The Conversion of Corra Gator-Boardy, Paper360º January/February 2023

Corra Gator-Boardy began her life as two outer layers of kraft paper glued to a fluted center with starch water and steam (Fig. 1). She was then quickly cut to length by the corrugator cutoff knife, where she officially became a corrugated board.

From there she traveled through the box plant conveyors with many others, destined to become something special. Corra had learned all about her imminent experience: how in the flexofolder-gluer converting machine she would pass from the feed section, through the printers, die cutter, slotter, folder-gluer, and counter-ejector to finally become a valuable corrugated container. It sounded very exciting, but it was a little scary. She did not know exactly what she would be experiencing during this multi-step process.

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