Cute Butterfly Box

Also colloquially called American box, the folding box is a packaging four side faces (mathematically a rectangular base prism) which closes both its top and bottom by four flaps. His FEFCO code is 0201.

Usually made of cardboard, its versatility and high stacking strength have made the most popular of the boxes.They are of different sizes, even large enough to allow a homeless person or a drunk can sleep in it, or at least can improvise some kind of protection or roof.

Structurally, the cardboard box is a closed ring covered by four flaps taken from the structure itself. The flaps typically have a uniform to optimize the ironing surface height. Long bend joining in the center of the case and short stay recessed below them. Its height is therefore equal to half the width of the packaging. The wave is placed in the vertical direction to give the packing maximum strength. Therefore, usually it located perpendicularly to the rim except in cases where the traveling box lying on it is designed in the opposite direction.

The first step involves inserting the cardboard sheet of cloven by those who bend the top flaps both as inferior. This is done in the manufacturing process of the plate in the corrugating through circular die called slitter itself. Then, as in the rest of cardboard packaging, the manufacture of the box begins decoration plate which is performed on a printer. The flexographic printing forme is served polymer to deposit the ink on the substrate, requiring many clichés as colors carry case. Usually, the printer is placed in line with the casemaker which is the machine that will give the final structure box. In this machine the grooving are performed to form the flaps, split in the direction of wave, folding and gluing of the box attachment flange. Thus, the box is ready for further packaging.

Finally, place and palletizing operations strapping. The box delivery therefore the packer, printed, folded, glued and palletized.

The cardboard box is a versatile packaging lines used in automatic manual packing as much. In the first case, the process is as follows. to seal the bottom flaps are closed. Then it introduces the product and reconditions it manually. Then, the top flaps are closed with another seal.

In the second case, the process is performed through packers machines that are installed at the end of the packaging line. There are various systems for American boxes encased but the basic procedure is as follows. The product units are grouped into batches according to the number to be packaged. Suckers form the box and proceeds to the lower closed by hot glue (hot melt). Then the product is introduced therein. At this point there are two ways:

Vertical squashed. The products are inserted through the top of the carton. It is usual in products handled by picking as bottles, jars, rigid packs, etc. Some products are introduced at the bottom by lowering the box thereon but is a most unusual process.

Horizontal Encased. The folded box moves horizontally to a point that opens laterally through suction. Once the product is pushed to clustered inside.

Finally, the top flaps are closed by means of hot melt glue or hot.