SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING MULTI-LAYERED BOARD HAVING A CORRUGATED MEDIUM AND AN EMBOSSED MEDIUM
A system and method for producing a board product characterized by having at least one corrugated medium and at least one embossed medium in the board product. The board product may further include one or more facings that are adhesively coupled to either the corrugated medium, the embossed medium, or both. Generally speaking, a corrugated medium may be characterized as a paper product that exhibits flutes induced by a cross-corrugating process such that the induced flutes are perpendicular (or at least not congruent) with the machine direction of the paper product. An embossed medium may be characterized as a paper product that exhibits flutes induced by a linear-embossing process such that the induced flutes are aligned with the machine direction of the paper product. A resultant board product is stronger and more efficiently produced because of the linearly-embossed medium harnessing the natural strength of the paper in the machine direction.
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21 . A method for making a board product, comprising:
forming a first medium from a first paper having a machine direction and cross direction that comprises a cross-direction width, the first medium formed to have one or more non-corrugated flutes aligned with the machine direction of the first paper, wherein the cross-direction width prior to the forming of the flutes remains the same as the cross direction width after the flutes have been formed; and
forming a second medium from a second paper having a machine direction and a cross direction, the second medium having one or more flutes aligned with the cross direction of the second paper; and
affixing the first medium to the second medium such that the flutes of the first medium are affixed incongruent to the flutes of the second medium.
22 . The method of claim 21 , further comprising adhering a facing to the first medium.
23 . The method of claim 21 , further comprising adhering a facing to the second medium.
24 . The method of claim 21 , further comprising adhering the first medium directly to the second medium.
25 . The method of claim 21 , further comprising adhering a facing to the first medium and adhering the facing to the second medium such that the facing is affixed between the first medium and the second medium.
26 . The method of claim 21 , further comprising inducing flutes in the first medium through embossing.
27 . The method of claim 21 , further comprising inducing flutes in the first medium through scoring.
28 . The method of claim 21 , further comprising inducing flutes in the second medium through corrugating.
29 . The method of claim 21 , wherein the first medium further comprises flutes having a size corresponding to an E-flute profile.
30 . The method of claim 21 , wherein the second medium further comprises flutes having a size corresponding to a C-flute profile.