Rules and Regulations for Corrugation: Carrier Rules

Carrier Rules: For extra speedy delivery known as inter-modal overnight, corrugated boxes can be used to ship products by air, truck, rail, or by a combination of means. Carriers enforce packaging rules in exchange for accepting liability for the articles they transport. Carriers reserve the right to decline articles they consider inadequately packaged. Simply put, if you wish for your package to be insured by the carrier, you must obey their regulations. Many transportation methods are not specifically covered by the rules. Over the past fifty years or more, the terminology and material requirements used in the carrier rules have become de facto standards for corrugated and solid fiber boxes. Carrier rules address only the concerns associated with their mode of transportation- not the storage, display, or further distribution of boxes. Once all of these factors are taken into account, boxes may not only need to meet the carrier standards, but exceed beyond them. Max. weight of boxes and content Max. outside dimension Length, Width and Depth added (inches) Min. bursting test, Single wall, Double wall or Solid fiberboard(lbs per sq. in.) Or Min. puncture test, Triple wall board (in. oz. per in. of tear) Min. combined weight of Facing, including Center facings of Double wall and Triple wall board Or Min. combined Weight of plies, Solid Fiberboard, Excluding adhesives (lbs. per 1,000 sq. ft.) Single Wall Corrugated Fiberboard Boxes 20 40 125 52 35 50 150 66 50 60 175 75 65 75 200 84 80 85 250 111 95 95 275 138 120 105 350 180 Double Wall Corrugated Fiberboard Boxes 80 85 200 92 100 95 275 110 120 105 350 126 140 110 400 180 160 115 500 222 180 120 600 270 Triple Wall Corrugated Fiberboard Boxes 240 110 700 168 260 115 900 222 280 120 1100 264 300 125 1300 360 Solid Fiberboard Boxes 20 40 125 114 40 60 175 149 65 75 200 190 90 90 275 237 120 100 350 283 IPS Packaging is a leading provider of packaging supplies, packaging equipment and packaging solutions. If you would like to know more about IPS Packaging, call 888-922-1622 or contact our Sales team.