Case Study #5
A leading manufacturer of office furniture required a sustainable packaging solution for their new electric desk, which weighed over 90 lbs. The desk would be shipped partially assembled, there were several parts that needed to be held secure.
We proposed thick gauge to the top and bottom pads to brace the parts in the carton. The parts would be made 3-5mm thick from post-industrial clean corrugated clippings. To add tolerance and improve the surface of the pulp, preventing particulate, we would post pressed these parts in a 40-ton press.
The parts were just over a meter long, half as wide and about 140 mm deep. They weighed about 4 pounds each! However, unlike normal thick grade slush pulp, these pads had well defined rib and pod structures for cushion with a smooth surface that would not damage the paint work of the desk frame.
Case Study #4
A food distribution company who delivers molded pulp tableware and take-out containers to restaurants needed a container that would not have to be lined with aluminum foil in order to hold saucy or oily foods without leakage. The tray also had to be able to be put in the microwave for reheating purposes. It needed to have a lid and be sturdy.
ThermoFibres’ grab and go containers were a perfect fir for restauranteurs. The functionality of the pulp fiber trays is just what was needed to keep saucy and greasy foods in tact without leaking through the pulp. The containers are lined with PLA or PET laminate. ThermoFibre provides their patented eco-peel technology to the tray. Eco-peel allows the laminate to be easily peeled away from the pulp. Then the small thin liner is thrown away and the consumer is left with a 100% compostable, biodegradable, and recyclable container.
ThermoFibre has developed a line of take away containers that look sleek and are a workhorse for restaurants and ghost kitchens supplying restaurant quality food for those who prefer to dine at home. They can be heated in the microwave, frozen, refrigerated and the food stays in the tray. No foil is necessary to prevent leakage for the new Clean Planet Food Container product line by ThermoFibre.
Case Study #3
Our customer was looking for a container that would be able to lower the chance for the spread of infection in a medical arena as well as being a container that would lower their carbon footprint.
The Case Study presented here discusses how a company made the switch from their current packaging to one that is more environmentally friendly. One of our customers had a medical procedure tray in plastic that they wanted to migrate to moulded fibre. We had to replace several key features to accomplish the task at hand. The existing tray had the following characteristics:
We carefully evaluated the tray’s requirements. ThermoFibre’s moulded pulp engineering team have the technical knowledge of various substrates their properties to provided a sustainable alternative. Some of the unique alternatives the team incorporated to provide the same level of utility in the new tray were:
ThermoFibre is proud of being a leader in moulded pulp advances. The engineering team was able to create an eco-friendly tray that performed equally if not better than the existing plastic tray.
Case Study #2
We were approached by a company who was eager to change their current packaging to one that was sustainable and eco-friendly.
Our clients needed to switch their current packaging from plastic to a molded fiber part. They understood that there would be tooling to design and build as well as an initial lead time to make the switch. We began with a drawing and sample of the current application and engineered it for molded pulp. Prototypes were made, sent and approved. We then moved into full scale production.
The importance of having a social responsibility and compostable packaging for their product was a high priority.
ThermoFibre took the existing plastic packaging and designed a fiber counterpart that still protected the item from damage during shipping and most importantly, the end of life cycle for the insert was compostable and recyclable. With our cure-in-mold manufacturing, the end product was smooth and aesthetically pleasing. The initial lead time took 14 weeks which included the design and engineering, building the tool, manufacturing the parts and shipping. In conclusion, our customer was thrilled to have an environmentally friendly package to offer and a boost to their own sustainability goals.
Case Study #1
Our customer was looking for a container that would be able to lower the chance for the spread of infection in a medical arena as well as being a container that would lower their carbon footprint.
Our customer was looking for a container that would be able to lower the chance for the spread of infection in a medical arena as well as being a container that would lower their carbon footprint.
ThermoFibre was able to design and manufacture the first natural fibre container that could hold medical instruments and be put safely in an autoclave.
Using our proprietary Safetex coating which provided the container with a low lint and dust surface it also allows the pulp container to be impervious to all common solutions found in the medical arena including soaps and alcohols.
Our design is a clamshell container which can be closed securely with a living hinge, embossed with our customers logo and coated to safely hold liquids. We were able to supply them with a variety of sizes. The pulp clamshell has a smooth surface and clean thin-walled edges.
This container establishes a new regime for molded pulp applications by taking on the ability to not only be a single use container that would lessen the chance for the spread of disease but also be autoclaved and hold fluids safely.
It is an environmentally friendly application. Our customer was very pleased with this design and took the product to market.
Problem solved!