Reform and Practice of Graduation Design of Packaging Engineering

The Reform and Practice of Graduation Design of Packaging Engineering The packaging engineering major of our school was founded in 1984. It recruits more than 30 students each year, and its specialty is packaging machinery. Most of the students' assignments are for tobacco factories, wineries, tea factories, and food factories. In 1992-1994, due to the narrower professional orientation, the poor employment channels of state-owned enterprises, the low student employment rate and other reasons suspended the enrollment for three years. In 1995, we resumed enrollment again. According to social needs and the reality of our hospital, packaging engineering has two aspects: packaging technology and equipment, sales packaging design, and enrollment of one class each year. With the rejuvenation of science and education and the expansion of enrollment in colleges and universities, from 1999 onwards, more than 60 students were enrolled in two aspects of the packaging project. The students’ career selection presents a trend of diversification, mainly including teaching and research, civil servants, advertising and decoration companies, and pharmaceutical factories. Printing carton factory, metal container factory, plastic factory, food factory, packaging machinery factory, etc.
The packaging engineering major (packaging technology and equipment) must establish its own professional characteristics and can recruit more talents in the context of the expansion of enrollment. After four years of study, students can also take a place in the society. Following the “wide-caliber, thick-foundation, and categorized training” model that was piloted by the Ministry of Education, we tried a three-stage design for the 95th and 96th level graduation design of packaging engineering. The so-called three-segment method is to arrange three different courses in the eighth semester of the students so that each student can participate in the graduation design mode. In this year's college graduation design defense, in random sampling, Zhao Yong, a packaging engineering student, had the honor to participate in the college's graduation reply. Among the many contestants who participated in the contest, his graduation design topic—packaging design (Southern coconut milk chocolate packaging and decoration design; CAD design of carton structure; design of printing mark adjustment mechanism for continuous motion vertical bag forming filling and sealing machine) With its novel and unique packaging and decorating design, more complete computer-aided design of packaging and rich design content, it won second place in the court's defense. , was praised by the judges of the whole court, and the three-stage style was also confirmed by the relevant leaders.
How to combine the actual selection of graduation projects in the packaging industry in Sichuan and Chengdu is the first problem we must solve. For this reason, under the leadership of the head of the department, we have conducted extensive social surveys.
The first topic is carton structure CAD design.
Cartons are the main packaging containers for transport packaging in our province. They have large production capacity, many production plants, and many job opportunities. Students should understand it. In today's society, English is the fourth grade and computer is the second grade. The students’ enthusiasm for learning and using computers is very high. There are many material and energy inputs. Many students buy and rent computers. They want to contact with computer applications. In addition, we have arranged a second set of national packaging higher education in the teaching plan. Courses, and students have taken courses in C language, 3DSMX 3D studio Max R3 training courses, photoshop program applications, etc., so the basis for this topic.
The second topic of decorating advertising design.
That is, applying the aesthetic principles and visual principles, through the painting, photography, patterns, text, color, etc., with the help of the computer for the design of the plane, which is also a subject of interest to the students.
Due to the development of the society and the abundance of material wealth, people began to pursue spiritual wealth. As one of the western developments, Sichuan Province has been advancing in the past two years as a new industry in interior decoration advertisements. The demand for professional talents from decoration and advertising companies is increasing. Lots of. Although packaging engineering (packaging technology and equipment) is the source of science and engineering students, rather than recruiting students from art admissions channels, there is no lack of talents with deep knowledge of art. After entering the school, they are systematically trained by professional teachers, drawing, coloring, and sketching. Learning, decoration and styling, photography, and computer graphic design classes laid the foundation for their talents. In this aspect, the subject is extensive, easy to draw, and each person has a question. There are manufacturers to collect advertising works. There are native native products packaging and decoration design, food, medicine, light chemical industry, all walks of life can be used as a creative theme. Examining the 95,96-graded design of the works and exhibition boards, many are remarkable, creative, new color, strong sense of the series, have a strong impact on the visual.
The third topic is the design of typical components of packaging machinery.
The packaging engineering business training requirements clearly indicate that the students must have the preliminary ability to develop new packaging equipment and technology management, and the packaging machinery is a type of automatic machine derivative, and it is a high-tech equipment with mechatronics. It has more employment. The opportunities, but students, especially female students, do not welcome such topics. On the one hand, they are physically unfitted. Others believe that the general economic benefits of factories are not high enough to make them rich as soon as possible. Due to the short time and heavy tasks, students cannot use too much time to collect data and evaluate programs. This requires the instructor to make full preparations in advance and use the existing equipment and manuals of the laboratory to filter out 8-10 cases. The project allows students to become familiar with the structure, principles, use, and adjustment of components within a week so that they can carry out design work as soon as possible. During drawing, students are encouraged to use OUT, CAD, r14, or r2000 to draw with computer graphics, and to make necessary calculations and analysis of the selection and determination of structural parameters and motion parameters.
In the graduation project, in addition to the instructor's regular guidance and answering questions, each student must also be strictly required to inspire students to think independently and use innovative thinking to solve the problems found.
Graduation design pattern can not be separated from the curriculum arrangements, the needs of the community and the possibility of students choosing careers, should be adjusted at any time, so that students can fully participate in the investment and meet the requirements of the teaching plan. The three-stage graduation design of packaging engineering is an exploration of our teaching reform.
(From the packaging world 2000 total 72 issues)