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What is C-Flute?
The most common flute, also an average grade in school.
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What is Single-Wall Board?
It only has One Wall and the most common.
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What is Fluting or Flutes?
The WAVY inside part of a corrugated sheet.
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What is 40%?
The amount of recycled paper in an average box.
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What is a Corrugator?
The name of the combined machines that produce corrugated sheets.
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What is A-Flute?
The largest flute and the best grade in school.
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What is Triple-Wall Board?
This has Three Walls and used for very heavy material such as car parts or watermelons.
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What is Strength, Support or rigidity?
The Flute or Fluting of the Corrugated Sheet provides this in a Box.
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What is Paper?
Corrugated boxes are made from this material.
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What is a bailer?
Scrap from the corrugator goes into giant tubes that suck up the material and end up in this machine.
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What is E-Flute?
A smaller flute with 90 flutes per foot, also commonly used for pizzas.
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What is 7?
The number of layers or sheets of paper in a Triple-Wall Box.
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What is Cardboard?
A Cereal Box is made from this material.
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What is 90%?
The percent of Corrugated Material that is recycled back into the process of making more paper.
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What is Old Corrugated Container?
OCC is an abbreviation for this.
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What is D-Flute?
Very rarely used and between "B" and "E" flute in terms of height, also not a very good grade in school.
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What is Single-Face?
This is very flexible, used for wrapping and protecting products inside of a Corrugated Box, like a glass bottle.
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What is a Top Hat?
One of the first applications for Corrugated, remember nobody wants a floppy toppy.
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What is converting, printing, die-cutting or flexographic machine?
After the corrugator, the corrugated sheet goes to this machine or process before shipping to the customer.
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What is a Cardboard Box?
What most people outside of the corrugated industry call a corrugated shipping container.
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What is B-Flute?
A somewhat common flute and a better than average grade in school.
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What is Double-Wall Board?
This has Two Walls and used when more heavy duty applications.
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What is 150 years?
Corrugated container boxes are this many years old.
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What is a Box Certificate?
This stamp on a box tells you everything you need to know about how it was made.
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What is Amazon?
The leading US E-Commerce Company that uses Corrugated Boxes to ship their products to your front door.
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