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To open a carton machinery factory, What packaging machine and equipment are needed for box production? What is the carton box making machine price? Let us answer for you today.

According to different materials, carton boxes include corrugated boxes and single-layer cardboard boxes. Then we take the corrugated box for example as below:

corrugated box making 1

According to the above corrugation box flow chart, we can see that if you want to open a corrugated box machinery factory, you must first consider corrugated cardboard, which can be completed by a corrugated cardboard production line.

Box making machine price—Corrugated cardboard production line

Corrugated cardboard generally has single-corrugated, double-corrugated and triple-corrugated.

3 layer corrugated cardboard
  1. Three-layer corrugated box, also known as single corrugated box, is composed of a corrugated core paper and a surface paper on each side of The core paper.Three-layer corrugated boxes are mainly used for packaging lighter-weight inner packaging products. Commonly used corrugated types are A, B, C, E flute, among which E flute type is also known as micro-corrugated box, which is mainly used for small household appliances, etc., and B corrugated is often used in the packaging of food and beverage industries.
  2. Double corrugated paper is: facial paper + corrugated paper + liner paper + corrugated paper + lining paper, a total of 5 layers. This type of carton uses double-corrugated cardboard, Five-layer corrugated board, common flute type combinations are AB flute, CB flute, BE flute, etc., and the thickness of the cardboard will also be different. Five-layer corrugated cardboard has been widely used in product packaging due to its good processing performance, hardness and flexibility protection, easy use, good printing adaptability, low cost, and environmental protection. Its main application forms are cushions and Accessory boxes, gift boxes, corrugated boxes, pallet packaging, etc, which is mostly used for packaging fragile items, heavy items and items that need to be stored for a long time;
  3. Seven-layer corrugated cardboard, namely three-core double-sided seven-layer cardboard, is made of two-layer box cardboard and three-layer corrugated base paper. It has the best strength and can replace wooden boxes to pack heavy equipment, and is generally used in conjunction with pallets or containers. It is mainly used for packing boxes of heavy goods (such as motorcycles, pianos, etc.), or packing large electrical appliances, small machine tools, etc., and can also be used as some high-strength special liners.

The corrugated cardboard is produced by Automatic Corrugated Board Making Plant, which is composed of shaftless mill roll stand, fingerless single facer, a preheater, double facer, gluing machine, cross-cutting machine, slitting machine, conveying bridge, etc. It can produce corrugated board with width from 1200mm to 2800mm, the working speed is from 60m/min to 300m/min as your requirement, so when your above requirement is different, the price also differs much.

Box making machine price—carton printing/slotting/die cutting machine

Next, the logo and outer packaging design need to be printed on facial paper, and the printing is divided into color offset printing and monochrome overprinting.

  1. According to the different color needs, the printing machine has two-color, three-color, four-color, five color and six color printing presses;
  2. According to the different needs of supporting equipment, there are also carton single printing, printing slotting/die cutting machines, printing slotting die cutting machines, box stitching machine and box folder gluer machine and Linkage production line, etc.
  3. According to the degree of automation, there are fully automatic and semi-automatic printing machines. If the budget is high, you can consider purchasing fully automatic machines to save time and labor cost; if you want to reduce costs, then semi-automatic corrugated box making machine can meet your needs;
  4. According To The working speed, it has high speed and low speed, which differs from 60 pcs/min to 300 pcs/min.

The carton printing machine prices of different factories are different, and the box making machine price of big brands is higher than that of small brands of carton machinery; similarly, the level of quality and the difference in after-sales service also have a very important impact on the box making machine price. You can refer to this article about the Factors affecting prices: 4 Things You Must Know To Buy Box Making Machine

Box making machine price—Carton stitcher/Folder gluer

After printing, slotting and die-cutting, you need to consider whether it is glued or nailed. Under normal circumstances, carton companies choose the carton forming method according to the actual requirements of customers.

stitching box

For example, Cardboard box with nails is stronger, not easy to be damaged, and has relatively high technical requirements. For larger items or heavier products such as air conditioners, etc., nail boxes will be selected. Gluing the box is more efficient and flatter, and it is not easy to scratch the contents of the box. Some small cartons or milk boxes may choose to glue the box.

Semi automatic corrugated box making machine price

For some new small carton factories or end customers with low requirements for speed, you can consider semi-automatic carton machinery, which are easy to operate and cheaper in price, can help you save production costs.

Box making machine price—Second hand carton paper box making machine

If the above corrugated box making machine price is still beyond your budget, then you can consider purchasing second-hand carton machinery. There are many used box making machine for sale on the market, we can also choose these products. Some second-hand carton box making machines,whose original factory is from the leading manufacturers, have good performance, which can reduce your purchase cost and meet your quality requirements.

As for the box making machine price, it is related to machine materials, styles, specifications, degree of automation,factory brand and Cardboard or carton processing requirements and other items, The price of the machine needs to be calculated according to the actual demand and situation.


When you are ready to purchase a carton machine, you can find the most suitable carton machine by considering the above requirements and factors. Our company can manufacture and export high quality carton packaging machines as the above, you can contact with our salesman to know the details. Hope the above can help you to learn more about box making machine price and purchase the suitable carton packaging machinery.