Packaging Laminate with Embedded RFID and Sensors for Product Traceability
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current packaging laminates lack efficient and cost-effective means to provide individualized information about packaged products, such as fill date, product batch, and storage conditions, which affects product quality and consumer transparency.
Innovation Solution
Incorporating functional elements like chip units, antenna units, and sensor units between the carrier and cover layers of the packaging laminate, which can store and read out information, monitor product conditions, and provide real-time data without increasing laminate thickness or complexity.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If functional elements (chip units, antenna units, sensor units) are integrated into the packaging laminate, then product information provision and condition monitoring are improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple functional elements (chip unit, antenna unit, sensor unit) into a single integrated packaging laminate structure. These elements are merged at different levels within the laminate layers, allowing them to work together as a unified system for providing product information and monitoring conditions, thereby reducing overall system complexity while maintaining enhanced functionality.
Solution Approach 2:
The packaging laminate is designed with multi-functionality by incorporating various functional elements that serve different purposes: chip units for storing product information, antenna units for wireless communication, and sensor units for monitoring storage conditions. This universal design allows a single packaging structure to perform multiple functions simultaneously, improving information provision without requiring separate independent systems.
2Reliability
If functional elements are integrated into the packaging laminate, then product traceability and quality monitoring are improved, but manufacturing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The functional elements are integrated into the packaging laminate during the manufacturing process itself, rather than being added as a separate post-production step. The chip units, antenna units, and sensor units are positioned and connected within the laminate structure before the final packaging is assembled, enabling product traceability and quality monitoring capabilities to be built-in from the start, which improves reliability while streamlining manufacturing.
3Adaptability or versatility
If multiple layers are added to accommodate functional elements, then functionality is improved, but laminate thickness increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs a nested structure where functional elements are positioned at different levels within the laminate layers. The chip unit, antenna unit, and sensor unit are nested among the laminate layers rather than adding separate external components. This nesting approach allows multiple functional elements to be accommodated within the existing laminate thickness, improving adaptability and versatility without significantly increasing the overall thickness of the packaging.
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AI summary
The invention relates to a packaging laminate (1) for forming a packaging (2) for flowable products, comprising a structuring carrier layer (4) made of a fibrous material, and outer cover layers (2, 3) made of plastic. According to the invention, in order to be able to provide the user with individual information relating to the packaging and/or the packaged product in a simpler, more accurate and/or more cost-effective manner, at least one functional element (16), designed as a chip unit (18), antenna unit (19), sensor unit (21) and/or transponder unit (17), is provided between the carrier layer (4) and a cover layer (2, 3) and/or at least partially in the carrier layer (4) and/or at least partially in a cover layer (2, 3), preferably at regular intervals.