10/25/19

Contents Protection vs. Productivity


Another ISOWA Flexo Folder Gluer ‘Ibis’ is about to be shipped out to the customer.

Our engineers are adding the final touches on some boxes.


Like this,

You can see uneven flaps. Why do they make a box like this?


You’ll see the answer when you try assembling it.

If a box has four even flaps, it would look like this.

And if you take a look inside,

You have an uneven bottom.


Well, what’s wrong with it? It’s just a box, right?

But, if you put something fragile in it, it could get damaged by the edges.

What happens when you have longer inner flaps, then?
That explains the weird appearance, doesn’t it?

It might look strange at first, but when it’s folded into a box, uneven flaps fit together perfectly making the bottom totally flat and eliminating the risk of damaged contents!

One problem though.
There’s the law of nature that complicates things.

The more irregular a sheet looks, the harder it is to run on machines.

It’s always a trouble in terms of productivity.

Or it was until ISOWA’s patented technology called “Edge Opener” came out.


With ‘Ibis’, the box quality and productivity are not incompatible anymore!