Pillow box Box Template Generator

Pillow box. A glued two-panel tube whose ends are pushed in on curved fold lines so the pack closes itself into a pillow. The front panel carries a thumb notch at each end.

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 Pillow box?

Pillow box is a carton insert or fitment. A glued two-panel tube whose ends are pushed in on curved fold lines so the pack closes itself into a pillow. The front panel carries a thumb notch at each end.

Uses

Retail and gift packaging, where the box is seen by the customer
High-volume packing lines, since a pre-glued blank erects in one movement

Advantages

Cut from a single blank, so there is one tool and one part to stock
Arrives glued and flat, and erects quickly by hand or by machine

Disadvantages

The glued joint sets the minimum order — short runs are rarely economical

Typical industries

Gift and premium retail

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	`F70.01`
Family	Folding carton (ECMA)
Also known as	F70.01.00.00, pillow box, pillow pack
Blank size at this size	248 × 230 mm
Panels	7
Creases	162

Measured against the p.81 plate with scripts/plate-diff.py: score 0.925, MATCH, cut 1.000 found / 0.938 extra, crease 1.000 / 1.000. Two panels 53.20 wide over a body 99.75 tall with a 16.63 glue lap chamfered 16.62 at both corners; the end fold sags 7.13 into the panel and the end cut rises 7.08 out of it, both circular — a circle fitted to the fold gives radius 53.18 on a 53.20 chord and predicts the sampled point at 6.34 from the corner to 0.00. The plate's H arrow spans cut apex to fold trough and reads 14.25, so H/2 is the sagitta of each arc. Thumb notch radius 3.32 on the front panel only. THE MISSING 0.062 OF CUT IS THE REFERENCE, NOT THE DRAWING: ecma_geom chains arrowhead barbs from a dropped segment with no limit, the H arrow's head lands on the second panel's top cut arc, and the chain then walks the flattened curve and deletes it from (256.66, 279.21) to the corner at 285.55 — 29 of that arc's 53 units. Every one of those units is scored against this template as ink the plate does not have.

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