Introduction to Corrugated Containers

Course Description

Corrugated board is a highly customizable substrate and the knowledge to use it well can be greatly advantageous for your company in terms of saving waste and money. There are many stock options you can choose from when ordering standard shipping containers, but a box suited specifically to your exact product may need a custom design, and with corrugated you have that option. We’ve made an informative course with easy to digest information that will get you up to speed on corrugated containers. In this course, you will learn both the art and science of corrugated. From learning how corrugated fiberboard is manufactured, to how corrugated containers are designed and produced on packaging machinery, you will get a 360° view of the corrugated industry.

Course Curriculum

    1. Course Disclaimer

    2. Navigation Tutorial

      FREE PREVIEW

    3. Corrugated Containers Workbook

    4. History of Corrugated

    5. Introduction to Corrugated

      FREE PREVIEW

    6. What is Corrugated Board?

    7. Corrugated Market Overview

      FREE PREVIEW

    8. Grades of Corrugated Board

    9. Fluting

    10. Knowledge Check: Corrugated Beginnings

    1. Workbook: Corrugated Production

    2. Production

      FREE PREVIEW

    3. Plant Types | Integrateds & Independents

      FREE PREVIEW

    4. Paper Making Overview

    5. Corrugated Manufacturing

    6. Container Converting

      FREE PREVIEW

    7. Coatings & Surface Treatments

    8. Knowledge Check: Corrugated Production

    1. Workbook: Properties and Testing

    2. Intro to Corrugated Properties & Testing

      FREE PREVIEW

    3. Physical Properties - ECT, BCT

    4. Porosity Properties

    5. Surface Properties

    6. Other Properties to Consider

    7. Sustainability

    8. Knowledge Check: Properties and Testing

    1. Introduction to Designing for Performance Specifications

      FREE PREVIEW

    2. RSC Minimization Model

    3. Headspace

    4. Introduction to Compressive Forces

    5. Intro to Headspace Cases

      FREE PREVIEW

    6. Headspace | Case 1

    7. Headspace | Case 2

    8. Headspace | Case 3

    9. Let's discuss Headspace!

    1. Container Design and Production Workflow

      FREE PREVIEW

    2. Standard Container Styles

      FREE PREVIEW

    3. FEFCO Code

    4. Structural Design Software

    5. Dieline Design

    6. Printing & Finishing

    7. Die Cutting

    8. iDirectory

    9. Knowledge Check: Container Design

    1. Introduction to Packaging & Unitization

      FREE PREVIEW

    2. Packing and Sealing

    3. There's More to Packaging Tape Than You Think

    4. Packaging Tape Selection Strategy

    5. Unitized Systems

    6. Storage and Handling

    7. Palletization Software

    8. Knowledge Check: Case Packaging and Unitization

About this course

  • $399.00
  • 65 lessons
  • 2.5 hours of video content

About the Instructor

Dr. Andrew Hurley

Founder and Associate Professor

Packaging and entrepreneurship came together at an early age for Dr. Andrew Hurley. As a young boy, he molded and sold pewter figurines, but inadequate shipping materials led to breakage. Frustrated, he set to researching better packaging alternatives … and he hasn’t ever stopped. Dr. Hurley is an Associate Professor at Clemson University in the Department of Food, Nutrition, and Packaging Sciences. He leads the packaging design emphasis area, where he researches how to leverage packaging to solve even the toughest supply chain challenges.

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