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| There's
a lot more to a corrugated box than meets the eye. |
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Essentially,
a corrugated box is used to ship goods from one point to another
or as a storage container. Whether carrying small appliances,
automobile parts, or food products, the box has to be strong
and durable enough for the job at hand.
Manufacturing
the corrugated box begins by producing corrugated board, which
gives the box its strength, durability, and adaptability.
(By tearing a piece in half, you can clearly see the make-up
of the corrugated board. A fluted layer is sandwiched between
a bottom and top layer of linerboard.) |
Here's
how corrugated board is produced. Linerboard (a special type
of flat cardboard sheet) is softened with steam to make it
pliable. The pliable linerboard is then fed between huge metal
rollers that have special meshed, gear-like teeth; to press
the board into a series of permanent wavy curves (flutes).
Next, a cornstarch adhesive is applied to the tips of the
flutes (bottom and top) to which linerboard is glued. The
result - corrugated board - is used to make the familiar corrugated
box. |
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flutes, which are essentially a series of connected arches,
give the corrugated box its extraordinary strength. (The strength
of the arch is well documented in construction and architecture.
For example, the Romans were well aware of the strength of the
arch and used it widely in their buildings.) |
| These
days, corrugated box design has become a lot more sophisticated
than in the past, its strength often being dictated by its use.
For example, some boxes not only have to withstand the rigours
of travel, but they are often stacked to great heights. If the
boxes are not designed to specific strength requirements, collapsing
under the load could be a real problem. For these reasons, the
industry has developed numerous combinations of corrugated board
types, flute sizes, weights, and strengths for virtually any
shipping or storage application. |
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corrugated box can be custom-designed to fit any shape (thus
reducing head space between the product and the package). It
is also made largely from reused/recycled material. The balance
is old boxes, and sawdust and shavings from logging and wood-processing
operations. In Canada, corrugated boxes have an extremely high
recovery rate. For more data on recovery rates and environmental
issues, click Paper and
Paperboard Packaging Environmental Council (PPEC). |
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