Flat hinged-lid box Box Template Generator

Flat hinged-lid box. A shallow one-piece box whose lid is hinged along a long side and closes with a tongue. The kind of flat box used for chocolates, pens and small flat goods.

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 Flat hinged-lid box?

Flat hinged-lid box is a rigid or lined folding carton. A shallow one-piece box whose lid is hinged along a long side and closes with a tongue. The kind of flat box used for chocolates, pens and small flat goods.

Uses

General packing where a simple, economical board box is wanted

Advantages

Cut from a single blank, so there is one tool and one part to stock

Disadvantages

No standard style suits every product; check the fit against a sample before committing to a tool

Typical industries

General packing and light manufacturing

Recommended board grades

Folding boxboard or solid bleached board, typically 250–450 microns. Heavier board for larger cartons, lighter where the carton is filled by machine.

At a glance

Code	`E40.82`
Family	Folding carton (ECMA)
Also known as	E40.82.00.00, flat hinged lid box, shallow hinged box
Blank size at this size	493 × 352 mm
Panels	10
Creases	9

Scored against the ECMA 2022 plate on page 64 with scripts/plate-diff.py: 0.972, MATCH (every line the plate cuts is reproduced, 0.978 of ours is in the plate, creases 1.00 both ways). The 2% of our cut the plate does not draw is the short edge where the end wall meets the side wall, which the plate leaves open.

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