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Carton box technical standards
The quality of cardboard boxes is always a criterion that businesses pay attention to and prioritize when choosing a printing and manufacturing unit. So, which cardboard box standards determine the quality of the cardboard box? Let's learn about the standard technical standards of cardboard boxes in the article below.
1. Why do you need to know the technical standards of cardboard boxes?
Standard cardboard boxes play an important role in protecting the quality of products during packaging, transportation, and delivery to the users.
If the cardboard box is not guaranteed in quality, it will cause serious impacts on the quality of goods and customers' trust in the product and business.
Not only that, your business and brand image will also be significantly affected, and it may even leave a bad impression on customers.
Therefore, when you need to use cardboard boxes, you need to carefully research the standards to produce and effectively use the functions of the cardboard box.
2. Top 5 cardboard box standards you need to note
To bring high-quality cardboard box samples and best support for business as well as packaging and transporting goods, you need to note the following technical standards:
a) Cardboard box surface standard
The surface of the cardboard box provides information such as: product name, manufacturer, quantity, weight, as well as notes on goods so that the shipping unit as well as customers can pay attention to and best protect the product.
Therefore, the surface standard of the cardboard box must be clean and beautiful, the messages must be printed clearly, and the ink must not fade so that users are provided with accurate information about the product, especially notes and symbols for shipping units such as: fragile, waterproof, …
Cardboard boxes also help prevent products from being oxidized, contaminated by dirt, and moldy, so the surface of the cardboard box is coated with a layer of paraffin or coated with a moisture-proof, anti-oxidation film. The amount of paraffin coating usually occupies from 10g/m2 for each side of the box and is coated evenly on the surface of the cardboard box.
b) Cardboard paper standard
Paper is the main raw material used to produce cardboard box samples. Therefore, choosing the types of paper as well as the weight of each type is also a standard that directly affects the quality of the cardboard box.
Depending on each need, purpose, and specific product of each customer, there are suitable choices. The types of paper used to produce cardboard boxes are usually: 3-layer, 5-layer, 7-layer cardboard paper…
For regular cardboard boxes, the standard paper weight to produce cardboard boxes is from 125gsm to 150gsm. For boxes used to transport large-sized goods or premium boxes, the paper weight is from 300gsm or more.
c) Cardboard flute standard
Cardboard box flutes are the corrugated layers of cardboard created by the corrugation technique during the production process of the cardboard box to increase the rigidity, durability, and load-bearing capacity of the cardboard box. The popular types of cardboard box flutes today are: A-flute, B-flute, C-flute, E-flute...
The standard of cardboard box flutes depends heavily on the paper weight during production. The higher and thicker the paper weight, the more rigid and solid the created flute layer will be.
When producing cardboard boxes, you should choose and accurately check the paper flute layers to ensure the quality requirements of the cardboard box as desired.
d) Cardboard box whiteness standard
The whiteness of the paper of the cardboard box is also a factor that directly affects the quality of the cardboard box. The standard for checking the whiteness of the cardboard box is checking the cleanliness, brightness, and uniformity of the cardboard paper. The higher the whiteness standard of the cardboard box, the better the quality.
The whiteness of the cardboard box is measured by spectral color measuring devices at different positions on the surface of the cardboard box. At least from 5 different positions.
e) Cardboard box thickness standard
The thickness of the cardboard box is one of the important criteria for checking cardboard boxes, determining the quality of the cardboard box. The thickness of the cardboard box is directly related to the paper grammage used.
Depending on the type of paper and the number of layers as well as the cardboard paper grammage used, the thickness of the cardboard box varies. The popular types of cardboard boxes today are 3-layer cardboard boxes, 5-layer cardboard boxes, 7-layer cardboard boxes….
To accurately check the thickness of the cardboard box, you need to select 10 different cardboard samples to make test samples. Then use an electronic measuring device or a vernier caliper to measure the thickness and choose the average value between the measurements.
In addition to the above factors, design standards as well as printing techniques are also one of the factors you need to note when producing cardboard boxes. Therefore, before producing cardboard boxes in bulk, you should work with the cardboard box manufacturing unit to directly check the box samples to ensure the quality as well as the technical standards suitable for the requirements.
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Today, with the increasing demand for cardboard boxes, the requirements for the quality of cardboard boxes are also increasing. Therefore, cardboard box manufacturing units always have standard production processes, quality checking steps for cardboard boxes with strict standards to bring the best product quality to customers.
Hoàng Phúc Pack is a cardboard box manufacturing unit in Ho Chi Minh City with advanced, modern production technology processes and fully applying technical standards to bring the best quality products to customers. If you are looking to produce cardboard boxes, please contact us immediately for advice. Hotline: 028 6685 4143
Above are the information about the cardboard box standards in production that you need to note when producing as well as printing to create quality box samples, best supporting your business.
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