Packaging and New Products (6 op)

Osaamistavoitteet (Opintojakso)

The student knows
- the most common paper and paper board converting products and can describe the manufacturing processes of them
- the raw material used in the different converting products, end usability requirements and markets
- link the knowlegdge to new products in the market and to the ones that could be developed

Sisältö (Opintojakso)

- corrugated board and its uses, cases, sleeves, tissue products, wrapping and elastic packings, liquid packaging boards, adhesive laminates, intelligent packings and other fibre based products
- raw-materials and product characteristics
- extrusion coating, dispersion coating, hot-melt and waxing, impregnation, laminating, metallizing, silicon coatin
- cutting and sheeting, bending and die-cutting, creasing, perforating, gluing, cutting, embossing.

Tenttien ja uusintatenttien ajankohdat

Student can choose two mid term exams or the final exam. Exams are arranged as remote exams via Forms. Both mid term exams has to be passed with minimum points so that the course can be accepted.

Arviointiasteikko

0-5

Opiskelumuodot ja opetusmenetelmät

Remote teaching, study conversation, lecture assignments, laboratory work, report, group work + presentation + report, mid term exam/exam

Oppimateriaalit

Lecture material (in Tabula) and following books:
Emblem, Henry. Packaging Technology : Fundamentals, Materials and Processes, edited by Anne Emblem, Elsevier Science & Technology, 2012. ProQuest Ebook Central, https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/tampere/detail.action?pq-origsite=primo&docID=1583649, when applicable
Kuusipalo, J. (ed.) Paper and Paperboard Converting, SPIY & Paperi ja Puu Oy, 2008, https://ebooks.papereng.fi/ebooks/tamk/Vol12_PST/flash.html, when applicable
Other material handled at lectures and that are found in Tabula

Opiskelijan ajankäyttö ja kuormitus

Contact teaching 60 h, independent studying 100 h

Sisällön jaksotus

Course schedule in Moodle

Arviointikriteerit - hylätty (0) (Ei käytössä, kts Opintojakson Arviointikriteerit ylempänä)

The student doesn´t participate mandatory learning events. The student cannot reach requirements of grade 1.

Arviointikriteerit - tyydyttävä (1-2) (Ei käytössä, kts Opintojakson Arviointikriteerit ylempänä)

To be updated
Student knows the core contents of the course on the basic level: s/he can name different packaging materials and parts of the packaging process, understand functions of packaging, general demands set by the products to the packing, role of packaging in distribution chain and general environmental considerations, which are related to the packaging. Student participates in the laboratory and group work.

Arviointikriteerit - hyvä (3-4) (Ei käytössä, kts Opintojakson Arviointikriteerit ylempänä)

To be updated
Student knows the core contents of the course well: s/he can name different packaging materials and parts of the packaging process, understand functions of packaging, general demands set by the products to the packing, role of packaging in distribution chain and general environmental considerations which are related to the packaging. S/he is able to compare different packaging applications and estimate justifying their suitability for the packing of different products. The student acts actively in her/his group promoting the progress of the group work and laboratory work.

Arviointikriteerit - kiitettävä (5) (Ei käytössä, kts Opintojakson Arviointikriteerit ylempänä)

To be updated
Student has in depth knowledge of the core content of the course. S/he can compare different packaging solutions critically, estimate justifying their suitability for the packing of different products and consider how it could be possible to develop the packaging so that so that the functionality of the product for example in the distribution chain would improve. The student acts actively and by various ways in her/his group with the successful completion of thelaboratory work and group work as the objective.