2022年12月1日

许多易腐食品行业依靠聚苯乙烯箱来运输产品，以保证产品的安全。虽然它们价格便宜，重量轻，热效率高，但它们仅用于一次性使用，可能对环境构成威胁。特别是海产品行业，每年大约有5亿个一次性聚苯乙烯鱼盒进入垃圾填埋场，污染海洋。为了减少工业中聚苯乙烯的使用，在不牺牲成本效率和热性能的情况下，在整个运输过程中提供更多的透明度，澳大利亚公司TomKat Global Solutions开发了自己的包装系统:TomKat KoolPak。KoolPak是一种耐用、轻便、隔热的容器，由三个可更换的部件组成:盖子、底座和热衬垫。他们声称，这些组件都安装了一个由台湾RFID专家安泰集团(SAG)开发的无电池NFC温度传感器标签，可以在不打开盖子的情况下扫描温度，同时提供防篡改功能。这确保了KoolPak中的新鲜货物是真品，在运输过程中没有被取出和交换，也没有经历过温度偏移。该公司表示，通过LUK开发的软件和Feig Electronics提供的闸门扫描设备，客户可以通过供应链的每一步监控每个容器，证明其来源，并随时确保其内容的安全性和新鲜度。从合作之初，TomKat的NFC要求就集中在无电池温度传感器标签上。SAG面临着三重挑战:手机是主要的阅读设备; Multiple layers of material were to be read through; This was clearly a no-battery application. TomKat evaluated other alternatives to NFC such as QR codes and barcodes. However, only NFC provides an effective way of registering the three KoolPak components as an assembled unit to a database or blockchain in battery-less form. To retrieve information about the contents of the box, clients need to download the KoolPak app on their smartphone. This blockchain tracking and traceability function has the potential to provide data along the entire supply chain from producer to retailer. The company believes KoolPak’s greatest asset is its sustainability. Life cycle analysis shows that each container can be used more than 10 times, with some trials yielding an even greater number of re-uses of up to more than 20 times. This means that with just a few uses, it becomes cost equivalent to a comparatively cheaper polystyrene box, which can only be used once. Even at the end of its life cycle, over 90% of the material can be recycled into a new container, leaving only a very light footprint on the manufacturer’s side. This includes the NFC sensor tags, which can be removed and reattached to new KoolPaks, explains TomKat founder Tom Long. The temperature monitoring function provides an incentive for clients to keep track of their boxes at all times and to make sure that they are returned for recycling after they have finished their rotational re-uses. This article was created in collaboration with AIPIA (the Active and Intelligent Packaging Industry Association). Packaging Europe and AIPIA are joining forces to bring news and commentary about the active and intelligent packaging landscape to a larger audience. To learn more about this partnership, click here . Topics 2022-12-01T10:34:00Z Spain’s top juice brand, Don Simon, has unveiled what it describes as its first-ever 100% environmentally friendly and smart packaging, which, it says will do good for both consumers and the environment. 2022-11-30T09:00:00Z The first live AIPIA World Congress since 2019 took place in Amsterdam on the 14th and 15th of November, and the delegates, presenters and exhibitors all agreed that it was great to finally get back to face-to-face business.