Difference between a box carton Vs a folding carton?
What is a box carton?
Box cartons are made from corrugated paper. They are made of three layers of paper to make corrugated cartons. There are inside, outside, and fluting sheets both layers are joined with a flute layer. It can be used many times for different purposes. They are hard to compare other papers. This carton is used to pack the required rigid pharmaceutical products. The benefits of the products are integrity safety, and carrying the product easily.
What is Folding carton
The folding carton made a thin layer of paper compared to the corrugated carton. Making this material easier to manipulate and conform to the shape desired the folding carton out of the paper board, which they print, cut, fold, and glue
Folding cartons have many varieties from multicolor cereal boxes to fancy cosmetic packages. It participates in the branding of retail businesses because it has the printing colors and brand logo.
How testing box cartons
Ensure the quality of corrugated paper and its different parameters, so we follow parameter
- Description
printed paper or unprinted paper made from corrugated paper. both sides plain or one side has an open lock on the bottom side
2. Test matter
In this test, we verify the test matter with the help of an approved shade card, artwork, and transparency for another language.
3. Color Scheme test
It tests are performed with the help of a shade card or Pantone card. Visually checked the color of the sample match with the standard or Pantone card
4. Dimension:
Length: performed a test with the help of a calibrated measuring scale.
Width: performed test with the help of a calibrated measuring scale.
Height: performed test with the help of a calibrated measuring scale.
Take 5 samples randomly selected and note down the reading.
5. Grammage:
- They are made from 3ply corrugated paper,
- Take the sample of the shipper cut 10 x 10 cm with the help of GSM plate
- Take Luke’s warm water in a beaker and completely dip the sample in it for about 10 to 15 minutes or till the layer is separated.
- After that all layers are taken sample at an aluminium foil and carefully separated layer.
- Dry the sample in a hot air oven for 12- 15 minutes till the sample dries.
- Taken flute sample cut the sample 10 x 10 cm by the GSM plate with the help cutter.
- Taken weight of all ply one by one and calculated the GSM
Grammage of ply = weight of sample in gram x 100 (if the sample is cut 10 x 10 cm)
6. Parma code
pharma code
many manufacturers of pharmaceuticals, trace this product they create a pharm code, and they are easy the track the product. Patent safety and product safety.
Parma code testing follows the procedure of with a given arrow and given respective bar, thin or thick bar respective given position bar value. Then total calculate bar value
7. Bar code:
Bar code
the manufacture of pharmaceutical products they are provided in carton bar code. It is a unique code that identifies the product, the safety of the product, and patient safety.
Their unique number is scan the barcode scanner.
A Comparision of 10 Manufactures of Corruguated box
Sr.no | Experience (in year) | Company name |
1 | 30 | Ramya Reprographic Pvt. Ltd |
2 | 30 | TGI PACKAGING PVT LTD |
3 | 12 | Can Pac Trends Pvt Ltd |
4 | 27 | Shanthi Packaging |
5 | 6 | Aaradhya Enterprise |
6 | 20 | Vihaa Print and Pack Pvt Ltd |
7 | 12 | Hari wansh Packaging Pvt ltd |
8 | 41 | Trident paper box industries |
9 | 22 | Packman Packaging |
10 | 34 | Multi-Pack Industries |
I am Maneesh Maurya a professional pharmaceutical blogger from India having rich experience in the pharmaceutical Quality control field.
