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Chittagong Mohanagar Packages Limited

A House of Quality Carton Industry


Block-A, Plot No-2,3, Baizid Bostami Road, Chittagong.

Raw Material (Paper) Checking Procedure

1. Scope:
Chittagong Mahanagar Packages Limited follow the paper checking procedure to ensure the quality of
paper. This procedure is applicable to all kinds of incoming raw paper.

2. Objective: This SOP describes the procedure to check incoming raw paper.

3. Apparatus: a) Measurement Tape


b) Anti cutter
c) GSM Meter,
d) GSM Template
e) Thickness Meter
f) Moisture check

4. Responsibility: QAD Officer

5. Procedure Description:

1. Check Challan or PO to determine approved brand name or company name.


2. Check type or grade of material is correct as per raw material specifications.
3. Should be free from dust and any kind of foreign materials.
4. Ensure core condition, the number of reel, size, and weight (if applicable).
5. Reel weight & width must be mentioned in the surface of the reel.
6. QC will take sample as per sampling procedure “SOP” for different type of lab test.
7. Lab test ( GSM, Thickness, Moisture Percentage rate)
8. Once the goods are acceptable, QC will Place a “QC Approved sticker” on the product.
9. Tag the product with lot number, date received, product name and quantity.
10. Inform store officer & purchasing officer.

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Chittagong Mohanagar Packages Limited
A House of Quality Carton Industry
Block-A, Plot No-2,3, Baizid Bostami Road, Chittagong.

Raw Material (Gum) Checking Procedure

1. Scope:
Chittagong Mahanagar Packages Limited follow the Gum checking procedure to ensure the quality of
Gum and related materials. This procedure is applicable to all kinds of incoming Gum and related
materials.

2. Objective: This SOP describes the procedure to check incoming raw Gum

3. Responsibility: QAD Officer

4. Procedure Description:
a) Must check approved brand name or company name as per Chalan or PO document.
b) Bag/Drum condition must be acceptable; should be free from dust, rust, licked and any kind of
foreign materials.
c) The drum of adhesive should be intact & sealed.
d) Brand name or company name must present in the surface part of the packet or drum.
e) Must check the manufacture date and expire date (if applicable).
f) Drum weight must be mentioned in the surface of the Drum.

5. Acceptable or Rejection Criteria:

a) Acceptable : If all the checking parameters are ok, then the raw gum is acceptable.
b) Unacceptable : If any checking parameters is not ok, then the raw materials is unacceptable.

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Chittagong Mohanagar Packages Limited
A House of Quality Carton Industry
Block-A, Plot No-2,3, Baizid Bostami Road, Chittagong.

Raw Material Sampling Procedure

1. Scope:

Chittagong Mahanagar Packages Limited follow this procedure for sampling of all kind of incoming
raw materials.

2. Objective: This SOP describes the procedure of sampling of raw material in order to get a
representative sample of the whole lot for analysis.

3. Responsibility: QAD Officer

4. Procedure Description:
 Samples will be drawn at random basis from each lot.
 If the material is not from an approved vendor then material is not to be sampled & inform to the
Quality Head.
 Use sampling devices like scissors, cutter, and knives for sampling.
 Collect sampled, based the lot quantity and sample size as per mentioned below Table for quality
inspection of physical/visual parameters.

Reel / Drum / Container / Box / Bundle Sample Size


2–8 2
9 – 15 3
16 – 25 5
26 – 50 8

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Chittagong Mohanagar Packages Limited
A House of Quality Carton Industry
Block-A, Plot No-2,3, Baizid Bostami Road, Chittagong.

SOP of Measuring GSM

1. Scope:
Chittagong Mahanagar Packages Limited follow this procedure for measuring GSM. This procedure
is applicable to all kinds of incoming raw paper and produce corrugated sheet board.

2. Objective: For measuring Paper and Corrugated sheets GSM.

3. Apparatus: a) Anti cutter


b) GSM Meter
c) GSM Template

4. Responsibility: QAD Officer

5. Procedure Description:

 For measuring GSM, Paper sample is cut by GSM Template.


 Cut 5 sample from the different place of the paper.
 GSM Template size 10mm X 10mm
 Now weight is take by GSM Meter and calculate average weight of samples.
 By this way we get the weight is gram per one square meter Paper.

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Chittagong Mohanagar Packages Limited
A House of Quality Carton Industry
Block-A, Plot No-2,3, Baizid Bostami Road, Chittagong.

SOP of Measuring Moisture Content


(Oven drying method)

1. Scope:
Chittagong Mahanagar Packages Limited follow this procedure for measuring moisture content. This
procedure is applicable to all kinds of incoming raw paper and produce corrugated sheet board.

2. Objective: To determine the water or moisture content of a paper sample by oven drying method.

3. Apparatus: a) Anti cutter


b) GSM Template
c) GSM Meter
d) Oven

4. Responsibility: QAD Officer

5. Calculations:

Moisture content, % =

6. Procedure Description:

 Prepare a representative sample of the paper or corrugated paperboard.


 The samples should be weighted immediately after cutting.
 Once the weight is taken, sample need to place in the oven for drying.
 The sample pieces are dried in the oven at a maintained air temperature of 105 +/- 2o C.
 Do not place other test sample into the oven while the first test sample are being dried.
 When the test sample are considered completely dry, quickly re-weight the test sample.

7. The Test Report: The result is expressed based on the above calculation, as a percentage.

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