How are paper cups made?

Publish Time: 09/12 2022 Author: Site Editor Visit: 231

With the rapid development of the economy and the steady improvement of people's living standards, people's awareness of hygiene and health has been continuously strengthened. Especially in this post-epidemic era, disposable paper cups have become a necessity for people's daily consumption. So how much do you know about the making of paper cups?

Since its inception, paper tableware has been widely promoted and used in developed countries and regions such as Europe, America, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, and Hong Kong. Paper products are unique in appearance, environmental protection and hygiene, oil and temperature resistance, etc., and are non-toxic and tasteless, with good image, good feeling, degradable and non-polluting. As soon as paper tableware entered the market, it was quickly accepted by people with its unique charm. International fast food and beverage suppliers such as McDonald's, KFC, Coca-Cola, Pepsi and various instant noodle manufacturers all use paper tableware.

Fully automatic single-sided PE coated wholesale paper cup machines is a multi-station automatic forming machine. With photoelectric detection, fault alarm, counting and other functions, it is an ideal equipment for producing beverage paper cups, tea paper cups, coffee paper cups, advertising paper cups, market paper cups, ice cream paper cups or other disposable cone-shaped food paper containers.

How are paper cups made?

From the base paper to the packaged paper cups, the main processes are as follows:

1. PE coating: that is, the base paper (white paper) is coated with PE film with a coating machine, and the paper on one side of the coating is called single-sided PE coated paper; the paper coated on both sides is called double-sided PE coated paper.

2. Slitting: Use a slitter to cut the coated paper into rectangular sheets (for the wall of the paper cup) and roll paper (for the bottom of the paper cup).

3. Printing: Use a letterpress printing machine to print various patterns on a rectangular sheet of paper.

4. Die-cutting: Use a flat indentation and cutting machine (commonly known as a die-cutting machine) to cut the printed paper sheet into fan-shaped sheets for making paper cups.

5. Forming: the operator only needs to put the fan-shaped paper cup sheet and the cup bottom roll paper into the feeding port of the paper cup forming machine, and the paper cup forming machine can automatically form paper, seal, punch the bottom and other operations to automatically form what you need. Various sizes of paper cups. The whole process can be easily operated by one person.

6. Packaging: Seal the finished paper cups with plastic bags, and then pack them into cartons

Fully automatic single-sided PE coated paper cup machine is a multi-station automatic forming machine. With photoelectric detection, fault alarm, counting and other functions, it is an ideal equipment for producing beverage paper cups, tea paper cups, coffee paper cups, advertising paper cups, market paper cups, ice cream paper cups or other disposable cone-shaped food paper containers.