MOL-72136 Packaging Materials, 5 cr
Person responsible
Sanna Auvinen, Johanna Lahti
Lessons
| Implementation | Period | Person responsible | Requirements |
| MOL-72136 2019-01 | 3 |
Sanna Auvinen Johanna Lahti |
Accepted examination and practical work. |
Learning Outcomes
After finishing the course, the student is able to specify the purposes of the packaging of different products. He/she is able to identify demands that different products place on the packaging materials and packages and how different materials and packages comply with these demands. The student understands the interactions between the packaging material, packed product and surrounding environment and how these interactions affect on quality and safety of packed product. The student is also able to compare different material and package alternatives in relation to their technical, economic and environmental efficiency in the life cycle of the package. The course comprises lectures, a group work and laboratory work and the competence of the student is evaluated by exams and performance in the group work and laboratory. The course improves students understanding of scientific thinking, reasoning and explanation. He/she also learns to take responsibility for his/her actions and consequences of those actions. The course also helps the student to identify local and global issues related to sustainable development in the field of packaging materials. That the student can pass the course he/she has to be able to use information and communications technology.
Content
| Content | Core content | Complementary knowledge | Specialist knowledge |
| 1. | Typical packaging materials and their properties: paper and paperboard based materials, multilayers, flexible and rigid packaging materials | ||
| 2. | Interactions between package, product and surrounding environment | ||
| 3. | Testing of packaging materials and packages | ||
| 4. | Novel packaging materials | ||
| 5. | Legislation on packaging materials |
Study material
| Type | Name | Author | ISBN | URL | Additional information | Examination material |
| Book | Packaging Technology - Fundamentals, Materials and Processes | Emblem, Anne Emblem, Henry | 978-1-84569-665-8 | Online version available at: www.knovel.com | Yes | |
| Book | Paper and paperboard converting | Jurkka Kuusipalo (ed) | 978-952-5216-28-8 | Yes | ||
| Lecture slides | Sanna Auvinen & Johanna Lahti | Yes |
Prerequisites
| Course | Mandatory/Advisable | Description |
| MOL-42106 Polymeric Materials | Advisable | |
| MOL-42196 Adhesion and Surface Modifications | Advisable | |
| MOL-42316 Processing of Thermoplastics | Advisable | |
| MOL-72106 Converting and Packaging Processes | Advisable |
Correspondence of content
| Course | Corresponds course | Description |
| MOL-72136 Packaging Materials, 5 cr | MOL-72246 Packaging Materials, 6 cr |