Corrugated Cardboard

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Corrugated Cardboard

• Material Science

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Manufacturing Process

• Core ingredient Pine wood chips.
• Cooked in a solution of sodium hydroxide, to
  remove the lignin, fiber glue.
• Turned into a fiber, then cleaned and refined.
• Entered into a Fourdrinier machine, or paper
  making machine.
• Paper heated up and run through a set of gears to
  create waves.
• Glue applied to the peaks of waves, then applied
  to top and bottom layers.

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Factoids

• In 1992 we produced more than 25 million tons of
  corrugated cardboard.
• As well as another 6 million tons of
  non-corrugated cardboard.
• Favored material for boxing and transportation
  for consumer products.
• Appeal cheap to produce, has a high resistance
  against tearing, bursting, splitting, for a paper
  element

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Examples
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