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Packing with PadPak®
/ Packaging Engineering
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The Paper Packaging Experts™
10 basic tips
for paper packaging
with youtube instruction movies

1Packing with PadPak - Packaging Engineering
Preface
Over the years Ranpak has become more than just a supplier of packaging systems.
One of the key elements of the success story of Ranpak is the offered Added Value
Services.
The Ranpak Packaging Engineering department is often challenged to pack very
specific products in PadPak packaging pads. These products are often not that easy
to pack, because they are heavy, fragile or just have a complicated shape. The last 15
years we have made hundreds of packaging examples.
This booklet shows some of these examples, categorized in industries. We tried to pick
not only interesting products, but also interesting applications of the paper. You will find
all packaging techniques possible with PadPak in the examples. The booklet will show
which converter actually was used to pack these products, but will also show alterna-
tive converters that could be used as well for these kinds of products.
On top of that we added packaging tips. 10 Basic tips to improve the quality, speed,
appearance and easiness of your package. Most packaging tips can even be found in
a small movie on YouTube. Just scan the QR code; for the digital version of this book-
let just touch the QR code.
For the digital version of this booklet, to go to a specific product, just touch the picture
of the product in the Index. It will automatically take you to the specific example.
Enjoy the booklet.
Erwin Methorst
Manager Packaging Engineering department
www.ranpakeurope.com/packagingengineering

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Index
Steering unit Cylinder head Light Radiator Engine
Voice recorder Turbine wheel Big Shaft
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Computers
China cups Aquarium Ceramic dish
26 27 28Monitor Printer Transformator Cable device
Scanner
Electronics
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TV Screen
Basic 4
For high, flat
products use
4 coils in the
corners.
Basic 5
Try to fixate
products as much
as possible.
Basic 6
Use enough bottom
protection packing
fragile products.
Basic 7
For long narrow
products, use coils
at the end.
Basic 8
Manually
creating and
closing a coil.
Preface Index
Basic 1
Pad directions
for square and
round shaped
products.
Basic 2
Always push
product together
with crossed pads.
Basic 3
A void bigger
than 8 cm, use
the pads upright.
Basic 9
Determine pad
density.
Basic 10
Use the flexibility
of the paper.
Audio & Video Automotive
Aviation Ceramics

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Honey products
Small bottles Olive oil Fireplace
Vacuum
cleaner
Meat cutter
30 31 32Telecom Cash reader Solar inverter
39 40 41
42
Chair Drive Industrial valve
Industrial valve
Food
Houseware
Industrial
43 44 45
46
Test equipment
Light
Valve blockIndustrial valve
Instruments
Lights
147Drainage
Medical
48Arm
49Liquid container
Other
Bottles 50 151Paint bucket 52Bike front
1Battery 54Roof tile Roof tile Wheelchair53 55 56

Promotional
60 61 62 63
Tools
Mirror Wash basin China sink
64 65 66Welding spools Toys Play cabinet Helicopter
Resque cutter
Toys
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57 58 59Trophy Frame Sign
Sanitary

Basic step of Paper Packaging
For square shaped products use diagonal crossed
pads. For round shaped products use straight
crossed pads.
For square products it is important to protect the corners. Therefore you should place
diagonal crossed pads exactly there where they should offer protection. For round
products the corners are not that important, because the distance between product
and box is biggest at the corners. It is better to place the pads at the spot where the
distance between product and box is smallest.
1.
Watch the video on our Academy YouTube
Channel “Basic step 1 of paper packaging”

Always push product together with crossed
pads in box.
Doing this you can see that the pads will form itself around the product. Pushing in the
pads first and the product after will be more difficult to get the product in.
2.

Voids bigger than 8 cm, use the pads upright.3.
Use the strength of the “wave” in the
middle of the pad. For extra strength
use spirals and “snakes”. Use flat pads
only for small voids. To make it easy to
remember 2 pads flat okay, 3 pads flat,
use a coil instead.

For high, flat products use 4 coils in the corners of the box.
Ideal solution for products like radiators, windscreens and TV-sets. Vary the height of
the coils by playing with the density of it. Make sure that the coils on top stick out a bit.
When closing the box, the pads are slightly under pressure and therefore the product
is fixated and cushioned ideally.
4.

Try to fixate products as much as possible
By fixating products in the box, the products are packed in a better way with less
material. Fixating is the best way to save on material costs.
5.

Use enough bottom protection when packing
fragile products.
Remember, if a box gets an impact, the highest chance (70%) that it will be at the
bottom (bottom corner, bottom edge or flat bottom). Therefore divide as follow: 1/3 of
the packaging material on top; 2/3 underneath the product.
6.
= Protective layer
2/3 = cushioning

For long, narrow products use small coils at the ends
(and middle)
7.
Sandwiching a long product between
coils is a very fast, economic and
flexible way to secure your product.
tips & tricks
Use a coil to get the maximum
cuschioning effect of the paper
pad.
For lighter products use loose
coils, for heavy products use
dens coils.

Manually creating and closing a coil
To keep a coil together, just coil the pad to a spiral, then open up the ends of the paper
and push them into the coil. Now your coil does not open anymore.
8.

Determine pad density
The density of a coil or a snake can be adjusted to light or heavy products. Use coils or
snakes with a higher density for heavy products, a lower density for light weight products.
9.

Use the flexibility of the paper
PadPak®
is a flexible packaging material. With a flat pad from the machine it is easy to
make coils, corner pads, snake pads or wrap the flat pad in between the products to
avoid contact.
10.

Packaging
Examples
The Paper Packaging Experts™

13 Packing with PadPak - Packaging Engineering
Audio & Video
TV Screen
Meters of paper used: 29,5 meters 70/70 gr
3
1 2
4
65
Audio&Video
SR

Automotive
Power steering unit
Meters of paper used: 4.8 meters 70/70 gr SR
3
1 2
Automotive

SR
Automotive
Cylinder head
Meters of paper used: 5.7 meters 70/70 gr
3
1 2
4
5

SR
Automotive light
Automotive
3
1 2
4
65

Automotive radiator
3
1 2
Automotive
SRCC LC

Engine
Meters of paper used: 20 meters 70/70 gr
Automotive
3
1 2
4
5
SR

Aviation
Heavy voice recorder
3
1 2
4
5
Aviation
SR

Large Turbine wheel
3
1 2
4
5
Aviation
SR

Heavy big shaft
3
1 2
4
65
Aviation
SR

Ceramics
China cups
Ceramics
SRCC LC
3
1 2
4

SR
Aquarium
Meters of paper used: 12.5 meters 70/70 gr LC
3
1 2
4
5
Ceramics

Ceramic dish
Meters of paper used: 3 meters 70/70 gr CC LC
3
1 2
4
5
Ceramics
SR

Computers
A0 scanner (1.2 meters wide)
SR
3
1 2
4
Computers

Monitor
3
1 2
4
Computers
SR

Printer with extra cartridge
Meters of paper used: 16 meters 70/70 gr SR
3
1 2
4
65
Computers

Electronics
Transformator
SR
Electronics
3
1 2
4
65

Cable device, computer supply
3
1 2
4
Electronics
SRCC LC

Telecom equipment
3
1 2
4
65
Electronics
SR

Cash reader
3
1 2
4
5
Electronics
CC SR

Very heavy solar inverter
Meters of paper used: 24 meters (first three) or 21 meters (last 3) 70/70 gr SR
3
1 2
1
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Electronics

Meters of paper used: 1.5 meters 70 gr
Food
Honey Products
LC
3
1 2
4
65
Food

5
Small bottles
3
1 2
4
Food

Olive oil bottle
3
1 2
4
5
Food
CC

Houseware
Houseware
Fireplace
3
1 2
4
5
SR

Vacuüm cleaner
Meters of paper used: 9 meters 70 gr
3
1 2
4
65
Houseware
LCSR

Meat cutter
3
1 2
4
65
Houseware
SR

Houseware
Chairs
3
1 2
4
5
SR

Industrial
Drive
Industrial
3
1 2
4
65
SRCC

Industrial valve
3
1 2
4
Industrial
SR

Industrial valve
Meters of paper used: 6,25 meters 70/70 gr
3
1 2
4
5
Industrial
SR

Industrial valve
3
1 2
4
65
Industrial
SRCC

Hydraulic valve block
3
1 2
4
65
Industrial

Instruments
Test equipment
SR
3
1 2
4
Instruments

Industrial light
Meters of paper used: 3.75 meters 70/ gr
Lights
Lights
3
1 2
4
65
CC

Medical
Drainage
Meters of paper used: 1 meters (small box), 6 meters (large box) 70/70 gr SR
3
1 2
4
65
Medical

Medical arm
3
1 2
Medical

Medical liquid container
3
1 2
4
65
Medical

Other
Two chemical bottles
CCMeters of paper used: 5.5 meters 70/70 gr SR
3
1 2
4
65
Other

Paint bucket
3
1 2
4
5
Other

Mountain bike front suspension
3
1 2
4
65
Other

Bicycle battery
3
1 2
4
Other
LC

Roof tile
3
1 2
4
65
Other

Roof tile
3
1 2
4
5
Other

Wheelchair
3
1 2
4
65
Other

Promotional
Trophy
3
1 2
4
65
Promotional
SRCCLC

Promotional frame
3
1 2
Promotional
SRCCLC

Promotional sign
Meters of paper used: 2.1 (small box), 6 meters (large box) 50/50/50 gr
3
1 2
4
65
Promotional
SR

Sanitary
Bathroom mirror
SR
Sanitary
3
1 2
4
5

Wash basin
3
1 2
4
5
Sanitary
SR

China sink decorative
3
1 2
4
5
Sanitary
SR

Tools
Resque cutter
SR
3
1 2
4
5
Tools

Heavy welding spools
3
1 2
4
65
Tools

Toys
Toys
3
1 2
4
Toys
LC SR

Role play cabinet
3
1 2
4
65
Toys
SR

Remote controlled helicopter
3
1 2
4
Toys
LC SRCC

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