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What are the key differences in performance and use of large and small corrugated board flute sizes?

Broad corrugated flutes such as B and C flutes or BC flute are preferred where some product cushioning or protection during transit is required.

Narrow flutes such as E and G flute are denser and therefore provide excellent rigidity, whilst offering the benefit of being lighter in weight than the comparable solid board or paper board grade.  Narrow flute is better suited to being laminated or mounted to a pre-printed sheet of solid board for a retail application.

Flute size is only part of the mix in specifying the correct corrugated medium for your end use.  Adhesives and linerboards can be varied to engineer widely differing corrugated boards with the right properties for their potential use.  Double and triple wall corrugated board can also be produced using mixed flute sizes in order to take advantage of the different benefits of large and small flute sizes.

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Broad corrugated flutes such as B and C flutes or BC flute are preferred where some product cushioning or protection during transit is required.

 

Narrow flutes such as E and G flute are denser and therefore provide excellent rigidity, whilst offering the benefit of being lighter in weight than the comparable solid board or paper board grade.  Narrow flute is better suited to being laminated or mounted to a pre-printed sheet of solid board for a retail application.

 

Flute size is only part of the mix in specifying the correct corrugated medium for your end use.  Adhesives and linerboards can be varied to engineer widely differing corrugated boards with the right properties for their potential use.  Double and triple wall corrugated board can also be produced using mixed flute sizes in order to take advantage of the different benefits of large and small flute sizes.

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