Ukupakishwa kwemikhiqizo esanda kusikwa kungene enkathini yombukiso nokusho - ngayo yonke indlela.
Amakhasimende ngokuvamile akwazile ukubona lokho akuthengayo ngokusebenzisa izinto ezintsha zokupakisha (“umbukiso”).
Manje, ngenxa yamaphakheji asebenzisanayo, angaphinda axhumane nolwazi olwengeziwe mayelana nomkhiqizo ongaphakathi ("tshela").
Ngokwesibonelo, Abalimi Express inezinhlobo ezine, okuhlanganisa iGreen Giant Fresh. Iphakethe lephakethe le-Grab N' Go eliyiphawundi elilodwa le-broccoli yengane emnandi liqukethe ulwazi lwesikhwama olukhuluma ngokulungiselela kanye neziyalezo zokupheka. Le phakheji inobukhulu obungeziwe: ikhodi yebha engu-2-D equkethe ulwazi olufinyelelwa ngohlelo lokusebenza lokuskena lwe-smartphone.
“Ikhasimende lizoxhunywa ngokuzenzakalelayo ekhasini elithile lomkhiqizo elihambisana nomkhiqizo eliwuthengile,” kusho u-Deanne Cagnacci, umphathi omusha womkhiqizo nokuthuthukiswa kwe-Growers Express. “Ukuguquguquka kwephakethe lekhodi yebha ye-2D kusivumela ukuthi sifundise abathengi ngomkhiqizo ngokwawo mayelana nezinzuzo zezempilo zomkhiqizo, ukutholakala, ukukhethwa komkhiqizo, ukugcinwa komkhiqizo, ukulungiswa komkhiqizo (izindlela zokupheka eziningi), iresiphi eguquguqukayo nemibono yokusetshenziswa nokuningi, okuningi. ngaphezulu, ngenkathi ivumela iphakheji ukuthi libe iwindi elicacile lomkhiqizo ngokwawo. "
Ulwazi luqukethwe ku-URL esohlwini lwebhakhodi. Lapho ikhamera ye-smartphone ithatha isithombe sebhakhodi engu-2-D, ikhasimende lingakwazi ukufinyelela iwebhusayithi equkethe ulwazi olwengeziwe.
I-Chelan Fresh esifundazweni saseWashington sethule ubuchwepheshe obusha be-databar obubiza ngokuthi ama-greenscans. Ngokulanda uhlelo lokusebenza lwe-greenscan (www.greenscans.com) bese beskena isitikha ngama-smartphone abo, abathengi bazokwazi ukubuka ividiyo yomlimi kuma-apula ayi-16 ahlukene.
Ukuphrinta kuzo zonke izindawo
Ekhuluma ngesikhathi seseshini yezemfundo yakamuva embukisweni wezohwebo we-United Fresh 2012 eDallas, uJeffrey Brandenburg, umongameli we Iqembu le-JSB, uthe ukwanda kokuthandwa kwezikhwama kubangelwa neze ukunethezeka kwamakhasimende kanye neqiniso lokuthi cishe yonke indawo engatholakala ingaphrintwa - ngezindleko ezithe xaxa.
U-Penny Sweeney wase-Lenexa, Kan.-based Robbie, uthe izikhwama eziguquguqukayo zinikeza izinketho eziningi zokuphrinta nokufaka uphawu phezu kweziqukathi eziqinile.
Eqinisweni, wathi I-Temkin International Khiqiza Umphathi Wokupakisha u-Joe Bradford, amaphakheji amasha afinyelela “kumabhodi ezikhangiso amahhala” ngendlela.
“Ngokwengeza ihluzo eziphakeme nokuthuthukisa ngempela uhlobo lomkhiqizo, yilapho i-Temkin ingena khona futhi bonke abahlinzeki bokupakisha beza, ngokusiza inkampani ekhiqizayo ithuthukise uhlobo lwayo nokuthuthukisa isithombe salokho abakuthengisayo,” kusho uBradford. “Esikhundleni sokuthi udayise i-apula noma ubhontshisi oluhlaza, manje usufaka uphawu nomlimi, umlimi, nomdayisi. Ngaphambilini, okungenani besinethegi ene-UPC. Manje asikwazi ukubeka imininingwane ukuze kulandeleke kuphela, kodwa mayelana nenkampani yakho, ukuthi ungubani, umeleni, mhlawumbe isithombe, iwebhusayithi yakho.”
Futhi ubuchwepheshe bokuphrinta buye baba ngcono, kusho uRobert Bergeron, iphini likamongameli we I-Garlock Printing & Converting e-Gardner, Mass., ekhiqiza ukupakishwa kwamakhasimende afana ne-Ready Pac, Taylor Farms kanye ne-San Miguel Produce.
"Singakwazi ukuhlanganisa amaphesenti angu-100," esho. Izikhwama zingaphrintwa yonke indawo.
Ukusuka ekusikeni okusha kuya ku-value eyengeziwe
Ukuthatha inkomba empumelelweni yokupakishwa okusha, izithelo nemifino kuya ngokuya kuvela ezinhlotsheni ezifanayo zokupakisha.
“Silandela ithonya laseYurophu nokuthi ithonya laseYurophu liwukuba kungabikho muntu othinta ukudla kwabo,” kusho uBradford kaTemkin. "Thina lapha eNyakatho Melika sithanda ukulingisa lokho."
Lokho kusho ukuthi imikhiqizo eminingi emisha epakishwayo - futhi emaphaketheni acwebezelayo aphinde asize ukuhlonza umkhiqizo.
"Okuqale ngokuthi i-cut veg kanye nokuthi amaphrosesa azodlulani - bawuqale ngempela lo mkhuba, kodwa manje isithelo sonke nemifino," kusho uBradford. Ngaphambili bekumayelana nenani nokuthi ungenza iphakethe lakho libe lula kangakanani.
“Manje sekuwukuba nomsindo futhi 'ubheke ukuthi uhlanya kangakanani umsebenzi wethu wobuciko.'
Lokho kusho ukuthi izinto ezazivame ukuba yinqwaba eqinile zigcina emaphaketheni.
“Futhi, sinalelo bhodi lokukhangisa, futhi sinezinkinga zokulandeleka okulula kakhulu ukuzilandela kanye nezindaba zokuphepha kangangokuthi abantu abakuthinti ukudla komunye nomunye,” kusho uBradford.
Ukupakisha nempilo yeshelufu
UMaxwell Chase Technology e-Atlanta, e-Ga., inamalungelo obunikazi amaningana amboza iphakethe layo elimunca i-Fresh-R-Pax, okuhlanganisa amaphedi, iziqukathi zokudayisa, izikhwama, amathreyi anezimbambo nemishini yokusika utamatisi no-anyanisi, kusho isikhulu senkampani uMichael Walsh.
“Impahla yethu emuncayo isusa uketshezi oluningi lwezithelo nemifino esanda kusikwa, njengotamatisi osikiwe futhi osikiwe, u-anyanisi, isilimo esidliwayo esinamagatsha anamanzi, upelepele, ukhukhamba nezinhlobonhlobo zezithelo ezisikiwe ezintsha ezihlanganisa ikhabe, i-cantaloupe, i-honeydew melon nophayinaphu. Ukususwa kwalolu ketshezi okweqile okuholela ekuthuthukisweni okumangalisayo kwempilo yeshalofu,” kusho uWalsh. “Amaphakethe ethu adonsayo andisa impilo yeshelufu yezithelo nemifino ibe yizinsuku eziyi-14. Lokhu kuqeda isidingo sokupakishwa okushintshiwe komkhathi.”
Izinto zokupakisha zihlanganisa ama-poly blends ajwayelekile kanye ne-laminated poly, izinto ezisekelwe esitshalweni ezisetshenziselwa ukupakisha eziqinile, kodwa eziguquguqukayo, iziqukathi eziqinile kanye nenhlanganisela yama-poly blend kanye nezinto ezisekelwe esitshalweni ezisetshenziswa kuma-clamshell. Kukhona iziqukathi ezingenziwa ngezinto ezigaywe kabusha.
"Kube nokugxila okukhulu ekuthutheleleni ezintweni eziluhlaza njenge-PLA (i-polylactic acid) futhi kwandiswe ukuphindaphinda kwezinto ezikhona ezifana ne-PP (i-polypropylene)," kusho u-Walsh.
Ezikhwameni zepulasitiki nasezikhwameni, abakhiqizi bafaka ama-perforations noma ama-patches aphefumulayo noma basebenzise amafilimu athile ngokusekelwe kuzakhiwo zesithelo noma imifino ngaphakathi.
I-OCTAL's Ishidi le-DPET lisetshenziselwa ukwakha ukupakishwa okuhlukahlukene okungangeni moya, okufakazelwa yi-tamper-evidence emikhiqizweni esanda kusikwa. Iqinile, kodwa iyavumelana nezimo, idayiswa ezingxenyeni eziningi zomhlaba ukuze ibunjwe ibe yizinhlobonhlobo zeziqukathi ezibamba kancane.
“Kuwumbukiso ocace kakhulu,” kusho iSikhulu Esibhekele ukusebenza kwe-OCTAL uJoe Barenberg. “Kukunikeza lowo muzwa wokuhlanzeka nobusha.
“Futhi akungeni moya ngokoqobo, njengesigubhu. Uma ukwazi ukwakha uhlobo lophawu ephaketheni, impilo yeshalofu iyakhula. ”
Crucial role of equipment
Any discussion of packaging should include the equipment used in the fresh-cut packaging process. Hayward, Calif.-based Heat and Control manufactures and supplies inspection and packaging machinery such as weighers, conveyors, metal detectors, X-ray inspection devices, tray sealers, packaging machines and control systems.
“While equipment does not determine the success of a product, it certainly plays a crucial role in production profitability and the ability to meet orders quickly once the product is accepted in the marketplace,” said Blake Svejkovsky, Heat and Control manager of product handling systems.
Ukushisa Nokulawula offers a variety of inspection equipment to help processors ensure the safety of their fresh-cut products. That includes its Ishida X-ray inspection systems that detect the presence of metal, rocks, plastic and other foreign objects so they can be removed before the product reaches consumers.
Heat and Control also supplies CEIA metal detectors.
“The MS21 simultaneously uses a multiple spectrum of inspection frequencies, unlike other detectors (even three- frequency models), which check product using only one frequency at a time,” said Brian Barr, sales manager for packaging systems.
For an all-in-one inspection, Heat and Control’s Ishida IX-GA X-ray system can find damaged or missing product pieces and packaging defects, such as product trapped in a bag seal, Barr said.