Engineering:Chub (container)

Short description: Food packaging material

One type of chub used for bulk sausage

Kielbasa

A chub or a chub pack is a type of container formed by a tube of flexible packaging material.^[1]^[2] The cylindrical package has the appearance of a sausage with the ends sealed by metal crimps or clips.^[3]

Uses

Chub packs are used to pack semi-solid materials such as:

sausage
hamburger
dog food
cheese spreads
frostings
bread dough
cookie dough
creamed corn
drywall compound
explosive slurries

Notes

↑ Roussos, George, "Chub packaging film", US patent 7393593, published 2008-07-01, assigned to Flexopack SA Plastics Industry
↑ Schirmer, Henry G., "High strength laminated film for chub packaging", US patent 5037683, published 1991-08-06, assigned to W.R. Grace & Co.
↑ Soroka, W. Illustrated Glossary of Packaging Terminology (Second ed.). Institute of Packaging Professionals. http://www.iopp.org/i4a/pages/Index.cfm?pageID=1.

References

Yam, K. L., "Encyclopedia of Packaging Technology", John Wiley & Sons, 2009, ISBN:978-0-470-08704-6

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