Determination of Safety Factors for Mango Fruit Paperboard Transport Crates under Refrigerated Conditions

Authors

  • Bernd Sadlowsky BFSV Verpackungsinstitute Hamburg, Ulmenliet 20, 21033 Hamburg, Germany
  • Viktoria Köstner BFSV Verpackungsinstitute Hamburg, Ulmenliet 20, 21033 Hamburg, Germany / University of Hamburg, Department of Wood Science, Mittelweg 177, 20148 Hamburg, Germany
  • Margot Mazur BFSV Verpackungsinstitute Hamburg, Ulmenliet 20, 21033 Hamburg, Germany
  • Sina-Kristin Thun Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, Department of Nutrition and Home Economics, Ulmenliet 20, 21033 Hamburg, Germany
  • Péter Böröcz Széchenyi István University, Department of Logistics and Forwarding, Egyetem tér 1, 9026 Győr, Hungary http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7432-7271

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14513/actatechjaur.v11.n1.448

Keywords:

safety factor, corrugated board, mango fruit crate

Abstract

The use of corrugated board packaging is very popular in most industry sectors, but the food industry is one of the main consumers. Special requirements are placed on corrugated board in the food industry since the level of humidity necessary may be as high as 85-90% rH and this can greatly influence on the performance of the packaging. This influencing circumstance is taken into account in this paper when estimating a safety factor aimed at reducing risk. Knowing the safety factor can save transport and material costs, and can also prevent serious damage during the distribution of goods. The aim of this study is to determine the influence of humidity, pre-compression and load carriers on the stability of corrugated board mango fruit crates and thus to determine the safety factor. The results show that it is possible to calculate the safety factor by measuring realistic static stresses. Further researches into determining the dynamic stresses are required so as completing the calculation of the safety factor.

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Author Biographies

Bernd Sadlowsky, BFSV Verpackungsinstitute Hamburg, Ulmenliet 20, 21033 Hamburg, Germany

BFSV Verpackungsinstitute Hamburg

Viktoria Köstner, BFSV Verpackungsinstitute Hamburg, Ulmenliet 20, 21033 Hamburg, Germany / University of Hamburg, Department of Wood Science, Mittelweg 177, 20148 Hamburg, Germany

Department of Wood Science

Margot Mazur, BFSV Verpackungsinstitute Hamburg, Ulmenliet 20, 21033 Hamburg, Germany

BFSV Verpackungsinstitute Hamburg

Sina-Kristin Thun, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, Department of Nutrition and Home Economics, Ulmenliet 20, 21033 Hamburg, Germany

Department of Nutrition and Home Economics

Péter Böröcz, Széchenyi István University, Department of Logistics and Forwarding, Egyetem tér 1, 9026 Győr, Hungary

Depratment of Logistics and Forwarding

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Published

2018-02-14

How to Cite

Sadlowsky, B., Köstner, V., Mazur, M., Thun, S.-K., & Böröcz, P. (2018). Determination of Safety Factors for Mango Fruit Paperboard Transport Crates under Refrigerated Conditions. Acta Technica Jaurinensis, 11(1), pp. 34–43. https://doi.org/10.14513/actatechjaur.v11.n1.448

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Transportation Science, Logistics and Agricultural Engineering