The 21st century is an era of high technology. Many high and new technologies will be well applied. In particular, the packaging industry has always been an industry that absorbs and applies high and new technology. Once certain new technologies and new technologies have made breakthroughs, they will all be packaged. It has been applied and promoted in the field, which in turn has prompted its new technology and new processes to further improve and innovate. The competition in the future market is more of a technological competition, and the packaging industry is even more so.
First, packaging design technology The future of packaging design is computer plus creativity. That is, the means of packaging design in the future is inseparable from the computer, while the packaging designers, ie designers, are more creative. The traditional packaging design methods and methods no longer adapt to the fiercely competitive commodity economy era. A kind of updating and replacement is fast, and computer and various software design methods have emerged.
The capabilities of packaging designers (designers) are reflected in basic skills plus computer design. The basic skills of packaging design are mainly to think, appreciate, and understand ideas. Computer technology, on the other hand, is based on skills that make use of computers and various design software to select and regroup certain information in software, such as software package patches, pattern graphics, logos, and standards. Packaging designers must also understand the relevant processes for packaging production, such as material selection, process routes, equipment functions (packaging equipment, prepress equipment, postpress equipment, etc.).
Reference and combination are the mainstream of future packaging design. The future of packaging design is more important is to use a variety of existing packaging software libraries and product packaging patterns to choose between scientific and rational combination, and must not be like the traditional packaging design, start from scratch, start from scratch.
Computer and packaging software are necessary material conditions for future packaging design. Leaving both of them, the design effect and efficiency cannot adapt to the market.
The appreciation of packaging designers is the key to the success of packaging design. No appreciation, no matter how good the equipment and conditions are, it is difficult to design a good package.
Second, packaging and printing technology The future direction of packaging and printing technology is multi-color, diversification and high efficiency.
Polychromism refers to the development of packaging prints from past monochrome to multicolor. Whether it is a large package or a small package, whether it is a flexible package or a hard package, whether it is an inner package or an outer package, is no exception. Moreover, the printing of transport packages is gradually carried out using the printing method of sales packaging, that is, the printing of transport packages and sales packages tends to be integrated--both towards multi-color printing.
Diversification means that multiple types of printing in packaging and printing technology will coexist for a long time and complement each other. Such technologies as lithography, letterpress printing, gravure printing, and special printing will occupy a place in the packaging printing industry for a long period of time.
Efficient means that the printing effect and speed will be greatly improved with the application of various advanced technologies. For those processes and advanced equipment that can print multi-colored products in one printing process, it will be well applied and promoted.
In the coexistence of various types of printing, offset printing still dominates, and at the same time flexographic printing will have a relatively rapid development, becoming the mainstream of packaging printing in the 21st century, especially carton packaging and printing. In addition, in the high-end high-volume packaging and printing, gravure will dominate, while in the middle and low, medium and small batch packaging printing, the proportion of flexographic printing will increase. These are mainly gravure and flexo printing which do not have the limitations of materials and processes like offset printing.
Flexo printing is an ideal technique for improving the printing level of corrugated boxes in China. Once difficulties are overcome in the areas of printing plates and inks, it is possible to replace some offset printing and reduce the number of pasting processes in the past, thereby creating benefits and increasing efficiency.
In addition, screen printing will also become a new force in packaging printing. As long as the solution to some of the problems of ink and mechanized operations will be rapid development and flexographic.
Third, the new packaging process New packaging process refers to the packaging manufacturing process in the manufacturing process. The development of packaging technology is achieved through the development of related disciplines. For example, the packaging molding process, packaging bonding process, packaging printing process, packaging finishing (printing surface treatment) process, etc. will be innovative, and more scientific and perfect.
In the future, there will be many new processes used for packaging to form new packaging processes. For example, extrusion molding, hot pressing, stamping and other molding processes for plastic packaging will be used for paper packaging; plastic foam molding technology will also be used for paper. Foaming and molding of molded packaging products, so that in the past can not use paper packaging products must use plastic packaging will also use paper packaging.
The packaging and printing process is more scientific and applicable. For example, wax coating and film coating in the surface treatment of carton packaging have been gradually replaced by surface glue (spray glue), and now a variety of new glazing technologies such as local glazing, bright surface glazing and fog have appeared. Three-dimensional surface polishing and so on.
The carton packaging drying process also turns from ordinary heat drying to ultraviolet curing and microwave heating, and its drying and molding is more energy-efficient, faster, and more reliable.
There are anti-counterfeit packaging production and technology, from the partial anti-counterfeiting to the overall security; from the surface of anti-counterfeit material to the inner layer of anti-counterfeiting, making the security and anti-counterfeiting effect more reliable.
Packaging technology is the fastest growing, fastest-changing, and most versatile technology. Advanced technology is an important guarantee to ensure that a good-quality packaging product can be made. Therefore, the new packaging technology is also a technology content that many manufacturers compete to research and block each other.
Fourth, packaging machinery technology The general trend of the future of packaging machinery is a variety of high-tech, new institutions, new control methods continue to be applied. The technical characteristics of the future packaging machinery (including carton machinery) tend to be "three highs," namely, high speed, high efficiency, and high quality. The key development direction tends to be energy-saving and consumption-reducing, with reliable quality and performance, advanced control level, good stability, light weight, compact structure, small footprint, low noise, high efficiency, appearance and appearance adapting to the environment and psychological requirements of operators, favorable Environmental protection and so on.
At present, in order to meet the diversified needs of modern commodity packaging, developed countries have developed universal packaging machinery and equipment that can adapt to multiple varieties and small batches, and at the same time keep up with the pace of contemporary high-tech development and continue to apply advanced technologies to develop and develop applications. High-tech modern special-purpose packaging machinery. The new technologies applied are:
Microwave Technology Aerospace Industry Technology (Heat Pipes)
Magnetic Technology Microelectronic Technology (Control)
Information Processing Technology Sensing Technology (Photoelectric and Chemical)
Laser technology (cutting)
Biotechnology and new processing techniques, new mechanical component structures (such as tapered synchronized toothed belt drives, etc.), new fiber materials, etc., these technologies have made many packaging machinery has become more intelligent.
The multifunctional modular packer is a major feature of the future. The automatic screen printer will replace the manual or semi-automatic mechanical printing, and the folder-gluer will also be automated.
Fifth, carton carton packaging technology The future of the carton will increase the number of layers to increase the strength of cardboard, carton carton will turn to high-strength and lightweight.
The development of the carton carton is focused on functional innovation. Today and the future, carton packaging should meet the needs of colorization and versatility. Combining various special materials to develop special-purpose cartons and cartons, such as high-strength carton boxes, sheet metal cartons, eco-friendly cold-insulated cartons, folded cardboard pallets, medical waste cartons, new-type cardboard containers, storage cartons, etc.
In short, from the perspective of carton carton, computer design, digital technology, laser processing technology and various new materials (such as water-soluble adhesives, water-based inks, water-soluble films, etc.) are being applied, design, plate making, printing, die-cutting, molding Advanced computer and software technologies are used in most processes such as printing, glazing, and so on. Its production equipment and management, from single control to centralized control, from stand-alone control to the entire line monitoring will be systematized and intelligent.
Laser engraving technology (die cutting), advanced register technology (printing), substrate size control technology, carton proofing molding technology and special machinery processing technology will be applied to carton carton processing production. We firmly believe that in the 21st century, high technology will play a powerful role in promoting the packaging industry, and bring boundless vitality to the packaging industry.