How The World’s Largest Paper Company Makes 1/3 of Cardboard Boxes In America.
Cardboard boxes are made from a material called pulp, which is made from trees. Pulp is created by breaking down wood fibers into a liquid. This liquid is then spread out on a screen to form a sheet of paper. The paper is then dried and pressed to form cardboard.
There are two main types of cardboard: corrugated cardboard and solid cardboard. Corrugated cardboard is made up of three layers of paper: two flat layers called liners and a wavy layer called the fluting. The fluting is sandwiched between the two liners and glued together to form a strong and durable material.
Solid cardboard is made from a single layer of paper. It is not as strong as corrugated cardboard, but it is less expensive and easier to work with.
Cardboard is used in a variety of applications, including packaging, shipping, and construction. It is a versatile and sustainable material that is easy to recycle.
Here is a more detailed step-by-step process of how cardboard is made:
- Tree harvesting and debarking: Trees are harvested and debarked to remove the bark.
- Chipping: The logs are chipped into small pieces.
- Pulping: The chips are cooked in a chemical solution to break down the wood fibers.
- Washing and screening: The pulp is washed and screened to remove impurities.
- Forming: The pulp is spread out on a screen to form a sheet of paper.
- Pressing: The paper is pressed to remove water and to form a dense sheet of cardboard.
- Drying: The cardboard is dried in an oven.
- Cutting: The cardboard is cut into sheets or rolls.
- Packaging: The cardboard is packaged and shipped to customers.
Cardboard is a sustainable material because it is made from renewable resources and it can be recycled. Recycling cardboard helps to reduce waste and conserve trees.
Manufacturing Quotes
- “Time waste differs from material waste in that there can be no salvage. The easiest of all wastes and the hardest to correct is the waste of time, because wasted time does not litter the floor like wasted material.” ~Henry Ford
- “No country is ever successful in the long term… without a really strong and vibrant manufacturing base.” ~Alan Mulally
- “Industry 4.0 is not really a revolution. It’s more an evolution. In 1970, the first personal computer was launched in the market—this was where digitalization started. It has developed through the years. Today, I think Industry 4.0 helps to drive the competitiveness of industry. We are still in development every day.” ~Christian Kubis
- “The drones that are now able to fly in and read complex environments, using things like sonar and lasers to understand where the walls are, they are thinking in real time about how to avoid obstacles and duck under pipes and go through very thin channel ways in real time. They are learning how to identify problems. It’s Terminator-type stuff. It’s very sci-fi.” ~Michael Cohen
- “The way we look at manufacturing is this: the U.S.’s strategy should be to skate where the puck is going, not where it is.” ~Tim Cook, Apple CEO.
