The certificate course is divided in 10 modules. Each module is approximately for 30 minutes each. Each session will be followed by online exercises. After which one has to given an online test. On passing the test a certificate will be issued.
Each module can be taken separately. The modules are as follows:
Corrugated Box Basics
- This course will familiarize you with some common industry terms, describe popular corrugated board and corrugated box styles, and discuss corrugated box usage considerations.
Other Box Plant Equipment
- This course describes the design and operation of box plant equipment, including printer-slotters, folder-gluers, stitchers, tapers, laminators, presses, litho-laminators, bundlers and palletizers.
Safety
- This course will discuss safe work behaviors, equipment safety hazards, stored energy hazards, chemical hazards, emergency stops, as well as vehicle and pedestrian hazards within box plants.
Kraft Paper Testing
- This course describes in the fiber sources, chemical pulping and papermaking processes.
- It also describes the quality parameters of kraft paper and their importance in box design.
Corrugators
- This course describes the corrugating process touching upon Wet End Components, Preconditioning and Preheating, Corrugating and Pressure Rolls, Adhesive Application, Double Facer Glue Unit and Hot Plate Section, Dry End Components, Stacker,
Board Tests
- This course describes tests used to predict the stacking performance of corrugated board boxes, performance of corrugated boxes during handling and tests used to monitor corrugating and converting operations at box plants,
Corrugating Adhesives
This course covers a brief history of corrugating adhesives, the functions of the ingredients in modern, starch-based corrugating adhesives.
- Starch Glue making process -One Step and Two Step Process
Box Plant Equipment Basics
- This course introduces some common box plant equipment and processes, and discusses equipment layout, material flows, and storage considerations in box plants.
Corrugated Box Costing
This course will cover factors influencing the cost of boxes including choice of Paper, Lot Sizes , Strength Properties Required
It will also have real life exercises on determining the costing of a box