Course detail

Special Cartonage - summer

FaVU-SPE-LAcad. year: 2009/2010

Introduction to the problems of cartonage. Cartonage from corrugated cardboard. Cartonage from machine cardboard. Cartonage from combination cardboard. Cartonage from special materials.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

4

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Basic orientation in packaging industry and its complicated classification. Understanding the aesthetic and special functions of cartonage.

Prerequisites

Lectures on paper, Paper and book - technology I, II.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Teaching methods depend on the type of course unit as specified in the article 7 of BUT Rules for Studies and Examinations..

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Conditions for credits: minimum 80% presence (absences must be excused). Conditions for classified credits: Overall knowledge of explained subject matter including recommended literature.

Course curriculum

Introductions to the problems of cartonage.
General characteristic of cartonage and its classification.
Specification of luxurious cartonage.
Used materials.
Optimal use of the format.
Cartonage from corrugated cardboard.
Production and kinds of corrugated cartonage.
Construction and production of cartonage.
Cartonage from machine cardboard.
Production and kinds of machine cardboard.
Technology of production of machine cardboard.
Construction of machine cartonage.
Technology of production of printed folding cartons.
Machines used for the production of cartonage.
Cartonage from combination cardboard.
Characteristic of variations of combination cardboard, production from sheets, production from discs.
Production, linking and covering of cardboard blanks.
Handmade and mechanized production.
Technology of production of stretched, pressed and wound cartonage.
Plastic, polypropylene covers, production and technological processing of plastic.
Textile materials, unwoven textile.
Use of handmade paper.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

In everyday practice, each product is adjusted to a properly chosen material. The objective of the subject is to inform students mostly about the aesthetic quality of cartonage with its practical application.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

Presence is obligatory.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Basic literature

Macháň, Josef: Konstrukční řešení lepenkových obalů, příloha časopisu Papír a celulóza.
Packaging, Papír a celulóza, Typografie, Umění a řemesla.

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

13 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Seminar

13 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer