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ARTWORK
- The original design intended for reproduction.
- COMPREHENSIVE:
design produced primarily for customer approval of layout, etc.,
not necessarily camera-ready.
- ROUGH:
a sketch or drawing to show relationship of design elements, in
unfinished form.
- SEPARATIONS:
artwork produced to indicate separations of color areas; i.e.,
a separate layout for each color.
- CAMERA-READY
ART: the original design, completely finished as it is to appear
in the reproduction. Must be furnished in black and white format.
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| "B"
FLUTE - One of the wave shapes (or corrugations) in the inner
portion of combined corrugated board, "B" having 47 flutes per lineal
foot. |
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| BALANCE
OF TRUCKLOAD - Refers to orders that do not constitute a full
truckload and customer agreed to fill out the truck with another item. |
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| BALLOON
FREIGHT - The difference between the actual weight loaded and
the prescribed truckload minimum weight. |
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| BLEACHED
KRAFT - Regular kraft paper from which the entire natural wood
coloring has been removed. It is usually white in color. |
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| BOX
BODY - Proper term "box blank". Box body is a term used mostly
by Owens-Brockway and refers to the piece of corrugated board cut
to a blank size, which is scored, slotted, and printed and forms a
corrugated box. |
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| BULK
CARTON - Another name for a service carton. |
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| BULK
PALLETIZING - The process by which bare glass containers are formed
into a staggered pattern of fixed size on a 44"X 56" pallet, the patterns
then being stacked in layer fashion using a corrugated sheet to separate
the layers. |
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BULKHEAD - Bracing, usually wooden, placed in a boxcar to
prevent load from shifting during shipment to customer.
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"C" FLUTE - One of the wave shapes (or corrugations) in
the inner portion of combined corrugated board, "C" having 39 flutes
per lineal foot.
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| CARLOAD
FREIGHT ALLOWED (C/L) - A policy whereby customers pay freight
charges for their glass order shipment and are given an allowance
for the carload rate of freight when invoiced. Railroads have two
rates for freight-carload rates (cheaper) and less-than-carload rates. |
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| CARTON
- Refers to corrugated shipping cases used for container shipments.
Before being assembled into the familiar box shape, the unassembled
carton is called a flat or a knockdown. |
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| CARTON
SPECIFICATIONS - A written description and general layout of specifications
and figures used in manufacturing corrugated materials. |
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| CELLS
- Space formed by partitions or other inner packing on corrugated,
wood or fiber cases to protect the bottles from contact with each
other during shipment. |
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| CENTER
SPECIAL SLOTTED BOX - A box style with the inner and outer flaps
meeting at the center. Requires flap cut operation. |
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| CHIP
PAPER - A form of paper made of low-grade waste paper, principally
used for interior packing and for cushioning between fragile items. |
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| CHIPBOARD
- A low quality nontest paperboard made of waste paper for use where
specified strength or quality is not necessary. |
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| CITY
CARTONS - Cartons that do not meet the requirements for reshipment
of filled containers by freight but are satisfactory for local shipments
by truck. |
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| COLD
PACK - Any product that is filled in the container at room temperature
or at a low temperature. |
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| COMMERCIAL
PANEL - The side and end panels on corrugated boxes and trays
where the packers may put commercial messages. |
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| CONTRACT
CARRIER - A commercial trucking company with a contract to perform
trucking services for a company in a given area. |
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| CORRUGATED
SHIPPING CASES - The corrugated box, often termed "carton", used
in packing and shipping glass containers. |
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| CRUSH
TEST - A compression test to determine the ability of the shipping
container to resist crushing. |
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DIES
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- rubber
stamp mounted on a printing cylinder used to transfer designs
or printing onto corrugated boxes.
- Also
cutting instruments that serve to cut corrugated board without
crushing the flutes near the cutting area.
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| DOUBLE
FACE - Corrugated board with facing on both sides. |
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| DOUBLE
WALL - The use of three facings and two corrugated mediums to
form a corrugated board of double-wall thickness. |
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| DROP
TEST - A method of determining the protective and/or retentive
properties of a shipping container by subjecting it to a free fall
from a predetermined height onto a solid surface. |
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| DUAL
SCORED SHEET - One sheet of corrugated that is scored and folded
to form a shell around two containers. Primarily used as inner packing
in boxes. |
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| EXPANDED
POLYSTYRENE CASE - A lightweight case manufactured by heating
polystyrene beads within a mold or form. Has good thermal properties. |
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| FAMILY
LINE - (16 oz., 24oz., 28oz., 32oz.) Containers of the same design
in various capacities (also called product line or product family). |
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| FILL
POINT - The level in the neck of a container to which contents
must be filled to furnish a designated quantity of the product. |
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| FINISHED
ART - Art that is complete in all respects; a true prototype of
the anticipated reproduction; camera ready. |
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| FLAP
- One of the closing members of a corrugated container. |
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| FLUTE
- One of the wave shapes or corrugations in the inner portion
of corrugated board. |
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| FREE-ON
-BOARD (FOB) - In a pricing system that is F.O.B. plant of manufacture,
the customer takes title and pays freight charges from the factory
to destination. |
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| FULL-HEIGHT
PARTITIONS - Partitions in shipping boxes that extend the full
height of the bottle. |
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| GRADUATED
- A graduated container is one that has a graduated scale to show
the contents of the container at various stages from full to empty. |
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| HOT-MELT
PROCESS - An ACL decorating process that requires a special type
of ceramic color that must be heated before it is applied to the container
surface. |
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| HOT
PACK - Any product that is raised to a high temperature before
filling. |
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| HYGROSCOPIC
- Readily absorbing or retaining moisture. |
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INNERS
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- When
empty cartons are ordered, this term sometimes refers to inner
packing only.
- Refers
to inner cartons where combination packages are shipped.
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| KLA-WHITE
- Name for a mottled white kraft sheet used primarily as an outer
facing in the construction of corrugated board. |
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| KRAFT
- Strengthened pulp paper or paperboard having a minimum of 85%
virgin wood fibers produced by a sulfate process. |
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| LABEL
PANEL - That portion of a glass container set up for application
of a label. |
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| LABEL
SPACE - Usually a flat space on the container used for the placement
of labels. |
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| LIP
- (Bottle) The extreme outer edge located at the top of a container.
The last point of contact between the glass and liquid that is being
poured from the container. |
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| LOGO
- A shortened form of the wood logotype that denotes the special
design of an advertiser of product made into a cut, and used repeatedly
in advertising and promotion. Combination of word and design. |
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| MANUFACTURER'S
JOINT - The part of a box where the ends of a sheet are joined
together by gluing, stitching or taping. |
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| MINIMUM
RUN - The minimum quantity of an item that will be accepted for
manufacture. |
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| NARROW
MOUTH - That finish of a glass container the diameter of which
is small relative to the diameter of the body. |
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| NATURAL
KRAFT - Unbleached kraft paper the outer surface of which is a
natural color. |
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| NEGATIVES
- (ACL) Reverse film picture of artwork required in making an
ACL design and screen for color application. |
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| NONTEST
- A paperboard having no specified bursting strength but generally
specified as to basic weight of components. A term used for any grade
of corrugated board that has no rigid quality specifications. |
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| NONTEST
PADS - Pads of nontest paperboard. |
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| NONTEST
PARTITIONS - Partitions of nontest paperboard. |
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| ORGANIC
SCREEN APPLIED COLORS - Materials referred to as "ABC" coatings
or "Cold Colors", they are organic materials disbursed in a medium
satisfactory for screen operation. A wide range of colors is available
in these coatings, as they are similar in nature to spray coatings
that are organically based. Transparent as well as opaque effects
are available. |
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| OUTER
- Another term or description for a corrugated box, as distinguished
from the inner packing or inners. |
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| OUTLINE
LETTERING -An ACL term referring to lettering, usually of a block
style, that is formed by drawing only the outlines of the letters
involved, leaving the centers blank. |
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| OVERAGE
STOCK - Contract stock or other containers, held in inventory
for a specific customer on which shipping instructions have not been
given by the customer within the inventory period established at the
time the ware was manufactured. |
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| PALLETIZING
- A method of warehousing and shipping cartons of a product that have
been piled on large trays or pallets by moving the entire unit with
warehouse handling equipment, avoiding multiple manual handling of
individual cartons. |
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PANEL - (Bottle) A rectangular shaped bottle used by the
Drug & Chemical Industries to pack products for which maximum label
space is desired. The large flat panel provides this space.
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| POOL
CAR - A railroad car with less than carload shipments for several
customers at one location. Pool cars are usually consigned to a trucking
company for unloading and delivery to the customers. |
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| POOL
RUN - The accumulation of small orders so that a minimum machine
run can be made. |
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| POSITIVE
LETTERING - An ACL term referring to lettering made up of color
applied to the surface of the container. |
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| POSITIVES
(ACL) - Clear film reduction made from negatives after the artwork
has been reduced photographically to the actual size of the required
design. Used to make ACL screens. |
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| PRINTS
- Made by mounting film positive on tracing paper and exposing
it on sensitized black and white paper. These are sent to branches
for customer approval or for specification records. |
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| PULP
BOARD - Used as a backing for the liner facing, it can be waxed
directly and used by itself as the closure liner. |
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| REGULAR
SLOTTED CARTON - Also known as RSC (Regular Slotted Container).
A box style with all flaps the same length. Outer flaps meet. Inner
flaps do not meet unless length and width happen to be the same; as
an example, a square box. |
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| REPACK
- Refers to transferring ware from one carton to another. |
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| RESHIPPERS
- Corrugated cartons that are used to send glass from the factory
and are then reused by the customer to ship his finished product. |
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| RUN
- A production unit consisting of the containers produced from
a set of molds for the length of time they were operating on a bottle-making
machine. |
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| SALE
AND USE TAX - SALES: A tax levied on sales. Classified as (1)
Consumer's Sales Tax (2) General Sales Tax (3) Retail Sales Tax (4)
Selective Sales Tax. USE: A tax levied on the storage, consumption
or use of tangible personal property which was purchased for storage,
consumption or use in the taxing state, and upon which no sales tax
has been paid. |
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| SCORING
- A corrugated operation in which a flat sheet or corrugated board
is creased by properly placed narrow rollers to facilitate bending
or folding necessary for assembling a box or tray. |
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| SEALING
SURFACE - The portion of the finish that makes contact with the
sealing gasket or liner that forms a seal. |
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| SERVICE
CARTON - Basic carton (of minimum specifications) used for shipping
glass containers to customers who do not intend to use the same carton
for shipping products to a distributor or customer. |
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| SHIPPING
RELEASE - A factory order with shipping instructions for customer's
ware being carried in inventory, having been manufactured against
a previous factory order that called for shipments of part of the
ware. |
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SHORT
RUN -
- Bottles
- A production run for bottles which is not large enough to qualify
for the smallest quantity pricing bracket.
- Cases
- Less than 1,000 cases. A premium is charged for short runs.
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| SHOULDER-HEIGHT
PARTITIONS - Partitions that extend to the shoulder of bottles
packed in carton. |
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SHRINK-WRAP - A packaging concept that involves the use
of a transparent film (which may be heated to a specific temperature),
that shrinks tightly around the contents. May be used in conjunction
with other materials such as corrugated trays, chipboard trays,
etc.
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| SNAKE-WRAPPED
- A term describing a method of protecting bottles during shipment
by interweaving paper between bottles packed in corrugated cases. |
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| STOCK
- Containers comprising factory inventory (also called ware).
May be further designated as open stock, contract stock, surplus stock,
etc. |
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| STOPOVER
CAR - A railroad car with several less-than-carload shipments
for customers at different locations that stops at each location for
unloading by the customer. |
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| STRAIGHT
CAR - Refers to a complete carload to one customer and allows
customers to get the best freight rate provided by railroad. |
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| TAPED
JOINT - A manufacturer's joint (or corner) of a corrugated box
fastened by tape. |
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| TAPER
- A machine for applying glued tape to the corner joint, making a
box from the precut flat corrugated sheet. |
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| TEST
(200#) - Bursting strength generally related to the box certificate
stamp. The Mullen Test is the resistance of a material or board to
bursting expressed in pounds per square inch. |
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| TOLERANCE
- A specified allowance for deviations in weighing, measuring,
etc., or for deviations from the standard dimensions or weight. |
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| TRAY
PACK - Applies to open-top corrugated trays (shoulder height or
full height) used for shipping glass containers from plant to customer
and then to consumer. May also be used as a service tray. |
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| UNI-PAK
- Trade name for line of containers and machinery for single-unit
dose packing. |
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| UNIT
LOAD - The total number of packages built into a load and so contained
in the load with the use of pallets, sheet, or pattern of loading
so that a lift truck may secure, move and deposit a large quantity
at a time. |
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| WIDE
MOUTH - Containers with a large finish opening or those that have
a large finish size in relation to capacity. |