FEFCO 0204 Box Template Generator

Centre Special Slotted Container (CSSC). Flaps on the length panels are half the breadth and flaps on the breadth panels are half the length, so both pairs meet exactly at the centre. Gives a flush double-covered top with no overlap and no gap.

Checked against the plate. This blank has been compared side by side with the drawing in the FEFCO Code, 12th Edition, and matches. That is a statement about the drawing, not a guarantee — always cut and fold a sample before committing to a die.

What is FEFCO 0204?

FEFCO 0204 is cut from one piece, glued or stitched along a single manufacturer’s joint, and shipped flat. Flaps fold in at both ends to close it. Flaps on the length panels are half the breadth and flaps on the breadth panels are half the length, so both pairs meet exactly at the centre. Gives a flush double-covered top with no overlap and no gap.

Uses

Transit and e-commerce packing, where the box is handled by a carrier

Advantages

Cut from a single blank, so there is one tool and one part to stock
The most widely made board box there is, so it is quick to source and cheap per unit

Disadvantages

The flaps meet but do not overlap, so the ends are the weakest part of the box

Typical industries

General distribution and warehousing

Recommended board grades

Single wall B or C flute for most shipping. Double wall BC or EB where the load is heavy, the box is large, or it will be stacked several high in a warehouse.

At a glance

Code	`0204`
Family	Corrugated (FEFCO)
Also known as	CSSC, centre special slotted container
Blank size at this size	1047 × 456 mm
Panels	13
Creases	12

Badged, with the last ambiguity closed by measurement rather than waived. The fit puts every sibling but a few below the 0.90 bar, and those that survive it are separated by FLAP DEPTH AGAINST PANEL WIDTH — the detail FEFCO uses across this family, and the one grant-badges.py names as needing a person. The fitter cannot use it: it rescales x and y independently, and flap depth runs across one axis where panel width runs across the other. Measured in each plate's OWN units, this plate draws 0.684 and our blank draws 0.750, a gap of 0.066. The survivors: 0202 scores 0.971 on the fit and draws 0.567 (2.8x further from ours). Every rival is therefore excluded, which is the bar — not that the score was high. Our own 0.750 against the plate's 0.684 is a real if small difference in the drawing, recorded here rather than smoothed over.

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Other slotted boxes

One piece with a glued, stitched or taped manufacturers joint plus top and bottom flaps. Shipped flat, closed using the flaps.

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