Impact of Corrugated Paperboard Structure on Puncture Resistance

<p>Thanks to its excellentprotective properties, lightness, a reasonable price, and ecology, corrugated paperboardis one of the most popular materials used in the production of packaging for variousproducts. During transportation or storage, packaging with goods can be exposedto the mass of ot...

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Main Authors: Vaidas Bivainis, Vytenis JANKAUSKAS
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Kaunas University of Technology 2015-03-01
Series:Medžiagotyra
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Online Access:http://matsc.ktu.lt/index.php/MatSc/article/view/5713
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Summary:<p>Thanks to its excellentprotective properties, lightness, a reasonable price, and ecology, corrugated paperboardis one of the most popular materials used in the production of packaging for variousproducts. During transportation or storage, packaging with goods can be exposedto the mass of other commodities, dropping from heights and transportationshock loads, which can lead to their puncture damage. Depending on the purposeand size of the packaging, the thickness, grammage, constituent paper layers,numbers of layers and type of fluting of corrugated paperboard used in itsproduction differ. A standard triangular prism, corrugated paperboard fixationplates and a universal tension-compression machine were used to investigate theimpact of corrugated paperboard structure and other parameters on the punctureresistance of the material. The investigation determines the maximum punctureload and estimates energy required to penetrate the corrugated paperboard. Itwas found that the greatest puncture resistance is demonstrated by paperboardwith a larger number of corrugating flutings and the board produced from harderpaper with a smaller amount of recycled paper. It was established that thegrammage of three-layered paperboard with two different fluting profiles has thegreatest impact on the level of static puncture energy.</p><p>DOI: <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.5755/j01.ms.21.1.5713">http://dx.doi.org/10.5755/j01.ms.21.1.5713</a></p>
ISSN:1392-1320
2029-7289