Paper Tubes

Introduction

This article provides comprehensive information about paper tubes, paper core and composite cans. You will learn how these paper and paperboard products are made and their materials of construction as well as paper tube applications, advantages and drawbacks.

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Paper tubes are also known as paper cores, paperboard tubes, paper cans, fiber drums with paper drum machine, fiber tubes, paper tubing, wound tubes, composite cans, coreboard tubes, and cardboard tubes. While widely used everywhere, the term "cardboard tube" is a misnomer. Cardboard consists of three kraft layers with the central layer corrugated.

II. Paper Tube Types and Shapes

Paper Tube and Core Types

While paper tubes, paper cores and related products are all made from wound plies of paper or paperboard. Paper tubes with paper tube cutting machine or cores can be constructed from one, two or many plies of brown kraft paper or paperboard.

Spiral Paper Tube or Core Manufacturing

In the spiral paper tube or core manufacturing process with paper core machine, jumbo rolls of paper, paperboard, and lining materials are converted in a rotary slitting operation with paper slitting machine into narrower width ribbons. The paper ribbons are rewound into narrow rolls on rewinding stands.a