Skewed box or misaligned flaps (fishtailing)
High severitySymptoms
Closed carton comes out rhomboid; flaps don't meet
Probable causes
- Upper and lower belts at different speed or pressure
- asymmetric folding of the panels
- carton slipping in the belts
The Print Guy · 2026-10-05
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