Corrugated Cardboard

Material Science

Manufacturing Process

• Core ingredient: Pine wood chips.• Cooked in a solution of sodium hydroxide, to

remove the lignin, fiber glue.• Turned into a fiber, then cleaned and refined.• Entered into a Fourdrinier machine, or paper

making machine. • Paper heated up and run through a set of gears

to create waves. • Glue applied to the peaks of waves, then applied

to top and bottom layers.

Factoids

• In 1992 we produced more than 25 million tons of corrugated cardboard.

• As well as another 6 million tons of non-corrugated cardboard.

• Favored material for boxing and transportation for consumer products.

• Appeal: cheap to produce, has a high resistance against tearing, bursting, splitting, for a paper element

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