The manufacture of corrugated packaging is generally classified into two phases:
A) Containerboard making combining and cutting.
B) Box manufacturing & designing.
Corrugated Cartons
A) Containerboard making combining and cutting.
1- The Main Stream is being fed with the main raw material (Paper roll):
3 Paper rolls to produce a single corrugated board.
5 Paper rolls to produce a double corrugated board.
2- The paper is steam-heated and pressed to form corrugated cardboard.
3- One roll of cardboard is corrugated; which is called the corrugating medium, as it is placed in the middle between two flat sheets, a corrugating medium is pressed into a wave-like shape (flutes).
4- Corrugated layer sandwiching; the corrugated board is glued to both a top
sheet and a bottom sheet of linerboard. Corn starch glue bonds
the corrugated medium (wavy layer) to the liners (layers of paper).
5- The cardboard is then passed over steam-heated plates, which cure the glue.
Note: Two liners and a corrugated medium make up the standard three-layer corrugated board and three liners and two corrugated mediums make up the standard five-layer corrugated board.