Use case · Packaging
The right outer carton size follows from product dimensions, units per carton, clearance and wall thickness: on each axis, count × product size + gaps + 2 × wall thickness. Which of the possible arrangements is best, though, only becomes clear on the pallet. JetPallet does both together: it generates the carton variants and ranks each one by products per pallet.
A size that divides the pallet evenly
Workflow
In the carton designer, enter the product dimensions, the units per carton (1 to 1,000), clearance and wall thickness. Optionally allow up to six product orientations.
JetPallet builds every rectangular arrangement with exactly that unit count and lists up to 100 size combinations, sorted by outer volume and surface area.
For each variant, the pallet planner runs with your pallet, height and weight limits. The list is sorted by products per pallet; variants that do not fit stay visible with the reason.
Add the cartons you already have or import them from CSV/XLSX. JetPallet checks whether the product fits in a uniform grid, including partly filled cartons.
You apply the chosen variant to the pallet plan explicitly. Only then do the carton dimensions and the pattern in the project change, as a single step you can undo.
Twelve products can be packed as 2 × 2 × 3, 3 × 4 × 1, 6 × 2 × 1 and other arrangements, each in several orientations. Every variant gives a different outer size. A carton with little volume can still tile the pallet badly, while a slightly larger one fills the layer completely.
Then there are stock cartons. Often the real question is not “Which carton would be ideal?” but “Does the product fit a carton we already have – and how many units?”. And sometimes it pays to look at the product itself, when a slightly different product geometry puts noticeably more units on the pallet. By hand, you only ever work through a few variants.
What you end up with
In detail
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Outer size per axis = count × product size + (count − 1) × clearance + 2 × wall thickness. Example: twelve products of 100 × 80 × 50 mm, 2 mm clearance, 3 mm wall, arranged 2 × 2 × 3, give 208 × 168 × 160 mm.
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Each project holds up to 20 stock cartons with name, outer size and filled weight. All of them are checked against the same product design. The check shows the grid, occupied and empty slots, and the outer size required. Example: 306 × 166 × 106 mm outside, 3 mm wall, no clearance, twelve products of 100 × 80 × 50 mm fit exactly as 3 × 2 × 2.
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If the product itself can still change, JetPallet varies length, width and height on a grid of minimum, maximum and step. The original volume is at least preserved. For each set of dimensions it builds outer cartons and rates them by products per pallet.
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Unit count is not always the only thing that matters. In the carton comparison and in right-sizing, JetPallet marks the Pareto front – variants that no other variant beats on every goal – and lets you weight the goals.
Questions
On each axis: number of products × product size, plus (number − 1) × clearance, plus twice the wall thickness. Twelve products of 100 × 80 × 50 mm arranged 2 × 2 × 3 with 2 mm clearance and a 3 mm wall give 208 × 168 × 160 mm.
Yes. JetPallet checks one or up to 20 saved stock cartons against the product dimensions, unit count, wall thickness and permitted rotation, and shows the grid that fits, even if some slots stay empty.
Choosing product and carton dimensions so that as many products as possible fit on the pallet. JetPallet varies the product dimensions on a grid you define, never below the original volume, and compares the results per pallet.
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