Worldstar Award for Tri-Wall’s Engine Block Pack
  Market Sector: Automotive
  DS Smith Tri-Wall’s award winning design team have won yet another Worldstar. The award was in the transit and protective packaging section for industrial products. This is the tenth year in a row that Tri-Wall’s design team have achieved success in this prestigious competition.
The design this year was for a major supplier of automotive parts distributing new and refurbished engine blocks throughout Europe. And with the number of different engine specifications it was finding the stock control and storage of individual packs a considerable problem.
Tri-Wall’s ingenious new design accommodates three different engine blocks, weighing up to 40 kgs each, which are shipped two or three high per pallet. The inner width flaps of the container are extended and creased so that they can either lie flat
or fold to form a base buffer dependent on the block packed. The die-cut base fitting is easy to fold and locks together securely, and once formed the cut-outs are profiled to accept the contours of the engine blocks and stop any movement in the horizontal plane. It also has a creased side buffer, which can be folded differently to suit the three engine specifications.
 
  The upper inner flaps of the container are die-cut with fold down tabs to stop fore and aft movement, whilst the fold under cut-out panels stop any lateral or vertical movement of the blocks. They also have die-cut contoured sections where they meet to securely lock the integral fitting in place. A final inner flap and self-locking panel complete the pack, add protection and form a flat surface for multiple stacking in storage and transit.
Since its introduction the pack has reduced storage requirements for packaging materials by 22% and the packing time by 17 %. It has been totally free of damage and assisted in end-user production efficiency. In fact the pack has been so well received that the OEM has also adopted it for their shipments.
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