Samenvatting
Master the different aspects of corrugated board in two days!
As a buyer, you will be given a broad but also sufficiently in-depth basis so that you can communicate on
an equal footing with your supplier. As a salesperson, you will gain a better understanding of your
customers' expectations. As a pr
As a buyer, you will be given a broad but also sufficiently in-depth basis so that you can communicate on
an equal footing with your supplier. As a salesperson, you will gain a better understanding of your
customers' expectations. As a pr
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R&D or Pacakaging responsible
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DAY 1 (17/11/2026)
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- Introduction:definitions, why corrugated board...
- Paper as a raw material: origin of fibers (virgin fiber and recycled fiber), fabric preparations, paper machines, basic data;different types of paper
- Tests and properties of paper: standards, devices, significance towards corrugated board
- Corrugated board:corrugator, creasing types, introduction to corrugated types
- Testing and properties of corrugated board:standards, devices, meaning, extra attention to ECT, establishing correlations to correctly estimate non-standard grades
- Choice of paper types and corrugated types: comparison between paper types and corrugated types, position of paper types and corrugations in a carton complex
DAY 2 (18/11/2026
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- Product groups: FEFCO codes and examples
- Finishing machines: punching machines: flat punch and rotary punch,inline machines
- Printing: flexo printing, raster, HQ flexo,digital printing
- Testing of corrugated boxes:compression test on empty and filled boxes, creasing resistance, drop test,horizontal impact test, vibration test
- Visit to the IBE-BVI laboratory
- Box calculations: box dimension and sizing, strength calculations: McKee,Zwick, Neuronal Network
- Processing: set-up machines, examples
- Legislation and standards: ADR (UN),FSC, PEFC...food safety
- Challenges: trends ...
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