What is the difference between corrugated cartons, kraft cartons and honeycomb cartons?

With the rise of packaging material products, cartonpackaging products have become one of the hottest products. There are manytypes of cartons on the market, and the materials are also very different.People often see kraft cartons, honeycombs, corrugated cartons, etc., So whatis the difference between the same cardboard box, kraft box, corrugated box andhoneycomb?

1. What is a corrugated box?

Corrugated boxes are composed of three layers of paper,which are two layers of paper inside and outside and a layer of pit paper inthe middle. This type of material improves packaging craftsmanship for thefollowing reasons:

Durability, light material, high weight ratio, productprotection, cost-effective, environmentally friendly;

Taken together, though the differences seem insignificant.But it's easy to see that cardboard boxes are more suitable for holding cardsor cereal boxes. On the other hand, corrugated boxes are the choice of shippingpackaging materials. When formed into boxes, corrugated cardboard is ideal forshipping because they are very strong, durable and easy to recycle.

How to choose corrugated boxes?

2. Kraft carton and corrugated carton

Kraft cartons are made of kraft cardboard. Its texture mustbe tough, with high burst resistance, ring crush strength and tear resistance.In addition, it must have high water resistance. Kraft cartons can also bebonded with corrugated paper cores to make corrugated cartons, which are usedto package household appliances, daily necessities, knitted cotton fabrics,stationery, and the outer packaging of Chinese and Western patent medicines.The corrugated base paper used in corrugated boxes requires good fiber bondingstrength, smooth paper surface, good tightness and stiffness, and requires acertain degree of elasticity. The cartons made have shockproof andpressure-resistant capabilities, but no other cardboard bonding is required. Itcan be used as a carton in various fields. Now there are more corrugatedcartons on the market than kraft cartons, because corrugated cartons arestronger, resistant to wear and bumps, and kraft cartons are more used for giftbox packaging.

What is the difference between corrugated cartons, kraftcartons and honeycomb cartons?

3. Advantages of honeycomb carton

Regardless of thickness, honeycomb paperboard is made ofhoneycomb paper core and two-layer paperboard bonded by adhesive. It belongs toa composite paperboard with a three-layer structure. The thickness of thehoneycomb paperboard depends on the height of the honeycomb core paper.Moreover, it can achieve the purpose of adjusting the thickness of thehoneycomb paperboard by appropriately changing the size of the honeycomb corein the height direction.

Generally speaking, the honeycomb paperboard has higherrequirements on the water resistance, burst resistance, tearing degree andstretchability of the base paper. Moreover, the base paper manufacturingtechnology of honeycomb paperboard is relatively difficult. .Finally, theapplication performance of honeycomb cardboard and corrugated cardboard is alsoquite different. Compared with corrugated cardboard, honeycomb cardboard hasthe characteristics of light weight, strong compression and bending resistance.The quality of honeycomb cardboard with the same thickness is only about 70% ofthat of corrugated cardboard with the same area. The special structure ofhoneycomb cardboard makes it about twice the plane pressure compared withcorrugated cardboard of the same thickness.

But the cost of honeycomb cardboard is higher than that ofcorrugated cardboard. Although honeycomb cardboard saves material compared withcorrugated cardboard, its requirements for base paper are relatively high, sothe production cost is relatively high. Moreover, the manufacture of honeycombpaperboard is relatively difficult, so its comprehensive cost is relativelyhigh. Furthermore, the emergence and development of corrugated cardboard isrelatively long, and the appearance of honeycomb cardboard is relatively late.Therefore, it is not as good as corrugated cardboard in terms of manufacturingtechnology and production equipment. It still has many deficiencies intechnology and needs further improvement.