Why are cardboard tubes present in many industries?
Spiral or cardboard tubes and cores are made from strips of cardboard and various types of adhesive. What makes them special is their excellent adaptability to dimensions, tolerance, and crush strength. Cardboard tubes are ubiquitous and can be found in every aspect of modern life. They are produced for countless industrial applications and consumer products and are sometimes considered commodity items.
Tubes Designed for Winding, Transport, and Processing
Globally, most cardboard tubes are used in industrial winding. In these applications, immediately after production, paper, film, or textile yarns are wound directly onto cardboard tubes. These tubes facilitate the transport of the produced material.
Cardboard tubes range from small diameters for transporting plastics, aluminum, fabric, and broad yarns, to larger diameters for winding rolls of paper for printing, plastic film, textiles, and specialty metals. They are designed for winding, transport, and processing, structurally optimized and manufactured with attention to the strength and rigidity of the cardboard, tube thickness, layer arrangement, and type of adhesive in the design process.
In the role of building material
The Japanese have always shown a special interest in cardboard as a building material. Shigeru Ban has emerged as a pioneer in this field, developing a construction system based on cardboard tubes. Ban’s cardboard houses, recyclable and easily assembled, serving as shelters, represent a new approach in construction.
Cardboard, often considered fragile and flammable, has proven surprisingly strong in structural applications. Cardboard, made from recycled paper, is also an environmentally friendly building material.
Furthermore, cardboard tubes are increasingly used in concrete structures, providing durability and support in construction.
The advantages of cardboard tubes are numerous: stable quality, durability, lightweight construction, and minimal environmental impact. This innovation not only meets environmental standards but also provides aesthetically pleasing and functional building solutions.
Cardboard tube as an alternative
It is important to note that some traditional construction methods have more negative than positive effects on our planet. They often contribute to environmental damage. However, adopting alternative production and construction systems, such as cardboard tubes, could significantly contribute to environmental protection. Throughout history, buildings have mainly been constructed from natural materials such as stone, earth, reeds, and wood. However, considering the depletion of these resources, it is important to explore new alternatives. Cardboard tubes are one of these alternative materials. In addition to sharing similar properties with traditional materials, cardboard tubes often exhibit greater strength and durability, making them an attractive choice for modern construction.
Additional possibilities
Various materials can be used inside cardboard tubes, such as safe paper from aluminum foil, which greatly enhances food freshness and safety. Packaging in cardboard tubes has become an innovative way to package various products and is 60% cheaper than metal, wooden, or plastic boxes.
Sources:
L.C. Bank, T.D. Gerhardt; Paperboard tubes in structural and construction engineering
Behzad Sodagar BSc MPhil PhD, Cariona Tuite BA(Hons) PG Dip, Anne -Louise Duignan BA(Hons) PG Dip, Dorota Spychala BA(Hons) PG Dip, Chrysa Chaina BSC(Hons) PG Dip Lincoln School of Architecture, University of Lincoln; Innovative materials
Below you can read about the additional advantages of spiral-round eco-packaging.
When it comes to recycling and environmental protection, packaging made of cardboard tubes is far superior. Cardboard packaging materials are non-toxic, odorless, environmentally friendly, and safe and hygienic.
Being made of paper, it’s very lightweight and easy to carry and transport.
When used in food packaging, the packaging is safe and fresh using sub-paper or aluminum foil.
Tubes play a huge role in preserving products due to their ideal barrier function, together with oxygen.
Brand promotion with complete customization of tube size and content display. It can directly showcase product features while preventing exposure to air pollution and mechanical damage.
Due to the excellent performance of cardboard packaging, it is widely used in many areas such as cosmetics packaging, essential oil packaging, and food packaging. Whether printed or not, in terms of aesthetics, it will be superior to square packaging.