Effect of Low-temperature Drying Environments on Edge Crush Strength and Flexural Performance of Corrugated Board

YAN Chang; LIN Qing; CHEN Bin; FU Yungang; HU Weipeng; GUO Yanfeng; HOU Xunjie

doi:10.19554/j.cnki.1001-3563.2025.11.008

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Packaging Engineering ›› 2025, Vol. 46 ›› Issue (11) : 70-79. DOI: 10.19554/j.cnki.1001-3563.2025.11.008

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Effect of Low-temperature Drying Environments on Edge Crush Strength and Flexural Performance of Corrugated Board

YAN Chang, LIN Qing, CHEN Bin, FU Yungang, HU Weipeng, GUO Yanfeng, HOU Xunjie

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The work aims to analyze the edge crush strength and bending resistance of corrugated board under low-temperature drying environments. Through low-temperature drying pretreatment on corrugated board with different basis weights, mechanical behavior characteristics were investigated using edge crush and three-point bending tests. The results demonstrated that: under 10 ℃ low-temperature drying conditions, a 5% RH decrease in humidity reduced edge crush strength by 5.0%-8.5%. The edge crush strength initially increased and then decreased with decreasing temperature, but remained higher than that under normal temperature and humidity conditions. The bending resistance of corrugated board decreased with the decrease of relative humidity, with humidity exhibiting greater influence than temperature at high quantity of board. The optimal bending resistance in drying environment occurred near 0 ℃. Under low-temperature drying conditions, the edge crush strength and bending resistance of the board were both greater than those under normal temperature and humidity conditions. The influence of relative humidity on the edge crush strength of corrugated board was greater than that of temperature, while the influence of temperature on the bending resistance of board was greater than that of relative humidity. The study concludes that for BC-type corrugated cardboard, the edge crush strength and bending resistance decrease with humidity at 10 ℃, and the influence law of temperature is more complicated, but the edge crush strength and bending resistance of corrugated cardboard under low-temperature drying environments are higher than those under normal temperature and humidity conditions so that the edge crush strength and bending resistance are not sufficient to characterize the mechanical properties of board under low-temperature drying environment as a reference performance index for the board under such environments.

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corrugated board / low-temperature drying / edge crush strength / bending resistance

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YAN Chang, LIN Qing, CHEN Bin, FU Yungang, HU Weipeng, GUO Yanfeng, HOU Xunjie. Effect of Low-temperature Drying Environments on Edge Crush Strength and Flexural Performance of Corrugated Board[J]. Packaging Engineering. 2025, 46(11): 70-79 https://doi.org/10.19554/j.cnki.1001-3563.2025.11.008

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