Beer Box Knowledge
Beer boxes are paper boxes made by die-cutting and pressing cardboard into shape, with the main material being corrugated cardboard.
Bottle boxes come in various types such as snap-bottom boxes, double-insert boxes, and airplane boxes. They feature lightweight, convenient transportation and storage, and cost-effectiveness. Each type is suited for different product packaging based on its unique characteristics.
Manufacturing Process
1. When selecting paper, standard beer box wrapping paper is typically made from double copper or matte copper paper, with a weight of 128G, 105G, or 157G. Rarely do beer box wrapping papers exceed 200G, as thicker wrapping paper can lead to bubbles in the finished beer box and give it an unappealing, rigid appearance. The wrapping paper is chosen based on the customer's requirements, commonly referred to as gray board paper or gray card paper.
2. Die-cutting: Modern beer boxes emphasize aesthetics, so the colors used in the die-cutting are diverse. Typically, a style of beer box not only features 4 basic colors but also several spot colors, such as gold and silver, which are considered spot colors.
3. Die Cutting is a crucial step in the printing process. Precision in die cutting is essential; if it's not accurate, resulting in misaligned cuts or incomplete cuts, it will affect subsequent processing.
4. Printing: Beer boxes are only printed with packaging paper, the lamination is not printed, at most just dyed. Since beer boxes are outer packaging boxes, the printing requirements for beer boxes are very high, and they are particularly prone to aesthetic defects such as color discrepancies, ink spots, and damaged plates.
5. Surface Treatment - The packaging paper for beer boxes typically requires surface treatment, commonly including glossy coating, matte coating, UV coating, glossy varnish, and matte varnish.
6. Mounting: Generally, printed materials are mounted after being die-cut, but beer boxes are done the opposite – die-cut first, then mounted. This is to prevent damaging the packaging paper and because beer boxes emphasize overall aesthetics. The mounting paper for beer boxes must be handcrafted to achieve a certain level of beauty.
7. Punching: Punch where required, and for areas not to be punched, wipe off the surface adhesive, then package and ship.
