Vacuum solutions engineered for paper & packaging
The industry that converts board and film into boxes, cartons and flexible packaging — and its dust is combustible cardboard and paperboard, joined by the starch adhesive corrugators run. This is the converting side of paper: die-cutting, slitting and folding at speed generate the dust, while paper production itself is covered in the paper mills guide. High-volume converting means high-volume dust.
Combustible-Cellulose Aware
Cardboard dust burns
A Combustible Dust
NFPA 660 particulate solid
HEPA Filtration
Fine paper & starch retained
Built for Converting
Corrugated, cartons, die-cut
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Paper & Packaging production process explorer
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A packaging-converting operation turns incoming board and film into finished packaging, shedding combustible dust at each mechanical step. Walk the converting stages where capture belongs.
Stage 01 — Board & film receiving
Incoming paperboard, corrugated stock and flexible film are handled and staged; edge dust and fiber begin the converting dust stream from the first cut.
Key challenges
Cellulose and starch, at converting speed
Cardboard Dust Is Combustible
Paperboard and corrugated dust is a combustible particulate solid under NFPA 660 — accumulated dust deflagrates like any fine organic dust.
Starch Corrugating Adhesive
Corrugators use starch-based adhesive — a fine combustible powder that coats the corrugating line alongside the board dust.
High-Volume Die-Cutting
Die-cutting and folding at speed generate combustible board dust and trim continuously — the dusty heart of converting.
Flexible-Film Dust
Converting flexible film sheds self-charging plastic dust and trim, handled with grounded, static-dissipative recovery.
Accumulation Is The Risk
Fine paper dust settles on machinery and structures, building fugitive combustible fuel between cleanings across a high-throughput plant.
Fibrous & Clinging
Paper fiber mats and accumulates, so HEPA-retained recovery with frequent, disciplined housekeeping is essential.
Dust & materials knowledge center
What packaging converting generates
Combustibility and severity are material- and particle-size-specific — testing and your Dust Hazard Analysis govern. Full directory: the full materials directory.
Applications in paper & packaging
- Flexible packaging
- Blister packaging
- Vacuum packaging
- Tray sealing
- MAP packaging
- Bottle production
- Plastic packaging
- Pharmaceutical packaging
- Food packaging
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Representative case study
Controlling Paper and Corrugated Dust in a Converting Plant
A representative scenario: how a high-speed corrugated converting operation brought fibre dust under control without slowing the lines.
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