PACK METHOD Packaging planning / Automotive parts

Packaging concepts for automotive parts

From a STEP file or three photos to the container, the pallet, the trailer and CO2 per part — in minutes, in your browser.

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Challenges

Facing & solving
packaging challenges

Task Common practice With PACK METHOD
Container selectionExperience and trial packingEvery checked container compared in one run
Parts per containerEnvelope arithmetic in ExcelSix packing schemes, nesting and part pairs
Unit load & truckSeparate calculation per optionGMA pallet and 53 ft dry van loaded in 3D
CO2 per partRarely calculatedWell-to-wheel, GLEC factor, ISO 14083
Part data privacyCAD sent to a cloud serviceProcessed in your browser only
Product

One bracket, from STEP file
to a loaded 53 ft trailer

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PACK METHOD packing module: six brackets in a KLT 4147, packing schemes compared, gross weight 16.1 lb
Part module: bracket loaded from STEP with envelope 5.51 × 3.94 × 2.76 in
01 Part. STEP in, envelope, weight and center of gravity out.
Pallet module: 45 KLTs on a GMA 48×40 pallet, unit height 35.7 in
03 Pallet. GMA 48×40 unit load, limited by height and weight.
Truck module: 58 unit loads in a 53 ft dry van, 44.1 g CO2e per part
04 Truck. 53 ft dry van, trips per year, CO2 per part.
Report module: packaging data sheet preview with PDF and Excel export
05 Report. Packaging data sheet as PDF or Excel.
Modules

From part file /
to packaging data sheet

01

Part

STEP, IGES, STL or three photos. Envelope, weight, center of gravity, stable positions.

02

Container & packing

Your container library, layers, cells, nested stacks, pairs and bulk.

03

Pallet & custom racks

Unit loads within height and weight limits, steel rack concepts with an RFQ text.

04

Truck, CO2 & report

Trailer loading, trips per year, CO2 per part and a data sheet as PDF or Excel.

Privacy

Your part data never leaves your computer.

CAD files, photos and dimensions are processed in your browser. Nothing is uploaded, so you can work on parts under NDA.

Projects are saved in your own browser. No analytics, no tracking.

About

Made by a packaging engineer

Oleg Lisovskii — more than ten years in automotive packaging, material flow and intralogistics, with published research on packaging optimization and green logistics.

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