 Wil Caraballo Multivac, Inc. Technical Sales Advisor Visit Website |
Wil Caraballo has over 27 years of packaging experience in the medical field. As a technical sales advisor at Multivac, he has been integral in the design, development and optimization of hundreds of packaging solutions for medical product companies of every size over the course of his career. He is a trusted and invaluable resource to packaging engineers inside Multivac and at client companies, and is a key member of the technical leadership team at Multivac. Wil's credentials in reducing package costs while maintaining and even improving packaging results are unrivalled in the packaging equipment industry.
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Package Cost Reduction Strategies Q&A
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Asked August 12th, 2010
The major potential issue to be aware of is the degradation of material thickness in critical areas of the package such as the corners. Downgauging material thickness most of the time requires upgrading the equipment to a different type of forming system that will enable you to better control the forming process. One such system uses a male plug to help distribute the material more uniformly throughout the package.
When working on a project to reduce material cost, one important element is that the equipment supplier have the ability to do prototype testing of the specific package. It is very important that the new materials be proven prior to making a large investment in either new tooling for your existing equipment or purchasing new equipment.
