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What do all of those abbreviations stand for?
What do they look like?
| RSC FOL FPF HSC RTE OPF RSTT RETT DS DST CSSC (AFM) POL(OSC) VD FTHS PTHS GAYLORDS |
Regular Slotted Container Full Overlap Five Panel Folder Half Slotted Container Reverse Tuck Ends One Piece Folder Roll Side Tuck Top Roll End Tuck Top Double Side Box Design Style Tray Center Special Slot Overlap Slot Container Vari-Depth Folders or Boxes Full Telescope Half Slot Box Partial Telescope Half Slot Box Bulk Cargo Containers |
Flute or Corrugation: One of the wave shapes in the inner portion of combined corrugated fibreboard.
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Bundle: A shipping unit of two or more articles wrapped and fastened together by suitable means.
Bursting Strength: The strength of material in pounds per square inch, as measured by the Cady or Mullen tester.
Certificate, Box Makers: A statement printed on a corrugated fibreboard box or a solid fibreboard box testifying that all applicable construction requirements have been observed.
Corrugated Fibreboard (Single Wall): Also known as Double Face. The structure formed by one corrugated inner member glued between two flat facings.
Corrugated Fibreboard (Double Wall): The structure formed by three flat facings and two intermediate corrugated members.
Corrugating Material or Corrugating Medium: Paperboard used in forming the fluted portion of the corrugated board.
CS Tube: Center Seam Tube
CTC: Center Tuck Container
D/C: Any die cute regardless of style
Die Cut: A cut made with special steel rule dies. The act of making a part of container which is cut and scored to shape by such tools. Also used to denote aboard which has been die-cut.
DLS: Double Lined Slide Container
DS: Double Slide Container
Facings: (Sometimes erroneously called liners.) A form of linerboard used as the flat members of corrugated fibreboard.
Fibreboard: As used in our industry, a general term applied to fabricated paperboard utilized in container manufacture.
Flaps: The closing members of a fibreboard box.
Flute or Corrugation: One of the wave shapes in the inner portion of combined corrugated fibreboard.
Flute Sizes: A, B, C & E.
Flute (of Corrugation) Direction: The normal direction is parallel to the depth of the box.
FOL: Full Overlap Slotted Container
FPF: Five Panel Folder
IPF: One Piece Folder
Joint: The joint of the box is the part where the ends of the scored and slotted blank are joined together by taping, stitching, or gluing.
Knocked Down (KD): A term denoting that an article is partially or entirely taken apart, not setup.
Kraft: A word meaning strength applied to pulp, paper, or paperboard produced from wood fibers by the sulfate process.
Liner: A creased fibreboard sheet inserted in a container and covering all side walls.
Linerboard: Paper used for the flat facings in corrugated fibreboard; also as the outer plies of solid fibreboard.
Pad: A corrugated or solid fibreboard sheet or other authorized material used for extra protection or for separating tiers or layers of articles when packed for shipment.
Panel: A “face” or “side” of a box.
Partitions: A set of corrugated or solid fibreboard pieces slotted so they interlock when assembled to form a number of cells into which articles may be placed for shipment.
POL: Partial Overlap Slotted Container
PROF: Proctetcall Folder
PTM: Partitions
RSC: Regular Slotted Container
RTE: Reverse Tuck Ends
SC/PAD: Slotted and Scored Pad
Score: An impression or creased in corrugated or solid fibreboard to locate and facilitate folding.
SLF: Self Locking Folder
Slit: A cut made in a fibreboard sheet without removal of material.
Slit-Score: A cut made in a fibreboard sheet extending through only a portion of the thickness.
SLIT/SC PAD: Slit Scored Sheet (Includes slits & regular scores)
SLOT PAD: Slotted Sheet
SLM: Self Lock Mailer
Slot: A cut made in a fibreboard sheet, usually to form flaps and thus permit folding.
SLS: Single Lined Slide
STTM: Special Tuck Mailer
Test: When not otherwise modified, refers to the bursting strength of linerboard and combined board except for those grades for which puncture test is substituted for bursting strength.
Test, Bursting Strength (Mullen): Measurement of the resistance of a material to bursting expressed in pounds per square inch. The test is made on a Mullen tester.
TPM: Two Piece Mailer
TTM: Tuck Top Mailer (Roll End Tuck Top)
TTSLB: Tuck Top Snap Lock Bottom
TUBE: Taped Joint