Nº D-11558
FEFCO 0231 — RSC centre seam on ends.
Made for: Fashion & retail, Food & specialties.
Sample printed on brown-liner corrugated board, uncoated; style: cartons and boxes by FEFCO code (dividers, handles, trays, displays…).
Sample size 300 × 200 × 220 mm.
Slotted cases (FEFCO 02) fold from one corrugated blank with a manufacturer’s joint, the top and bottom flaps split by slots — varied by how the ends close, partitions formed by the flaps, handles or hang tabs. Flexo on kraft or litho-laminated.
Yes, commercial use included; Free adds a watermark grid at 1K, Pro exports 4K without it.
Yes — from the 300 × 200 × 220 mm sample or your own size, with the dieline redrawn.
Yes, with Pro: the die files (SVG, PDF / AI, DXF / CF2) and the CMYK print PDF; designing on the die is free.
The sample is brown-liner corrugated board with no lamination, on a dieline drawn at the size you type.
FEFCO 02 is the slotted-container family: one sheet of corrugated board is slotted to form flaps, the four body panels fold into a tube and a single manufacturer's joint (glued or stitched) closes it. The codes in this group differ in how the flaps are used: long flaps folding down as partitions, a hand-folded 1-2-3 snap-lock bottom with no tape, a one-piece full bottom, bellows-folded ends, full-overlap flaps, or the joint moved to the middle of a panel. Cartons ship flat and are erected at the packing line.
Single-wall B or C flute for cartons under about 10–15 kg; double-wall BC for heavy goods, drinks and tall pallet stacks; E flute only for small retail cartons such as the hang-tab style. Brown kraft liners are tough, hide scuffs and are more economical, white-top liners give crisper print; cold stores and seafood usually need wet-strength or wax-coated liners.
Most are printed 1–3 colour flexo with water-based inks straight onto the board, using large clear type; only display cartons or retail packs with a hang tab are worth litho-lam. Handle holes, thumb notches and vent holes come out of the same die; add a moisture-resistant varnish for cold-chain cartons.
The flat blank is four body panels in a row (or five panel sections when the joint falls mid-panel) with the top and bottom flaps; identify long and short panels clearly before placing the logo, handling marks and the item-code box. With 1-2-3 bottoms and partition flaps many flaps are visible inside, so keep important information off them. Keep flexo type at about 8 pt or more and avoid fine halftones or thin reversed type.
The seam sits in the middle of the short panel rather than the long one, leaving the long panels clear for logo and imagery; good for cartons shelved long side out.
Item code, quantity and handling marks are fine, but keep barcodes off the seam itself, as scanners read poorly over the ridge and offset.
0201 is the root of the 02 family: the outer flaps meet in the middle and are taped along the seam; the other 02 codes keep the same slotted body but change the flaps to give partitions, tape-free snap bottoms, full-cover bottoms or a relocated joint.
Hand-folded snap bottoms suit light goods, typically under about 5–8 kg depending on carton size and flute; heavier loads need a taped bottom or a pre-glued crash-lock bottom.
Internal: length × width × height, where length and width are the longer and shorter sides of the opening and height is at right angles to it. The maker usually adds the board thickness when building the die.