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Record Nr.

UNINA9910828155503321

Autore

Sarker Dipak K.

Titolo

Packaging technology and engineering : pharmaceutical, medical and food applications / / Dipak Kumar Sarker

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, New Jersey ; ; West Sussex, England : , : Wiley, , [2020]

©2020

ISBN

1-5231-4400-9

1-119-21390-8

1-119-21389-4

1-119-21395-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (519 pages)

Disciplina

615.18

Soggetti

Drugs - Packaging - Quality control

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Historical perspective and evolution -- Chemical engineering of packaging materials -- Material science and chemistry -- The physics of packaging materials -- Engineering product : design, formation and machining -- Packaging for various applications -- Food, pharmaceutical and medical packaging -- Suppliers and manufacturers of packaging -- Problems : questions, calculations, estimates and dilemmas.

Sommario/riassunto

"Use of packaging is often thought of as an industrial age concept but this is entirely untrue. In more ancient times products of economic or nutritional value were always wrapped in a suitable material to convey the need to protect the contents. The Roman emperors and Byzantine kings frequently wrapped precious good in all manner of materials from woven rattan baskets to carved and gilded in-laid ebony boxes. Expensive luxury goods such as chalices, and ceremonial goods are almost always stored in a suitable presentation case that demonstrated the value of the product contained within. Perfumes, chrism oils and ceremonial jewellery has always been containered in sculpted and carved lidded-boxes and glazed pottery. The use of bespoke packaging is really a modern age phenomenon. However, the footsteps of



packaging use began with leaves and birch bark and other natural materials. In antiquity and prehistoric times humans wrapped their foods in crudely fashioned carriers and containers but also pelts and hides. Mass production of containers later involved woven materials e.g. rushes and reeds to create baskets and carriers but also the use of, textiles, pottery and bronze amphora and carved objects e.g. ivory, antler horn and wood. Recent estimates place "crude glass" or vitrified materials and wood packaging use to at least 3000 BC and these artifacts come from the Indus Valley civilisations and Mesopotamia"--