Terminology and Types
• Pallet Construction
• Alternative Pallet Materials
• Palletization and Unitization
• Pallet Exchange and Rental Programs
• Pallet Performance Prediction and Testing

6: Making Pulp

• Debarking and Chipping
• Pulping
• Defibering, Washing and Screening
• Bleaching
• Recycling and Repulping
• Non-Wood Pulps
• Stock Preparation at the Paper Mill
• Wood Pulp Production Statistics

7: Fabrication of Paper and Paperboard

• Fourdrinier Process
• Cylinder Multi-Ply Paperboard Process
• Comparison of Cylinder and Fourdrinier Multi-Ply Boards
• Paper Coating and Surface Treatment

8: Paper and Paperboard Properties and Tests

• Caliper (Thickness)
• Basis Weight (Grammage)
• Effects of Moisture
• Surface and Optical Properties
• Porosity
• Physical/Mechanical Properties

9: Types of Paper, Paperboard, Laminations and Adhesives

• Kraft Paper
• Greaseproof/Resistant, Parchment and Glassine Papers
• Waxed Paper
• Clay-Coated Paper
• Laminated and Extrusion-Coated Paper
• Cellophane
• Specialty Wrapping Papers: Butcher, Baker, and Tissue Paper
• Newsprint, Book and Office Papers
• Paperboards: Recycled and Kraft
• Containerboard
• Molded Pulp
• Adhesives Used for Paper-Based Packaging
• Metallized Paper

10: Printing on Paper and Paperboard

• Images and Colors
• Text and Supply Chain Elements
• Inks
• Printing Methods
• Preparation for Printing and Quality Control

11: Labels, Bags, and Wraps

• Labels
• Wraps, Pouches and Void Filler
• Bags and Sacks

12: Folding Cartons, Setup Boxes, and Other Paperboard Packages

• Paper Types and Their Properties
• Folding Cartons
• Setup Boxes
• Drink Boxes and Milk Cartons
• Cylindrical Shapes: Composite Cans, Fiber Tubes and Drums
• Beverage Carriers
• Carded Packaging

13: Corrugated Fiberboard Structure and Properties

• Corrugated Board Structure
• Combining Corrugated Board
• Corrugated Board Specification
• Corrugated Board Tests

14: Corrugated Fiberboard Containers

• Box Converting
• Box Specifications
• Corrugated Fiberboard Box Styles
• Case Packing and Sealing
• Substitutes for Corrugated Fiberboard Boxes
• Corrugated Fiberboard Pallets
• Slipsheets: Corrugated and Solid Fiberboard
• Other Corrugated Board Uses

15: Corrugated Fiberboard Shipping Container Standards

• ECT, Compression, and Stacking Strength
• Transport Carrier "Requirements"
• Beyond Material Properties: Shipping Container Performance Requirements

16: The Future of Wood, Paper, and Paperboard Packaging

• Strengths
• Weaknesses
• Threats from Competing Materials

Index

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