Packaging Performance Testing and Process, Machinery and equipment detailed syllabus for Food Technology (Food Tech) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna Universities official website and presented for the Food Tech students. For course code, course name, number of credits for a course and other scheme related information, do visit full semester subjects post given below.
For Food Technology 6th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit Food Tech 6th Sem 2021 regulation scheme. For Professional Elective-VII scheme and its subjects refer to Food Tech Professional Elective-VII syllabus scheme. The detailed syllabus of packaging performance testing and process, machinery and equipment is as follows.
Unit I
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Unit II
Product Packaging (Food / Pharmaceuticals / Cosmetics / Chemicals etc. Packaging of food products a) Agriculture produce. b) Processed and dehydrated food. c) Milk and milk products. d) Meat and poultry products. e) Marine products – Shrimps. f) Spices.
Packaging of other specific items a) Pharmaceuticals. b) Tea. c) Cosmetics and Perfumery. d) Soaps, detergents and shampoos. e) Chemicals and fertilizers. f) Petroleum products. g) Pesticides. h) Light Engineering Goods and domestic appliances. i) Heavy machinery and equipment. j) Textiles and Garments. k) Handicrafts and other products
Unit III
Packaging processes and machinery – types, characteristics and specialities; selection and specification. Equipments for canning, paper / board carton, flexible packaging, etc. Packaging Machinery: Types, merits, demerits of the process Filling of dry and liquid products Gravimetric filling, volumetric filling, filling of still liquids, Filling of carbonated liquids and other packaging techniques.
Unit IV
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Unit V
- Shrink and stretch wrapping equipment
- Blister packaging equipment
- Strip packaging
- Lined cartons
- Standi pack
- Labelling machinery
- Cartoning machinery
- Wrapping, multipack wrapping and bundling
- In plant plastic bottle making
- Laminating – slitting -sheeting
- Code marking and imprinting
- Tape dispensers
- Hot melt – use, method, equipment
- Vacuum and gas packaging, method, application, equipment
- Packaging of pottery and ceramics
- Latest developments in packaging machinery
Course Outcomes:
At the end of the course the students would have the knowledge to
- Understand and identify the specific processing technologies used for foods and the various products derived from the materials.
- Well equipped with skills on handling food equipment’s.
- Prove knowledge to instruments working, calibration.
- Understand and apply advanced preservation and packaging techniques for all food products.
Text Books:
- Yam K. L., “The Wiley Encyclopedia of Packaging Technology”, Third Edition, Wiley, 2009
- F. A. Paine, The Packaging User’s Handbook, Springer
- Pharmaceutical Packaging Handbook By Edward Bauer
- Textbook of Pharmaceutical Packaging Technology by Kaushik
For detailed syllabus of all the other subjects of Food Technology 6th Sem, visit Food Tech 6th Sem subject syllabuses for 2021 regulation.
For all Food Technology results, visit Anna University Food Tech all semester results direct link.