FBA Technical Committee Continues To Support The Corrugated Industry BY CHASE KAMMERER Part of the mission statement of the Fibre Box Association (FBA) Technical Committee is to “stay abreast of industry
the Board to contract research that benefits the corrugat- ed industry. The preliminary concept was to validate the environmental factors published in the Fibre Box Hand- book to date, using boxes in the current marketplace. The Committee was looking to update industry norms and extend the knowledge base for box manufacturing. The factors in the FBA Handbook were based on histori- cal literature, without the 1990s and later data. And recent literature raised questions about whether those factors truly represented what happens in a unit of stacked box- es today. Thus began a multi-year process to update the environmental factors for the Handbook. With two studies completed and two more underway: Impact of Relative Humidity on Top to Bottom Box Compression - In 2019, the Technical Committee complet- ed research on ambient humidity’s effects on box designs. The effect of Relative Humidity is one of the most signifi- cant considerations for corrugated packaging performance
developments and regulations and address all technical aspects of cor- rugated container manufacturing, shipment, and usage. Including de- sign and development of relevant projects, trials, studies, and the pro- duction/publication of technical liter- ature, brochures, and documents.”
Chase Kammerer
The Committee helps to answer industry-wide ques- tions through projects and other initiatives. So, beginning in 2017, the Technical Committee received approval from
and “Environmental Factor” development. The study, completed by Clemson Univer- sity, used current substrate performance data and provided results that allowed us to update numbers in the Handbook. You can read more about the research on our website. Also, see 2019 - 2nd Quarter - New Research - How Does Ambient Humidity Af- fect Modern Box Design, you can listen to a Free FBA webinar about the project. Impact of Stacking Pattern on Top to Bottom Box Compression - In 2020-21, the Technical Committee researched how stacking patterns impact BCT. The study, performed by the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT), compared 32 ECT and 44 ECT columnar aligned, interlocked, and hybrid stacking patterns subjected to com- pression testing. You can read more about this study on our website and also click on 2021 - 2nd Quarter - New Research - How Does Stacking Pattern Impact BCT for a free FBA webinar about the project. Characterization of Scoring and Its Im- portance to BCT Strength - the Technical Committee will have concluded a study on the compression strength of scoring pro- files by 2022. Performed by the US Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory, the ob- jective of the work is to evaluate a variety of commonly used scoring profiles on BCT. Effect of Pallet Overhang on Box Com- pression Strength - Currently, the Technical Committee is working with Virginia Tech to study the impact of pallet overhang on BCT. We expect to finish the project’s testing by the end of December and a final report, most likely in the first quarter of 2023.
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