Paper Cup Production Line - Manufacturing Process Flow Chart

Paper Cup Production Line – Manufacturing process flow chart.

How to start a paper cup manufacturing business?

What is the flowchart of a paper cup production line?

The process includes the following steps: paper cup material (cup fan stock), printing, cutting, cup manufacturing, packaging, etc.

Paper Cup Production Line – Manufacturing Process Flowchart 2

PE/PLA/PBS/Aqueous coated paper, popular is PE coated paper (food grade).
The paper can be used to make paper cups.
PE film coated paper, PLA coated paper, PBS coated paper, Water based coated paper (Aqueous-coated paper).

Coating / Laminating machine, coating plastic film on base paper.
Base paperboard / cardboard, wooden pulp paper, bamboo pulp paper, kraft paper, and so on.

Slitting machine, slit big roll to narrow roll ; (cup bottom roll, cup wall flexo print roll).
Sheeting machine, cut roll to sheet blanks. (for sheet print machine, offset printer)

Print logo artwork on paper.
Roll printer: Paper cup printing machine, flexo roll printing machine, print on roll paper, flexo print is most popular in market, the water based ink is good for healthy and also not easy scrap off while making cup.
Sheet printer: web sheet printing machine, offset printer do the work, offset print should pay attention to the ink smell and scrapped off (to avoid varnish printing is an option); and also while do dry work, do not use powder dryer the ink, which cause the cup wall side sealing problem.
Digital printer, paper cup blank digital printer machine, feed cup fan blank, easy print customize logo, good for small quality order, such as order under 1000pcs.

Punching or die cutting the printed/No-print paper to cup fan blank (Cupstock fan), cup open fan shape sheet.
Punching machine, metal blade punch roll paper to cup fan blank, collect cup fan blanks, side-waste stripping.
Roll die cutting machine, with wooden blade board, cut roll paper to fan blank, after cut, manual take the blanks out.
Manual creasing and cutting machine, feed sheet paper, with wooden blade board, manual creasing & cutting sheet paper to cup fan blank, after cut, manual take the blanks out from the sheet.

150S Full Servo paper cup making machine, feed cup bottom roll to entry, feed cup fan blanks to entry, auto produce paper cups.
Full Servo ripple double wall paper cup making machine, make a sleeve and wrap sleeve around single wall paper cups, produce ripple double wall paper cups.
Full Servo paper bowl making machine, produce big size cup, ice cream soup noodle food paper bowls.
Full Servo paper doner box making machine, customize to produce food doner box, take-out box, to go box, butterfly paper cup.
Full Servo salad paper bowl making machine, produce salad paper bowls, bigger bowls.
Full Servo paper bucket making machine, produce large popcorn cup bowl bucket, super size cup.

Package paper cups into bags (paper bags, plastic bags),
Manual pack: take cup piles, and feed to ready bags (plastic or paper), seal, then put into carton box/case.
Auto pack: paper cup packing machine, auto seal plastic film bag, feed cups to bags, seal bag.

Carton Stacking and Pile Line, make a line to pack cups bags into carton box.
Manual, by hand put the bags into carton box, then tape adhesive the box and pack.

Lids, Plastic lids and Paper lids, buy ready plastic/paper lids cover for cups.
Buy Paper cup lid machine, Plastic lid machine, to produce paper/plastic lid for cups.

Air compressor, water cooler, folk lift, cup fan water spray shaft/tools, and so on.

Assemble solar energy for power, to save the energy, protect the environment, and also to save the cost.

Paper Cup Production Line – Manufacturing Process Flow Chart

Paper Cup Production Line – Manufacturing Process Flowchart

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