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Caliper, then, is an indirect measure of the compression stacking strength of corrugated boxes . Low caliper is usually the result of poorly formed flutes or crushed flutes and often results in poor corrugated box compression and performance.
Corrugated is a very popular packaging material primarily because it has a high strength-to-weight ratio. What this means is that corrugated is exceptionally strong considering its light weight. In fact, the primary job of a corrugated box is to protect its contents (i.e., our customers' products). As such, corrugated should be considered to be an engineering material.
There are only two things we can do to maximize caliper: form the flutes to the maximum potential of the corrugating rolls and avoid crushing the flutes after we have formed them.