Film is heated and draped over the product, a vacuum then draws the film tightly around the product to secure it to a board.
With skin packaging machines, products are skin packaged to a substrate card with a sheet of transparent film, which is softened with heat and vacuum sealed over the product and card. Skin packaging provides lock down product protection, product visibility and tamper evidence.
A lower cost packaging option, skin packaging is often used to display products and protect products during shipping and processing. Following the skin packaging process, die cutting is added as a finishing option. Often times, multiple products are skinned to one card and then die cut into individual packages.
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Below are several examples of skin packaging applications. For a printable copy of some Skin Packaging Examples, see our Skin Application Examples.
Product: Magnetic medical components Packaging: 1/8” Blue polyurethane foam as board; 7.5 Mil Blue polyethylene skin film Benefit: Not only provides cushioning but folds easily for shipping |
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Product: Electrical motor contactors Benefit: Reduce overall packaging and dunage |
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Product: Ready to ship bake ware Packaging: Shipmate carton—skin board and carton all in one 10 Mil Polyethylene skin film Benefit: Ready to ship, providing good product protection |
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Product: Packaging modular office components Packaging: 50” x 90” Frame Size Edges of board folded and stapled to form bottom of box Cores added for column strength Benefit: Ready to ship, eliminates dunage, and missing components |
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Product: Drain Kits for diesel engines Benefit: Previously bagged, boxed, and shipped with complaints about lost fasteners, fit-tings, etc. Reduced customer complaints and eliminates missing components |
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Product: Transmission and power gasket repair kits Benefit: Prevents loss of components |
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Product: Restaurant table support kits Packaging: 30” x 48” Frame & board size Benefit: Prevents loss of hardware and damage to components |
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Product: Retail packaged items Packaging: Skin packaged to printed skin paper board and die cut. Benefit: High visibility, lock-down protection, maximum retailer display |
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Product: Replacement automotive windshields Packaging: Skin packaged to corrugated sheet that folds and suspends glass in shipping container. Benefit: Eliminates shipping breakage |
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Die Cutting on Rotocut & Rotomatic
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