CNN News: 未來塑料泡沫包裝發(fā)展

So, yesterday was a holiday, but we`re not going to judge if you didn`t realize it was Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day. This happens every year in the last Monday in January. It`s all about the plastic package cushion that both protects whatever is being shipped and happens to be really to pop.

昨天是假期，但是如果你不知道昨天是泡沫包裝贊賞日(Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day)，沒有關(guān)系。這個(gè)節(jié)日是每月的最后一個(gè)周一。節(jié)日都是關(guān)于可以保護(hù)運(yùn)輸物品的塑料包裝。

CNN visited the factory and found that bubble wrap is only part of its story.

CNN昨日采訪了某工廠，發(fā)現(xiàn)泡沫包裝只是故事的一部分。

Inside Sealed Air`s headquarters in Saddle Brook, New Jersey, they may get by the truckload every hour. But there`s something new happening. In their lab, they`re creating boxes that self inflate, bubbles that inflate on sight and packaging that takes the shape of a product, once it`s cracked much like a hand warmer.

在新澤西州德爾布魯克的Sealed Air工廠總部，每小時(shí)都會(huì)有滿載的卡車。但是這并不是什么新鮮事情。在實(shí)驗(yàn)室里，研究人員正在制作自我膨脹的箱子，表面上是泡沫膨脹，然后包裹出產(chǎn)品的形狀，一旦包裝破裂，不會(huì)產(chǎn)生太大影響。

This is not made out of plastic. It`s made out of mushrooms.

這并不是用塑料做的，而是用蘑菇做的。

Mushrooms that I can eat?

我們食用的蘑菇嗎?

Mushrooms that you can eat. Oh, it doesn`t smell.

這些蘑菇是可食用的。但是它們沒有味道。

It doesn`t smell like mushroom. Does it take like mushroom?

但聞起來不像蘑菇，嘗起來像蘑菇嗎?

No.

不像。

But bubble wraps started it all. And like other brilliant inventions, it was made by accident.

但是泡沫包裝和其他偉大的發(fā)明一樣，它的出現(xiàn)只是偶然。

The story begins in 1957 when these guys were trying to make wall paper. It didn`t quite stick, but from that failure, bubble wrap is born.

故事始于1957年，那時(shí)的人們?cè)噲D使用墻紙。但是墻紙的厚度不夠，于是泡沫包裝誕生了。

What is the secret to making bubble wrap?

那么制作泡沫包裝的秘訣是什么呢?

I`m not going to say that.

這我就不能說啦。

Come on down.

這邊

This would be one of the resins (ph) that we`re using on the product.

這是我們產(chǎn)品中使用的樹脂

And this is essentially plastic?

這實(shí)質(zhì)上是塑料嗎?

This is plastic.

是塑料。

And then it gets sucked up into these huge tubes --

然后它就被吸進(jìn)巨大的管道里。

From here, we will suck it up into anyone of the three lines.

從這里我們可以吸進(jìn)任意三條。

To form the bubbles, the plastic is melted down at 500 degrees into a consistency like molasses.

為了形成泡沫。塑料在500度的高溫融化成粘稠狀。

Once we vacuum form the bubble, then we include another layer of material to seal the air inside the bubble.

一旦形成泡沫，就用另一層材料來密封氣泡內(nèi)的空氣。

It`s cut down to size by a million dollar machine, and there are over 100 different kinds of bubble wrap, customized for almost every major shipping company in the world.

這是由價(jià)值100萬美元的機(jī)器裁制的，約有100多種泡沫包裝，為世界上主要的航運(yùn)公司定制的。

Bubble wrap is actually only 3 percent of the company`s revenue. Their newer, innovative packaging isn`t so easy to pop.

泡沫包裝實(shí)際只占本公司收入的3%。公司的新的創(chuàng)意包裝不易破碎。

So, this is kind of a thing of the past and this is a thing of the present and future?

這么，這一種代表的過去的包裝材料，而這一種則是現(xiàn)在和未來的包裝材料?

That`s exactly right.

對(duì)的

No bubble wrap.

非泡沫包裝。