Manufacturing Process Of Cardboard Boxes

If you are moving to a new location or delivering packages, cardboard boxes are best solution for packaging of the goods. Cardboard boxes not only help in easy packing of goods but also avoid chances of breakage and leakage. In 1871 cardboard boxes were invented and since then they are in use in very corner of the world. Nowadays, cardboard boxes are integral part of our busy live style. Despite of its simple appearance, the process of making cardboard boxes is very complicated. As its name indicate that the main material in manufacturing of the cardboard boxes is cardboard.

The first step in manufacturing of cardboard boxes is making of cardboard. Some companies, involved in business of selling cardboard boxes, order cardboard according to their graph of demand and supply. Most of the company along selling cardboard boxes also manufactures their own cardboard.

Cardboard boxes typically consist of two layers inner and outer layer. Internal layer is made of different kind of pulp, which is thinner kind of paperboard. The cardboard boxes inner layers are called medium layers. These layers have ripples and fluted patterns as they are heated at particular temperature then whetted and finally formed by wheels. Starched base is used to join the two or more medium. The cardboard boxes outer layer is called liner boards. The liner board is humidified which help in easy joining of the layers during the formation.

Now bending machines are used for folding the boxes along the mark lines made with the help of corrugates. Glue is applied to those areas of the cardboard boxes which will come together to form the box. Another machine is used for folding the glued areas of the cardboard boxes. For proper printing or writing on the outer layer of cardboard boxes, there is ink kitchen. In ink kitchen 5000 colors are systematically poured into the containers. These chemical colors are mixed so perfectly to achieve right color combination on the cardboard boxes. After some printing or graphic work on the cardboard boxes they are piled and are ready to deliver to the customer. Now these easy to carry cardboard boxes are ready to sale and use. They are capable to carry nearly anything that one can imagine.

Almost every successful cardboard boxes manufacturer agrees on one common point that delivering anything which is below the defect free standard is not acceptable in any way. So it’s important for manufacturing company that to keep manual inspection of the cardboard boxes before delivering the boxes to the potential customers. Companies can install camera inspection technology to their production departments. This will help to examine, produce complete and defect free bundles of cardboard boxes at extremely high speed. Due to this technology operator intervention is not needed. This result in less wastage of material, higher rate of production and provide guarantee that cardboard boxes are when delivered won’t cause manufacturing problems for the user.

Cardboard boxes are used for packing varied heavy products as well as the fragile items. They are available in different sizes, shape and color scheme.