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SBIO-4224: Industrial Packaging Systems

Description: Principles of pallet design including material selection, pallet repair methods and recycling, properties and selection of pallet fasteners. Principles of industrial packaging systems including handheld containers, bulk bins, drums, pails, bags, intermediate bulk containers, flexible intermediate bulk containers. Principles of unit load design including unit load interactions and application of load stabilizers. Principles of reusable packaging systems, shipping laws and regulations.

Pathways: N/A

Course Hours: 3 credits

Prerequisites: SBIO-3224 and SBIO-4024

Required By: N/A

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 12

Average GPA: 3.18 (B+)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 19.73%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 0.59%

Laszlo Horvath202435.8%49.1%11.9%1.4%1.0%0.6%3.1811
Marshall S White201325.0%75.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.211

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