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Name: Edward Church
Email: sg@iapri.org
Member Institute: Virginia Tech Center for Packaging and Unit Load Design
Title of the research paper: Research Highlight: Undergraduate research project evaluating the correlation of the containment forces of stretch wrap at the corners versus the sides of unit loads.
Authors: Name, Institute, Location: This undergraduate research project was sponsored by White and Company and the students selected to work on this project were Gabby Brophy (Junior) and Michael Harris (Junior). Both of these students are studying Packaging Systems and Design at Virginia Tech.
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General Audience Abstract: The movement of products has created a single world market connecting developing countries to first world nations. One of the problems that has arisen is making sure products arrive undamaged. When transporting products, they are commonly bundled together and placed on a pallet, which is called a unit load; unit load stability is crucial for the safe transit of goods. To this end, 65% of unit loads are commonly wrapped with stretch film.
This research project was designed to evaluate how the containment forces measured at the corners of a unit load correlate to the containment forces measured at the sides of a unit load, based on various stretch wrap factors such as pre-stretch, overlap, and number of layers and how these variables impact the amount of film needed to stabilize the unit load.
Publication Name: Virginia Tech Center for Packaging and Unit Load Design