Packaging textiles include all textile packing material for industrial, agricultural and other goods It is used to contain, carry, store, and protect goods Packing material demand and economic growth, industrial production and trade Growing need for reusable packages & containers gives a new opportunities for textile products Technical textiles, used in packaging & subsequent transportation are called “PACKTECH.”

1. PACKAGING
TEXTILES
By
S. BALAMURUGAN
(17MT61)

2. INTRODUCTION
 Packaging textiles include all textile packing
material for industrial, agricultural and other goods
 It is used to contain, carry, store, and protect goods
 Packing material demand and economic growth,
industrial production and trade
 Growing need for reusable packages & containers
gives a new opportunities for textile products
 Technical textiles, used in packaging & subsequent
transportation are called “PACKTECH.”

3. TEXTILE MATERIALS USED IN
CONSUMER PACKING
 Polyolefin Woven Sacks (excluding FIBC)
 Flexible Intermediate Bulk Containers (FIBC)
 Leno bags
 Wrapping fabric
 Jute Hessian and Sacks (including Food grade
jute bags)
 Soft luggage products (TT component)
 Tea-bags (filter paper)
 Twine & string for tying packages
 Food soaker pads

4. CONTRIBUTION OF TEXTILE
MATERIALS IN USAGE OF PACKTECH
 Polyolefin Woven Sacks (excluding FIBC)
account for around 50% of technical textile
consumption under Packtech
 Followed by jute hessian & sacks with around
30% share
 FIBC & wrapping fabrics account for around
20% of the total usage
 Usage of technical textile in soft luggage
products, leno bags is less than 5% of total
usage in packtech

5. POLYOLEFIN WOVEN SACKS
(EXCLUDING FIBC)
 Versatile packaging material
 Used widely in the packing of cement, fertilizers,
thermo plastic raw materials, food grains, sugar,
chemicals, cattle feed, salt etc.
 Advantages:
 Higher strength
 Light weight
 Minimal seepage
 Moisture proof
 Long lasting
 Cheaper (as it can be reused)

6. FLEXIBLE INTERMEDIATE BULK
CONTAINERS (FIBC)
 Popularly known as ‘Jumbo bags’
 Similar to HDPE/PP bags but that of a larger size
 The most cost effective & ideal types of packaging
for shipping & storing dry bulk products
 Produced from tubular or flat polypropylene
 Capacity 500 – 4000 kg
 Weight varies from 900 gm to 3 kg
 Types of FIBC bags:
1. Panel type
2. Circular woven
3. Baffle type (Square bags)

7. ADVANTAGES OF FIBC
 Low cost of material handling, inclusive wastage
of material
 Easy filling & discharge
 Savings in loading & unloading time due to ease
of handling
 Low weight package for transport
 Built in safety factor of at least 5:1 on nominal
load
 Transportation of empty FIBC’s is cheap & space
saving
 Good chemical & organic resistance
 Eco-friendly, since product is recyclable

8. USES OF FIBC
 Used in bulk packaging of
1. Polymers, such as PET & PVC
2. Petrochemicals, such as DMT, PTA & PET chips
3. Minerals, such as bentonite, alumina, ebonite, magnesite,
minerals ores etc.
4. Agro-products, such as wheat, rice, starch & sugar
5. Chemicals, such as carbon black, dyes & fertilizers
6. Oil cakes (powder form)
7. Detergents
8. Oat meal
9. Clay, mica & feldspar
10. Cement
11. Pharmaceuticals
12. Fish meal

9. LENO BAGS
 Excellent for packing & preserving vegetables like
onion, potato, ginger etc. and fruits like raw
mango, coconut etc.
 It is made up of netted fabrics of virgin
polypropylene (PP) with color master batch
Advantages:
 Superior aesthetics
 Excellent mechanical prop.
 Chemically inert
 Ease in handling & storage
 Reusable & recyclable
 Cost effective
 Suitable for dry skin vegetables & cold storage

10. WRAPPING FABRIC
 Made out of HDPE/PP, cotton canvas etc.
 Mainly used for wrapping of paper rolls, paper
bundles, steel coils, tyres, yarn cones etc.
 Its weight ranges 50 GSM to 200 GSM
 Its size varies from 20 cm to 210 cm

11. JUTE HESSIAN & SACKS
Jute hessian:
 Also termed as ‘Burlap’
 The most preferred packaging material for all
of kinds of goods
 Used for bags & many other coarse fabric
uses such as wrappers, wall coverings etc.
 Also used in the upholstery & home furniture
 It meets the latest international standards for
food safety

12. JUTE HESSIAN & SACKS
Jute sacks:
 Available in plain or twill weaves
 Sacking refers to coarser or heavy cloths
 Used primarily for sacks for packaging materials
 Have a great demand because of the openness of
the weave, which allows air to circulate while
protecting the contents
 Sacking bags, specifically used for the purpose of
storing agro based products, are known as ‘Hydro
carbon free bags’

13. SOFT LUGGAGE
 The luggage industry is classified into hard luggage &
soft luggage
 Hard luggage are mainly the large travel bags made
from plastic
 Soft luggage is made out of woven fabrics like nylon &
PET
 It includes uprights, totes & duffle bags which
available with or without wheels and handles
 Its becoming more popular due to ease of carry, as it
is light & flexible
 Due to cost effectiveness & lightweight, more & more
people are shifting from hard luggage to soft goods

14. TEA BAGS
 It consist of a filter paper pouch with a thread,
which holds the tea powder & tag
 Tea bag filter paper is made with a blend of
wood & vegetable fibers
 It is non-woven material having 12 gsm to 17
gsm

15. TWINE & STRING FOR TYING
PACKAGES
 Used for all type of packaging
 High knot strength
 Low elongation
 Good resistance to friction

16. FOOD SOAKER PADS
As it’s name implies, it is designed to soak excess
blood & moisture produce in food trays
Perforated PE film/Non woven provides more rapid, all-
around absorption of excessive fluids are absorbed from
the bottom of the pad and lock in the pad
High quality SAP and cellulose can improve absorption
capacity, and specifically retention capacity of liquid
under external pressure
This will prevent the product leaking onto or out of the
packaging

17. CONCLUSIONS
Packaging textile is a growing field with concerns
on
 Eco-friendliness
 Bio-degradable
 Re-usable
 Cost effective

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