Cardboard Support Layout for Compact Multi-Item Pharma Packaging
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing cardboard packaging for pharmaceutical products, such as syringes, do not efficiently accommodate multiple items in a compact and convenient manner, limiting their storage capacity and ease of handling.
Innovation Solution
A cardboard packaging design featuring an internal support with a main compartment and additional compartments on edge members, allowing for the simultaneous storage of a main pharmaceutical item and additional items like needles or vials, utilizing flap members to create flexible and compact housings.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If a traditional single-compartment tray design is used, then the structure is simple and easy to manufacture, but the storage capacity and compactness are limited
Solution Approach 1:
The packaging is divided into multiple compartments: a main compartment for the syringe and additional compartments formed by folding edge members to create separate housings for needles and vials. This segmentation allows multiple pharmaceutical items to be stored in a single compact package while maintaining clear organization and accessibility for each item.
Solution Approach 2:
The additional compartments are created by folding edge members inward to form nested housings within the existing tray structure. The needle housing and vial housing are nested within the tray boundaries, utilizing the available space efficiently and creating a compact multi-item package without requiring a completely separate container for each item.
2Ease of operation
If multiple separate packages are used for different pharmaceutical items, then each item is well-protected, but the handling and storage become cumbersome and less compact
Solution Approach 1:
Multiple separate packages for syringe, needle, and vial are merged into a single integrated tray structure. The main compartment holds the syringe while folded edge members create additional compartments for needles and vials within the same packaging unit. This merging allows all items to be handled as one compact unit, improving ease of operation and reducing the need for multiple separate containers.
3Volume of stationary object
If the packaging is designed to be compact and space-efficient, then storage capacity increases, but the manufacturing and assembly process becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The packaging utilizes dynamic folding of edge members to create multiple compartments from a flat, simple layout. The edge members can be folded inward to form needle and vial housings, allowing the same basic structure to accommodate multiple items without requiring complex pre-formed containers. This dynamic folding approach maintains manufacturing simplicity while achieving compact final volume.
Solution Approach 2:
The packaging transitions from a two-dimensional flat layout to a three-dimensional compact structure through folding. The edge members are folded inward to create vertical compartments, utilizing the third dimension (height) to store additional items. This dimensional transformation allows multiple pharmaceutical items to be packed in a compact volume while starting with a simple flat pattern that is easy to manufacture.
Data Source
AI summary
An internal cardboard support for a cardboard packaging includes a main compartment having a main housing configured for receiving a main pharmaceutical item, a bottom wall and two edge members protruding from the bottom wall, the main compartment being located between the two edge members, the main housing being bounded by both the bottom wall and the two edge members, and each edge member having a plurality of wall portions (which are arranged with respect to the bottom wall so that each edge member is of a substantially parallelepipedic shape and extends longitudinally along the housing of the main compartment; and at least one edge member forms an additional compartment which comprises at least one additional housing which extends longitudinally, which has an opening formed on at least one of the respective wall portions, and which is configured for receiving through the opening at least one additional pharmaceutical item.