A method of bonding a substantially planar sheet material to a corrugated sheet material using an automated process the method characterized by the steps of a) applying adhesive in discrete amounts to the contact points of the corrugated sheet material, and b) holding the sheet materials together until a bond is formed between them.

The invention relates to a device for producing a web of corrugated cardboard comprising a first corrugating roller for producing a corrugated web. The device further has a glue application roller for applying glue to the corrugated web. The glue application roller is associated to the first corrugating roller so as to form a gap and is displaceable relative to the first corrugating roller in order to influence the glue application quantity. The device further comprises a displacement device for displacing the glue application roller relative to the first corrugating roller and a pressing device for pressing a laminating web against the corrugated web. It is further provided with a regulating device which is in signal connection with the displacement device, a gap regulating unit in order to adjust a gap width of the gap between the first corrugating roller and the glue application roller, and a contact force regulating unit in order to adjust a contact force applied to the first corrugating roller by the glue application roller.

The invention relates to an assembly for producing a web of corrugated cardboard. The assembly has a corrugating device for producing a corrugated web, a glue application device for applying glue to the corrugated web and a pressure belt device which has an endless pressure belt guided around a deflection roller and a belt course regulating roller for pressing a cover layer against the corrugated web provided with glue. The pressure belt device has at least one pressure belt detection device associated to the pressure belt, the pressure belt detection device comprising a first pressure belt detection means for detecting the position of a first outer endless side edge of the pressure belt in the transverse direction thereof, a pressure belt regulating device in signal communication with the pressure belt detection device and an actuating device connected to the belt course regulating roller displacement device for displacing the belt course regulating roller depending on the regulating signals received from the pressure belt regulating device.

A method of bonding a substantially planar sheet material to a corrugated sheet material using an automated process the method characterized by the steps of a) applying adhesive in discrete amounts to the contact points of the corrugated sheet material, and b) holding the sheet materials together until a bond is formed between them.

Multi-layer packaging articles can include embossments formed on each layer. The packaging articles can be formed from multi layer webs. An embossing device can locally deform one of the web layers into another, overlying web layer to form the embossments. The webs can include features that permit the web material to be deformed with little, or no tearing of the web material.

An alignment device for aligning laminating sheets in a corrugated cardboard laminator may include, one after another along a transport path of the laminating sheets in a forward feeding direction: a first transport unit configured to transport the laminating sheets at transport speed; a first acceleration unit configured to increase the transport speed of the laminating sheets; and a second transport unit. The second transport unit may include at least one first movable abutting element transverse to the forward feeding direction of the laminating sheets and configured to align the laminating sheets.

Corrugating rollers include an outer surface, a first flute on the outer surface, the first flute having a first height, and a second flute on the outer surface, the second flute having a second height that is different than the first height.

The plant for producing a corrugated board includes one or more single facers and a double facer, as well as respective unwinders for unwinding reels of paper webs. Arranged along the production line, in suitable positions, are thermographic cameras which acquire images through which it is possible to trace the various characteristics of the cardboard, for example the moisture content thereof, detect manufacturing defects, after which it is possible to intervene on one or more process parameters so as to eliminate the causes of the defects.

The plant for producing a corrugated board includes one or more single facers and a double facer, as well as respective unwinders for unwinding reels of paper webs. Arranged along the production line, in suitable positions, are thermographic cameras which acquire images through which it is possible to trace the various characteristics of the cardboard, for example the moisture content thereof, detect manufacturing defects, after which it is possible to intervene on one or more process parameters so as to eliminate the causes of the defects.

An arrangement for a corrugator for producing corrugated cardboard comprises a material web delivery device for delivering a material web and an edge cutting device, which is arranged downstream of the material web delivery device in a transport direction of the material web and has at least one edge cutting apparatus for edge-cutting the material web, and a digital printing device, which is arranged downstream of the edge cutting device in the transport direction of the material web for printing on the material web.