Food and takeaway packaging dies
Food packaging cutting dies
A food box has to set up fast and fold cleanly at the same time. On burger, fries, sandwich and takeaway boxes, the crease allowance, the lock tab and the board behavior are handled together in the tooling plan.
Which food packaging is it for?
Burger and sandwich boxes, fries and snack boxes, food trays and takeaway or kraft meal boxes are prepared around the creasing channel and board gsm. Here we make the die for the packaging, not the packaging itself; food-grade compliance is in the board the customer selects.
From a sample box, a vector dieline or a measurement, the outer form, the crease lines, the lock tab and the auto-lock bottom are each read separately.
- Burger, sandwich and clamshell boxes
- Fries and snack boxes
- Food tray and tray forms
- Takeaway and kraft meal boxes
What we check before production
On greaseproof/coated and kraft board, the wrong crease channel makes the box either hard to set up or unable to hold the lock tab. So board weight, the lock and set-up speed are read together.
- Crease channel matched to board weight
- Lock tab and fast (auto-lock) set-up
- Corner form and glue allowance
- Sheet layout, number-up and waste
Quote information
Board type and weight are the main quote inputs. If no vector dieline exists, an open layout can be drawn from a good sample box.
- Sample box or vector dieline
- Board type and weight
- Box type (tray, locked bottom, clamshell)
- Quantity and sheet size
Common questions
1Can you cut food-grade board?
The die cuts the board; food-grade compliance depends on the board/coating you choose. We provide clean cutting and creasing on greaseproof/coated and kraft boards.
2Do you make fast set-up (auto-lock) bottom dies?
Yes. The lock tab and auto-lock bottom form are drawn; creasing and cutting balance are tuned together for fast assembly.
3Do you have a separate page for pizza boxes?
Yes, we have a separate page for pizza box cutting dies; you can review corrugated/carton pizza boxes there.