Materials
FEFCO - Fédération Européenne des Fabricants de Carton Ondulé
The organization brings together European producers of corrugated cardboard.
The activities of this organization is widely used classification of construction packages FEFCO FEFCO catalog and classification of grades of corrugated cardboard.
It includes recommendations for construction from corrugated cardboard. Packages are sorted into 8 groups (2-9) with four-digit code.
Box dimensions and symbols:
D - lenght
Š - width
V - height
/v - overlap removable lid or bottom
/o - flaps overlap one another
To measure the size of packaging and marketing are as follows:
- dimensions are given in mm
- dimensions indicated by the L-W-H or L-W-H / V or L-W-H / o
- show the interior dimensions of the containers, measured under standard climatic conditions at 20 Wed C 50% RH, the package exploded.
Examples:
FEFCO 0201 315x235x185 mm
- standard boxes with flaps that the length, width and height-over flaps
FEFCO sorting corrugated cardboard material distinguished by the number of layers 2-7 layer board with codes 11 to 4X and the height of the ripple carrier layer. Optimization of the strength, attractiveness and protection of packaged product decisions on price package.
In addition to sorting FEFKO used the German standard DIN 55468, which divides the board on three codes (1.01 to 1.5x) and composite codes (2.01 to 2.96).
