Digiflute®
Smurfit Kappa Sheetfeeding are proud to present Digiflute® – corrugated sheet board specifically designed to meet the needs of the flat bed digital printing market place.
Smurfit Kappa Sheetfeeding are proud to present Digiflute® – corrugated sheet board specifically designed to meet the needs of the flat bed digital printing market place.
As digital markets expand and evolve it is essential that product innovation helps our customers realise new sales opportunities and remain cost effective.
Smurfit Kappa’s digital grade development team has worked closely with leading industry printers and machinery manufacturers. This collaboration along with comprehensive trials and testing programmes has resulted in the creation of Digiflute®.
Available in the following flute profiles E, B, EB & EE.
- Supplied press ready with high quality palletisation and presentation
- Short lead times
- 100% Recyclable and fully FSC accredited
- Consistent printing surface along with uniform application of clay coating
- Optimised clay coating to enable quicker drying time and press productivity
- Uniform board calliper to minimise flute shadow
Digiflute® meets the above requirements in conjunction with advancement in ink technology and machinery improvements.
Below are the technical specifications for Digiflute®, covering all available flute profiles:
| DigiFlute® | E | B | EB |
| Basis weight (gsm) | 390 | 395 | 600 |
| calliper (mm) | 1.53 | 2.73 | 4.04 |
| % Recycled | 50 | 50 | 62 |
| BCT (N) | 876 | 1420 | 2670 |
| ECT (KN/m) | 4.99 | 5.03 | 7.42 |
| FCT (KPa) | 308 | 133 | 133 |
| Bending stiffness MD | 996 | 3550 | 825 |
| Burst (Kpa) | 1080 | 1080 | 133 |
Looking for advice on machines, inks or substrates; then we offer a free consultancy service.
Specific technical data surrounding all of the above key requirements are available, please feel free to discuss with the Smurfit Kappa technical team.