Card Board Box
Small cardboard boxes are great helpers for organizing storage space at home or office, moving or shipping items. They partner really well with other packaging industry items such as polystyrene foam insulation, packaging peanuts, bubble wrap and various other styles of loose and void fill. Cardboard boxes' versatility is further enriched by the fact that their properties can be scaled up or down depending on product requirements for weight, barrier protection, edge crush test or puncture resistance.
Small cardboard boxes are made of containerboard which is a representative of the paperboard family. This is typically heavy, thick paper with weight of over two hundred grams per square meter. Further, containerboard is the building block of the side, top and bottom components of cardboard boxes - the inside liner, the wavy, triangle medium and the outside printed liner which completes the box. This three-element ensemble can be repeated and layered or elements removed as needed to accommodate various loads and shipping regulations. The outside liner is especially valuable since it allows for unlimited commercial messaging and placement of contact information, website addresses etc.
The middle wavy building layer of cardboard boxes is also referred to as corrugated flutes. Its uniqueness comes from the fact that it can stretch across horizontally and carry weight making boxes strong and durable. If all weight is applied onto one spot of the cardboard wall, it is bound to give in and sustain damages. Corrugated flutes come in a few grades, A to F, depending on their size and length. Their properties exert direct influence on the stacking ability of a box - the wider the flutes, the more a box can handle vertical stacking. The finer and smaller the flutes - the better a box resists puncture. In addition, the flutes carry certain amount of air inside - this feature defines barrier protection and helps absorb pressure from inside and out acting as a natural cushion for the merchandise traveling in cardboard boxes.
Small cardboard boxes are made of containerboard which is a representative of the paperboard family. This is typically heavy, thick paper with weight of over two hundred grams per square meter. Further, containerboard is the building block of the side, top and bottom components of cardboard boxes - the inside liner, the wavy, triangle medium and the outside printed liner which completes the box. This three-element ensemble can be repeated and layered or elements removed as needed to accommodate various loads and shipping regulations. The outside liner is especially valuable since it allows for unlimited commercial messaging and placement of contact information, website addresses etc.
The middle wavy building layer of cardboard boxes is also referred to as corrugated flutes. Its uniqueness comes from the fact that it can stretch across horizontally and carry weight making boxes strong and durable. If all weight is applied onto one spot of the cardboard wall, it is bound to give in and sustain damages. Corrugated flutes come in a few grades, A to F, depending on their size and length. Their properties exert direct influence on the stacking ability of a box - the wider the flutes, the more a box can handle vertical stacking. The finer and smaller the flutes - the better a box resists puncture. In addition, the flutes carry certain amount of air inside - this feature defines barrier protection and helps absorb pressure from inside and out acting as a natural cushion for the merchandise traveling in cardboard boxes.
