From pizza boxes to cup holders, compare opening, filling and carrying functions. Geometry describes construction; choose materials suitable for direct food contact, grease, moisture and temperature for the intended use.
11Constructions, components and assemblies
Individual components are shown separately. Different sizes and stored template versions are not additional packaging shapes.
Calculate the conical wall of a paperboard cup from rim diameter, base diameter and finished height. The annular sector includes the glue seam and separate allowances for the bottom curl and top rolled rim.
The pizza box is made from one blank with double side walls, interlocking corners and a hinged lid. Inside dimensions determine the space for the pizza; ventilation slots and locking tabs are separate parameters.
The clamshell tray combines a base with glued corners and a lid hinged to the back wall. You choose a tuck flap or tab-and-slot closure and calculate either from inside or outside dimensions.
The takeout box has outward-sloping front and back walls, glued corners and a folding lid with tuck flap. Inside width and outside width have different reference points.
The cup sleeve is an annular sector with a glue flap for an existing tapered cup. You measure the diameters at the top and bottom edges of the sleeve and its vertical height.
The fries scoop remains open at the top and has a taller back wall, lower front and sloping sides. Front width, depth and back wall height form the inside dimension; front height is a separate parameter.
The popcorn box is open at the top and has four outward-sloping walls, a side seam and a glued bottom. Length and width describe the upper opening; the base is smaller.
The sandwich wedge forms a triangular prism from a base and two sloping panels, a glued-in back and a hinged lid. Inside dimension describes baseline, prism thickness and triangle height.
Folding carton tray with glued corners, hinged lid and an integrated hole deck for 6, 10 or 12 eggs. The construction uses a hole deck rather than molded pulp cups. Check egg size, retention and transport on a filled sample.
Milk-carton shape with a glued longitudinal seam, tuck bottom, triangular gable folds and a glueable top strip. The template is a print layout and dieline made from folding carton board. It is not designed as liquid-tight or aseptic packaging.
Box for cakes and tarts with a tuck bottom, a split lid of two roof halves and a carry handle made of two handle panels with handle holes; optional window in the lid halves or in the front. Starting material E-flute microflute, start sizes for cakes Ø 24, 26 and 28 cm.