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Historical perspectives of corrugated box testing for 2020, TAPPI Journal March 2020

ABSTRACT: In the age of e-commerce, corrugated packaging is experiencing a resurgence; at least, consumers are receiving more corrugated boxes today than ever before. The corrugated box has been the main package for transporting goods for over 100 years, and corrugated board and boxes have been the focus of scientific study for about as long. For the last 50 years, box compressive test strength value (BCT) has been the main focus of research and testing. That was not always the case. In addition, many of today’s boxes experience a different end-use life than their predecessors.

The Conversion of Corra Gator-Boardy, Paper360º September/October 2023

Protecting Flexible Packaging Rolls with Custom Steel Rack, Paper360º September/October 2023

Digitalization Rolls Out at DS Smith Mills Across Europe, Paper360º September/October 2021

Digitalization Rolls Out at DS Smith Mills Across Europe, Paper360º September/October 2021

The Conversion of Corra Gator-Boardy, Paper360º January/February 2023

Rolling Scores & Folding Quality, 2015 CorrExpo Conference

Rolling Scores & Folding Quality, 2015 CorrExpo Conference

We’ve Got Good Chemistry: Innovations Papermakers Need to Know About, Paper360º March/April 2020

We’ve Got Good Chemistry: Innovations Papermakers Need to Know About, Paper360º March/April 2020

Reinventing Varkaus, Paper360º May/June 2017

Reinventing Varkaus, Paper360º May/June 2017

Quality, Noise and the Environment, 1998 Corrugated Containers Conference Proceedings

Quality, Noise and the Environment, 1998 Corrugated Containers Conference Proceedings

Assessing variation in package modeling, TAPPI Journal April 2021

ABSTRACT: Predictions from empirical models are affected by variability in the input parameters for the data set used to build the models. For corrugated boxes, the difference between actual and modeled compression strength creates a real cost associated with box production, often resulting in boxes that may need to be over-designed to compensate for a lack of model precision. No work to date has attempted to assess the limitation in these compression estimates due to input parameter testing variability. In this paper we approach that problem, initially for the McKee equation and then conceptually for other box models. For our industry to do a better job at meeting the needs of our corrugated packaging customers, we need to reduce the variation in the tests we all rely on, particularly for evaluating material strength (edge crush test [ECT]) and package compression performance (box compression test [BCT]).