Traditionally, corrugated boards or blanks were converted into boxes, containers or other three-dimensional forms without consideration of how the location of folds, creases, edges, and corners necessary to accomplish conversion would affect the corrugated board material. As a result, scores, slits and slots would be formed in the blank without meaningful concern for the structural integrity of the converted form. While such oversight poses few risks to the structural integrity of a converted form made from a homogeneous material, the resulting folds, creases, corners or edges imposed on the corrugated board material would compromise the outer liner integrity and/or crush the inner liner and fluted mediums in the converted article. This consequence not only decreased structural performance of a converted article, but significantly reduced its number of reuse cycles. Moreover, because the scores, for example, did not evenly affect the corrugated board, the folds, creases, corners or edges were often uneven, which resulted in unintended flap gaps, fishtails and the like, not to mention overall visual discord.
Conventional wisdom dictated that outer liner integrity issues could be resolved by increasing the basis weight of the liner, modifying the geometry of the score, or adding localized reinforcements. However, increasing material strength not only increased costs associated with the blanks and increased transportation costs, but also compromised the structural integrity of the inner liner and/or fluted medium. The converse was also true: minimizing issues with inner liner and/or fluted medium crushing and the like would not solve the outer liner issues.
Aspects and many of the attendant advantages of the claims will become more readily appreciated as the same become better understood by reference to the following detailed description, when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, wherein:
The following discussion is presented to enable a person skilled in the art to make and use the subject matter disclosed herein. The general principles described herein may be applied to embodiments and applications other than those detailed above without departing from the spirit and scope of the present detailed description. The present disclosure is not intended to be limited to the embodiments shown, but is to be accorded the widest scope consistent with the principles and features disclosed or suggested herein.
By way of overview, the subject matter discussed herein is directed to methods, apparatus, and systems for increasing converting accuracy and consistency of corrugated articles of manufacture such as blanks, intermediates or converted structures to minimize unintended gap variations, fishtail variations and visual discord as well as to minimize unintentional loss of strength due to conversion of such articles. The conversion of articles formed from corrugated board blanks according to the invention comprises intelligently locating a score, slit or slot (hereinafter collectively “registered modification”) based upon knowledge of the corrugated board's fluted medium, including the absolute relative location of at least one fluted medium feature and/or the fluted medium geometry, such as its pitch.
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Apparatus and systems enable determination of the registration information in one respect, and formation of the registered modification 135 in another respect. In the first respect, registration information of a corrugated board 100 can be obtained, for example, from engineering/manufacturing data about the board and/or inspection of the board (e.g., optical, sonic, thermal, etc.). In the second respect, formation of the registered modification can be accomplished, for example, by Complete Automated Manufacturing (CAM) machinery using information obtained in the first respect, or by creation of a registered edge 120 in a corrugated board 100 from which subsequent measurements or determinations for modification locations are made. As used herein, a registered edge 120 is one that is substantially at a constant displacement from a fluted medium 105 feature, such as a peak 140 or a valley 141, either of which runs parallel to the flute axis 115. In this sense, the edge 120 is said to be in registration with the fluted medium and corrugated board 100 possessing a registered edge 120 can be described as edge registered. Once a registered edge 120 has been established, registered modifications 135 can be made to the board 100 simply based upon knowledge of the fluted medium's pitch quality.
The subject matter is further directed to articles resulting from practice of the methods and/or use of the apparatus or systems herein described. In a first series of embodiments, such articles may be characterized as edge registered single or multiple wall corrugated board, edge registered single or multiple wall corrugated board blanks or such blanks that have been converted to a finished form. To fall within the scope, it is not necessary that such articles also have at least one registered modification 135 formed therein; it is only necessary that at least one edge 120 of the article be a registered edge 120 as that term is used herein.
Further detailing various embodiments, a first series of method embodiments comprises establishing a registered edge 120 in a corrugated board 100 prior to creating any modification 135 of the same. By establishing a registered edge 120, which is preferably parallel to the flute direction 115 (alternatively characterized as perpendicular to the presumptive weak axis of the corrugated board 100), any constant distance x there from along the registered edge 120, and in multiples of the fluted medium's pitch (i.e., period), will encounter substantially consistent mechanical properties of the corrugated board 100, particularly with respect to the fluted medium. In other words, if the distance from the registered edge 120 to a flute valley 141 in one direction is “x”, the same distance “x” in the same direction anywhere along the registered edge will also terminate along the same flute valley 141.
The registered edge 120 can be established by ascertaining the run length location of a fluted medium feature, for example, a most lateral continuous valley, and cross cutting the corrugated board 100 along this fluted medium 105 feature. Since significant fluted medium 105 run-out along the flute axis 115 is rarely encountered in current corrugating production, the resulting edges 120 will form the trailing edge of one corrugated board 100 sheet and the leading edge of another. Furthermore, because there is no meaningful kerf to the cross cutting action, registry among sheets is maintained.
To ascertain the location of a fluted medium feature 140 or 141, a variety of inspection means (265 of
Once the data regarding the relative location of the feature 140 or 141 of interest has been acquired, the data can be exploited to guide a trimming tool and/or stage upon which the corrugated board 100 is placed in order to effectuate the desired trimming actions. When completed, a flute-based registered edge 120 will have been established.
By establishing a registered edge 120, a registered modification 135 can be established through knowledge of the corrugated board's fluted medium pitch, and its quality. Presuming a constant pitch quality, the weak axis direction can be ascertained by using multiples of the fluted medium's period measured from the registered edge 120. For example, if the fluted medium is a “C” type and has a pitch “P” of 7.6 mm and if the registered edge 120 corresponds to a flute peak, then “n” multiples of 7.6 mm (n×P) as measured from the registered edge 120 will necessarily correspond to a flute peak, which may be a desired location to establish a registered modification 135. Because the registered edge 120 preferably sets the baseline location to which additional registered modifications 135 will relate, no further examination of the corrugated board 100 is needed to locate additional registered modifications 135.
In a second series of method embodiments, the subject matter comprises establishing a registered modification 135 in a corrugated board 100 not based upon a registered edge 120, but based upon the absolute relative location(s) of the fluted medium features. An advantage of a blank having a registered edge 120, for example, is that no further evaluation of the corrugated board 100 is necessary nor is any additional specialized equipment needed to form a registered modification 135. However, under certain circumstances it may be desirable to simply locate registered modifications 135 in non-edge registered articles. In such situations, the previously described inspection means can determine the spatial geometry of a fluted medium of a corrugated board 100 where after desired modifications 135 can be made to the board 100 that result in registered modifications 135.
In designing a box or container that the corrugated board 100 is to be converted into, scores, slits, slots, and the like that run parallel to the flutes are positioned accurately to be in register with the flutes. Scores, slits, slots may be imparted to the facing of the corrugated sheet by modification device such as a knife or laser etching apparatus 280. Boxes/containers have scores (for instance) always positioned in the same place relative to the flute pitch, which will have the effect of producing the same desirable folding effect and accuracy. Score-to-score design panel dimensions will always be multiples of the flute pitch employed when making the corrugated board/sheet itself. By locating a score in the valley of a flute, as viewed from the inside surface of the sheet being employed in making a box, for example, the folding process collapses the inner liner into the flute valley without crushing the flutes themselves, thereby preserving the essential strength of the corrugated board 100. By preserving the strength of the board 100, the corner of the box will have more strength than was previously possible when scores were not located in registration with the flute line/valley. This is because the “in-folded” liner functionally creates an arch or second flute in addition to occupying the flute valley, thereby providing dual means for enhancing corner strength. Locating registered modifications parallel to the flute valley also enhances the assembling accuracy and appearance of finished containers, which is also an attribute missing when non-registered modifications are used for converted articles.
Because of the high level of in-folding precision achieved when establishing registered scored corners in corrugated boards, it is both possible and desirable to create pseudo-radiused corners or folds. Pseudo-radiused corners are corner pairs or triplets that permit adjacent or proximately located corners or folds to mimic high degree corners or folds, that otherwise may compromise the structural integrity of the resulting converted article. As used herein, “proximately located” corners or folds are in-folds that are low pitch multiples from each other, e.g., 1, 2, or 3 flute periods or specifically, valleys. For example, a pair of adjacent or proximately located 45° corners or folds mimic a 90° corner; a triplet of 30° folds also mimic a 90° corner. Through the use of registered scores that necessarily limit in-folds to flute valleys, for example, it is possible to have adjacent or proximate located folds that increase the load handling capability of the converted article as opposed to decrease it as would be the case using prior art methods.
The embodiments discussed herein also provide opportunities for enhancing the performance of multiple wall corrugated board: by creating multiple wall corrugated board wherein the fluted mediums are registered with each other (such as when similar pitch mediums are used) or choosing pitch multiples where registration still occurs even with multiple pitches, the benefits of the invention such as increased accuracy and consistency as well as minimized loss of strength during conversion processes can be achieved.
Finally, articles within the scope set forth herein include at least one registered edge or at least one registered modification resulting from the practice of at least one method aspect of the present subject matter. Articles may, and desirably do, comprise both at least one registered edge and one registered modification. And as noted previously, articles may comprise single or multiple wall corrugated board, corrugated board blanks and/or converted corrugated boards such as containers, boxes, displays, or any other three-dimensional corrugated structure resulting from a converting process.
While the subject matter discussed herein is susceptible to various modifications and alternative constructions, certain illustrated embodiments thereof are shown in the drawings and have been described above in detail. It should be understood, however, that there is no intention to limit the claims to the specific forms disclosed, but on the contrary, the intention is to cover all modifications, alternative constructions, and equivalents falling within the spirit and scope of the claims.
The present application is a Continuation of co-pending U.S. patent application Ser. No. 14/855,354, filed Sep. 15, 2015; which application is a Continuation of International Patent Application Serial No. PCT/US2014/030916, entitled ESTABLISHING A REGISTERED SCORE, SLIT OR SLOT IN CORRUGATED BOARD, AND ARTICLES PRODUCED THEREFROM, filed Mar. 17, 2014; which claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 61/802,126, filed Mar. 15, 2013; all of the foregoing applications are incorporated herein by reference in their entireties.
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