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Searching for Glossary of Industry Terms for US and UK

July 14, 2022

Ted asks:

I’m looking for a glossary of corrugated terms that we use in the United States. Everything to do with corrugated, containerboard, tooling, equipment and testing as much of a comprehensive list as we can compile. We’re working with a company in the UK and their design team is using terms that we’re unfamiliar with or can’t easily translate off the top of our heads. I want to compile a glossary of industry terms with brief definitions, much like a translation lexicon, so they can then add their term next to the relative definition. The goal is to streamline communications and make life easier for both groups.

I have an old Fiber Box Handbook that is the starting point but very incomplete. If you have something that you can send me or guide me to, it would be most appreciated.

Even here in the US we can have different terms for the same thing. Anilox roll and ink roll for example. So, communicating with someone in another country where, for example, ‘printing plates’ may be called ‘stereos’, can certainly be a bit of a task until you learn the lingo.

Below are a few links to some publicly accessible collections of industry terms that are a good source of information and hopefully will contribute to your project.

When you complete your glossary, I hope you will share it with us and our readers.

Glossary of Corrugated Material Terms (Pro Pac)

Packaging Terminology: A glossary of terms and definitions (GWP Group)

The Packaging School Glossary

— Ralph

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Linerboard Coefficient of Friction (COF) Target and Max

February 3, 2021

Cassie asks,

I’m doing some investigation to determine what is the minimum, target and maximum COF (coefficient of friction) for linerboard. Can you point me to any information on this?

Instead of answering your question directly from a mill process point of view, which we can do, here are a couple links to several specification sheets from domestic mills. (Domestic High Performance Linerboard, COF Spec Sheets or Slide Angle)

The Europeans do not seem to deliniate slide angle as a physical property characteristic.  Since they have been making linerboard from recovered fibre much longer than we have in the Americas, it may be just universally understood there.

Let me know more if you have more specific questions. I would also recommend membership in TAPPI’s Corrugated Board Technical Committee where you will have access to the best minds in this business.

—Ralph

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Roll Hardness Testing

June 12, 2020

Chris asks,

I was recently appointment QA manager at my company and have dove head first into the realm of Schmidt Hammer(roll hardness) testing.  A very significant issue we have is with warp.  I have noticed that most of the time when I see a difference of greater than 10 on the Schmidt Hammer test we suffer from unacceptable warp issues.   Since I’ve started hardness testing inbound rolls we have adopted a pass fail system where any roll that tests to greater than 10 is rejected.  To add to this problem our supplier has adhered to a system that says anything under 15 is acceptable by industry standards.

What is your take on this?  Do you feel that it is unreasonable to ask the mill to commit to less than a 10 difference?

Also, the mill is questioning my testing methods.  TAPPI T834 suggests to sample a roll every 6 inches across the roll (the mill uses this sample frequency).  I have always been taught that as for a scientific process that the larger sample size yields more accurate result.  With this being said, I chose to test my rolls at a frequency of every 3 inches which would increase my sample size.

Do you feel that my testing method is in some way negatively affecting the results?  As in, is my sample size causing the rolls to “fail” on a more frequent basis?

 

I love the three inch method. However, you would not be able to correlate to any of the 140 +\- containerboard machine out there. I would agree you are more likely to find a wet streak with your protocol, but mill specs usually call for moisture deviation to be six inches or less.

Do you have linerboard specification sheets from other companies?  You may want to investigate roll hardness from other manufactures. If your supplier is so entrenched in their thinking you might consider saving their rolls and having one of their Corrugator supervisors show you how to run the board without warp. It’s a bold move!

 

— Ralph

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Tests for Quality of Board

August 14, 2019

Harendra asks,

We are in the process of evaluating the quality of OCC grade 11 & 12. Can you suggest what specific test should be performed for quality evaluation of these two grades for production of container boardpaper?

I would suggest contacting Bill Moore at Moore Associates in Atlanta. He is an expert in this area.

Moore & Associates
Phone: (770) 518-1890
www.marecycle.com/

— Ralph

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